ERP

Enterprise resource planning.

Games Workshop once again battles scariest monster of all: ERP gone wrong

Worldwide expansion reliant on delayed Microsoft Dynamics project as Amazon deal beckons

Databases12 Jan 2023 | 50

$20m SAP ECC replacement project delayed because UK university unsure what it wants

After 10 month’s deliberation, abandons current competition as ERP support deadline looms

Databases03 Jan 2023 | 12

When ERP projects go bad: Surrey County Council's £30m ditch SAP effort delayed again

Existing hold ups already cost millions as UK authority fails to put a price on latest setback

Databases19 Dec 2022 | 14

French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system

After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier

Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1

Low code is no replacement for software development, say German-speaking SAP users

Updated 'It remains to be seen to what degree of process depth the offer will prove itself in practice'

SaaS25 Nov 2022 | 39

University orders investigation into Oracle finance disaster

Staff forced to make their own purchases after suppliers walk away due to payment failures

PaaS + IaaS23 Nov 2022 | 47

SAP renames developer platform and bundles it with S/4HANA

TechEd But users still need to wait years for business benefits of migration from older systems

Databases17 Nov 2022 |

University of Edinburgh staff paid late due to Oracle ERP troubles

Project beginning in 2019 has left employees and suppliers waiting on payments

Databases03 Nov 2022 | 36

SAP's German-speaking heartlands still struggling with ERP vendor's cloud vision

'Customers will not – at least not in the short term – move exclusively to cloud scenarios'

Databases14 Oct 2022 | 8

SAP users see scattered clouds on the horizon

User group's views are at odds with the software giant's direction

Databases11 Oct 2022 | 1

SAP to increase support fees in January to offset inflation costs

Maintenance and software installation prices heading north for range of agreements

Applications12 Sep 2022 | 3

Deals are being 'inspected by higher levels of management,' says Salesforce

Customers 'more measured' and this will continue, says CRM giant, but Snowflake lifts forecasts

SaaS25 Aug 2022 | 4

Analysts question pace of SAP users moving to S/4HANA

CEO claims 60 percent of deployments are new buyers. It may all depend on how you define deployment

Software22 Jul 2022 | 2

SAP unlikely to see most customers move from ECC before support ends

But those who show willing in S/4HANA upgrade might see existing ERP support extended, says Gartner

Databases08 Jul 2022 |

Infor to stop developing CM3 on-prem software for IBM iSeries

Updated ERP vendor had promised containerized options, but looks set to focus on the cloud

Databases29 Jun 2022 |

You can keep your old ERP system, but you'll still need ServiceNow, CEO tells The Reg

Interview Bill McDermott thinks companies need workflow on top of enterprise apps, whether they replace them or not

SaaS16 May 2022 | 18

IFS bags Japanese airline and printermaker software deals

Konica Minolta maintenance system to be installed across 10 national support companies

Applications30 Mar 2022 | 2

SAP wins competition to replace own ageing system at UK council

£7m Gloucestershire County Council deal the first for RISE with SAP in the UK public sector

Databases22 Mar 2022 | 7

Northwest England councils in £31m SaaS HR system tender

Procurement comes as Manchester City Council looks for SAP next steps

Databases18 Mar 2022 | 5

A €1.5bn day in European software mergers

German veteran Software AG buys StreamSets while private equity firm takes over ERP slinger Forterro

Software01 Mar 2022 |

Desperately seeking SaaS: English council to replace Oracle R12

Big Red product to become more unstable, unreliable, and less secure after 20 years' use

Databases01 Mar 2022 | 9

Scottish universities launch £42m ERP tender

Framework deal to cut across software, services and systems integration

Databases23 Feb 2022 | 8

London university on hunt for £17m SAP ERP replacement

Institution also relies on German vendor for data warehouse software

PaaS + IaaS18 Feb 2022 | 19

English county council blasted for 'inept project management' in delayed SAP replacement

Questions remain over whether Surrey's £3.2m budget increase will avoid further delay

Databases10 Feb 2022 | 25

Team behind delayed ERP project was aware of problems but didn't inform Surrey County Council for months

Move from SAP to Unit4 held up by comms 'issues' between supplier and authority

Databases24 Jan 2022 | 25

And relax: No repeat car crash financials for SAP in 2021 as cloud services come good

Let's not mention on-premise licences....

Databases15 Jan 2022 | 2

Games Workshop has chucked another £500k at entrenched ERP project with no end to epic battle in sight

Plans for new online shop get seal of approval despite Microsoft Dynamics delays

Databases13 Jan 2022 | 62

Another day, another ERP project behind schedule: This time it's Norfolk County Council and an Oracle system

Cost of over-run was unknown, but won't be as bad as delays at other authorities, council document claims

Databases11 Jan 2022 | 21

When ERP projects go awry: Surrey County Council incurs £3.2m additional costs in delayed Unit4 project

Select committee set to examine causes of the setbacks

Databases10 Jan 2022 | 17

Oracle finance application customers more likely to leave for another vendor than SAP's – analyst

Forrester research sheds new light on dynamic Larry Ellison says is going in Big Red's favour

