Oracle lands London council deal for £12m ERP project

Oracle and systems integrator Evosys have won contracts to implement a new Oracle Fusion ERP system for the London Borough of Waltham Forest as part of a project which expects £12 million capex over three years. The consultancy firm has been awarded a contract worth £2 million ($2.45 million) as the implementation partner on …

[arthoss]

"We want to invest in a solution that will evolve and adapt with our business ...

...and after recommendations from our peers, we know Oracle Fusion Applications is the best fit for us."

Regardless which ERP system they're talking about: hahahahahahah! dream on!

Nothing will fit perfectly. After installing ERP and initial configuration is up to IT management to keep subsequent extensions manageable and usable. Sound like they had the wrong (or didn't have at all) system architect or committed system responsible. I foresee another headline of the same kind in 10 years, where Oracle will get replaced, of course with all the Oracle trademark theatre de rigueur .

[Twanky]

The local authority, one of 33 London borough councils...

No London borough council will have truly unique needs when compared to the other 32. A common solution with a common implementation would be most appropriate. The only difference should be the migration to get away from the legacy systems. Boroughs could even co-locate/share and get economies of scale.

That said, Oracle??? Really?

[Snowy]

Re: The local authority, one of 33 London borough councils...

No local authority is truly unique needs when compared to the other local authority. They all broadly do the same thing.

[NeilPost]

Over budget, under-delivered, troubled

Spin forward 2-3 years.. I expect to see the usual Council ERP project disaster.

There should be a common UK-wide micro, small, medium, large and metro ERP template with approved suppliers with working/certified solutions doing the standard things councils do with interfaces to the same other agencies all councils need to speak to.

Come back former Government agencies like CCTA - latterly OGC - who would have provided this sort of support - not purchasing framework led crap like Cabinet Office.