WBAY-TV: State cancels contract to install new e-mail software

In two and a half years, has anyone ofany size other than Tupperwareactually successfully installed Oracle Collaboration Suite?Thestate [of Wisconsin] is canceling a two-point-six (m) million-dollar contractwith a Virginia firm to install a new e-mail system for most governmentagencies ... after a pilot program revealed numerous technical problemswith the software.The state will seek a refund of justover two (m) million dollars spent on the project in which D-L-T Solutionswas trying to install Oracle Collaboration Suite software.Link:WBAY-TV:State cancels contract to install new e-mail software> (Via MichaelSampson)

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In two and a half years, has anyone of any size other than Tupperware actually successfully installed Oracle Collaboration Suite?

The state [of Wisconsin] is canceling a two-point-six (m) million-dollar contract with a Virginia firm to install a new e-mail system for most government agencies ... after a pilot program revealed numerous technical problems with the software.

The state will seek a refund of just over two (m) million dollars spent on the project in which D-L-T Solutions was trying to install Oracle Collaboration Suite software.
Link: WBAY-TV: State cancels contract to install new e-mail software > (Via Michael Sampson)

Originally by Ed Brill from Ed Brill on February 27, 2006, 8:05am

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