Databases14 Dec 2021 | 5

Not only was the UK Financial Ombudsman Service's Workday system months late, 38 IT workers' jobs are at risk

Questions remain over data warehouse dependencies and redundancies

SaaS03 Dec 2021 | 11

Unit4 releases connector mesh as it sinks deeper into Microsoft's 'grizzly bear' hug

Vertical differentiation helps users see the wood from the trees

Databases17 Nov 2021 | 2

Oracle-owned ERP outfit NetSuite fitted with banking and data warehouse features to keep accountants sane

It's about helping steer the business without so many spreadsheets, says analyst

Databases19 Oct 2021 | 1

And finally... Oracle bags £25m ERP deal to replace East Sussex County Council's SAP R/3 system

Award delayed nine months due to pandemic

Databases13 Oct 2021 | 5

Surrey County Council faces £700k additional SAP support fees as £30m Unit4 ERP set to miss go-live target

Which doesn't help when there's a £47.1m hole in the budget

SaaS07 Oct 2021 | 14

Brit builders merchant Travis Perkins opts for Oracle after ERP disaster with Infor

'Technology has been a source of pain,' CIO admits to investors

SaaS06 Oct 2021 | 32

UK Cabinet Office calls off its search for a 'partner' in Whitehall SaaS ERP migration

'This is not the outcome you were hoping for,' bidders told

Databases16 Sep 2021 | 3

When ERP migrations go bad: Games Workshop says project issues are delaying refresh of 'dated' online store

Commissar Yarrick's bale eye focuses on company's web retail presence as 'long and complex' saga continues

Databases14 Sep 2021 | 16

Leeds City Council swallows the Gartner glossary and orders up 'post-modern' ERP in £44m SAP replacement

When do we get avant-garde ERP?

Databases03 Aug 2021 | 9

NHS England's £200m ERP replacement misses another deadline as procurement runs 2 years behind schedule

Delivery of project to manage £110bn spending 'appears to be unachievable' says UK government's own watchdog

Databases02 Aug 2021 | 19

Infor ERP kicked out at closing time for Fuller's brewery biz while Microsoft Dynamics is invited to stay for lock-in

Pandemic offers chance to change focus just four years after £10m deal

Databases28 Jul 2021 | 1

SAP's RISE 'yet to prove its worth in practice...' Key German user group offers giant a progress 'reality check'

Sapphire Now Analysts say S/4HANA upgrades remain sluggish, and users want to see things RISE shine before committing

Applications04 Jun 2021 | 7

Unit4 handed police ERP deal after 'significant deficiency' found in Oracle Fusion system

Big Red product only went live in 2019, but commissioner is ready to ditch it

Databases18 May 2021 | 12

Stuck in R/3verse: East Sussex County Council struggles to move forward with £25m SAP replacement

Hardware supporting ageing system is mired in performance issues

Databases04 May 2021 | 14

India seeks locally developed open source CRM and ERP for government users

#FOSS4GOV challenge will fund and mentor devs and startups to create govtech code

Software23 Apr 2021 | 4

MoJ cancels £100m ERP procurement to get in line with UK government shared service strategy

Hmmm. Shared services... that always works out really well, right?

Databases29 Mar 2021 | 8

Dutch enterprise software outfit Unit4 acquired for $2bn in private equity takeover

Existing leadership to continue while majority shareholder exits stake

Databases22 Mar 2021 |

Low-risk AND rapid? Brit vaccine centre seeks ERP to meet accelerated schedule, and needs it yesterday

Org was originally supposed to launch in 2022 – then a pandemic happened

Databases15 Mar 2021 | 4

ServiceNow bakes more ML, low code into Quebec release to push itself as all-encompassing workflow layer

But questions remain over its enterprise app credentials

AI + ML11 Mar 2021 | 7

SAP: Come to the cloud with us, we promise there's total accountability and lower TCO with lift-and-shift ERP package

SaaS pick 'n' mix might appeal more than standard processes for S/4HANA upgrade, though

SaaS28 Jan 2021 | 10

East London council breaks off 20-year Oracle relationship to shack up with cloud ERP nobodies by year's end

From one of the world's largest software suppliers to... who?

SaaS26 Jan 2021 | 18

UK government's cloud ERP strategy seems to be in stasis following top civil servant's move to COVID-19 task force

Updated Or maybe it's that no one wants to touch this complex SaaS migration

SaaS25 Jan 2021 | 5

Games Workshop finds that in the grim darkness of the 3rd millennium, there is only ERP

'Long and complex' saga shifts into next phase as new heroes enter battlefield

Software15 Jan 2021 | 15

Two English councils sign up to Azure for six years in £35m reseller deal as ERP project faces delays, ballooning costs

Local authorities' shared Unit4 system is late, overbudget, and only works on Microsoft's cloud

PaaS + IaaS07 Jan 2021 | 12

Scottish council awards Unit4 £4.75m support and hosting contract as it seemingly runs out of options

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Software06 Jan 2021 | 4

SAP's strength is the basics: Not RPA or AI, but 'consistent' data models that make sense for actual business processes

Comment However, this same nitty-gritty ERP stuff is not cloud-ready, and that's the big vendor's weakness

SaaS08 Dec 2020 | 7