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19 March 2024

What went wrong with Birmingham City Council’s Oracle Cloud implementation?

This article is part of the Computer Weekly issue of 19 March 2024

The council swapped out a heavily customised SAP ERP system for Oracle Cloud, but since going live in 2022, it has encountered numerous technical challenges, leading to spiralling costs.

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