Billion dollar Oracle ERP project shot down by US Air Force

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USAF scraps implementation after spending a cool $1bn on failed Oracle rollout

The United States Air Force (USAF) has scrapped a troubled Oracle enterprise resource planning (ERP) software implementation after spending $1bn (£630m) over the past seven years – and concluding t...

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