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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.

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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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Forrester 2019 Enterprise BI Platform Waves ™ Research Update

Forrester IT

This year we emphasized New market segmentation by Vendor-Managed vs. Client-Managed platforms, which roughly equated to on-premise vs. cloud based platforms, but not quite. Forrester has just published 2019 refresh of out Enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms Waves ™. Since […].

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What enterprise software vendors are doing with generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

June 2023 Oracle’s generative AI investment surfaces in HCM tools Oracle is taking a three-pronged approach to generative AI adoption. At the hardware level it’s adding new instances to its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service tailored for AI workloads.

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Is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Ready for Use in Your Multicloud Strategy?

Tech Republic Cloud

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is playing a larger role in the cloud platform services market for IaaS+PaaS solutions. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders should use this research to support cloud leaders as they decide which platform is best for their workloads. Download now to get the full report.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, at one time, Oracle DBAs would command $175,000, but as more people entered the space, salaries dropped to the point where he can get someone for $80,000. And you have to partner with your vendors.” “It’s a variable part of their salary based on a data point,” he says. Every year we come back and evaluate that.”

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Nutanix acquisition rumors highlight need for managing vendor risk

CIO Business Intelligence

What to ask The question CIOs need to ask themselves is not who will buy Nutanix, but what to do if a key vendor is acquired or otherwise changes direction — a fundamental facet of any vendor management plan. “If If your software vendor is independent then the immediate question is: Is the company buying this one that I’m using?

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