When the Department of Defense (DoD) first issued an RFP for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (“JEDI”) last November, Oracle almost immediately filed a lawsuit claiming that the RFP process violated federal procurement law. After being removed from consideration, Oracle continued…
In April 2019, Hertz filed a lawsuit against Accenture claiming that Accenture delivered a flawed product, exhibited extortionist-like behavior to fix it, and in general,
Over the last two decades the road to business process transformation has been cluttered with ERP implementation disasters. In the last few years, these are
Now that Oracle has been officially eliminated from the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (“JEDI”) RFP process, they are pushing forward with their lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DoD). Jeff Lazarto, UpperEdge’s Oracle Practice Leader discusses how Oracle, in short, is claiming to be a victim…
Now that Oracle has been officially eliminated from the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (“JEDI”) RFP process, they are pushing forward with their lawsuit against the
This blog was updated on June 5th, 2019 to include the latest court orders. Hertz Files $36M Suit Against Accenture for Flawed Digital Initiative
Google made their intentions to win over the enterprise clear when they appointed ex-Oracle executive, Thomas Kurian, as their new Google Cloud CEO. Their enterprise
Oracle had another lackluster quarter in Q3, with revenues growing only 3% in constant currency. Keep in mind that Oracle also raises support fees by
While there is no magic bullet for preventing an IT disaster, understanding why major transformational programs fail is a great first step to planning and
Israel Chemical Limited (ICL) grew leaps and bounds through acquisitions and embarked on an ambitious program to deploy a common SAP-based operating template across its three operating units. The initial program definition indicated a project cost of approximately $120M USD, but ultimately the expected costs of the program ballooned to $500M and the program was stopped before any major implementation began. What followed was a write-off of $290M in project costs, the resignation of the CEO, and a freshly minted lawsuit against IBM filed in an Israeli district court.
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