Cambridge University gets low grades for IT

Cambridge University spent almost £9m on an Oracle IT system which independent investigators described as "an unmitigated disaster".

According to the inquiry into the university's financial system introduced last year, both the software supplier and consultants from KPMG were to blame.

The report said database giant Oracle "supplied a product that was of poor quality".

The project's failure was blamed on the refusal of senior Cambridge staff to take responsibility for the project. this failure turned "a risky proposition into a surefire failure".

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