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How Birmingham’s $48M Oracle ERP project turned into an epic failure

CIO Business Intelligence

Birmingham City Councils (BCC) troubled enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, built on Oracle software, has become a case study of how large-scale IT projects can go awry. The project involved replacing the city councils long-standing SAP system with Oracle Cloud. The projects setbacks have had far-reaching consequences.

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Microsoft joins SAP, Oracle in setting sunset date for legacy ERP support

CIO Business Intelligence

Oracle, too, is attempting to wean customers off its legacy on-prem products, but at the same time promises customers 10-year rolling support for their Peoplesoft products. Oracle continues commitment to a rolling 10 years of support for PeopleSoft. Peoplesoft will now receive support through at least 2035.

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ERP modernization: Still a make-or-break project for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Today’s CIOs inherit highly customized ERPs and struggle to lead change management efforts, especially with systems that [are the] backbone of all the enterprise’s operations,” wrote Isaac Sacolick, founder and president of StarCIO, a digital transformation consultancy, in a recent blog post.

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Plan Now for Major Changes to Oracle Java Licensing Costs

Forrester IT

Plan Now for Major Changes to Oracle Java Licensing Costs Oracle has again changed licensing rules for its widely used Java product. On Jan 23, 2023, the company introduced a new license metric, the SE Universal Subscription.

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Startup Opkey launches agentic AI platform for ERP lifecycle optimization

CIO Business Intelligence

Training agent: This agent is for change management and end-user enablement. As of today, the platform and agents have been trained to support more than 15 Oracle ERP applications. It uses test case data and AI-generated user guides to assist users via job aids, training, and personalized in-app prompts.

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ServiceNow’s Yokohama platform release focuses on agentic AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Autonomous change management AI agents that, ServiceNow said, act like a seasoned change manager, instantly generating custom implementation, test, and backout plans by analyzing impact, historical data, and similar changes.

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What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained

CIO Business Intelligence

Tier I vendors include Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, and Infor. Oracle, SAP, and CompuServe PRISM are considered Tier I with Infor and CGI Momentum close behind. The top ERP vendors today include: Oracle SAP Microsoft Workday Sage Infor Epicor ServiceNow QAD Salesforce Selecting an ERP solution. Organizational change management.

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