UCLA settles Oracle ERP dispute with $3.1M in credits and $1.31M wiped off the bill

UCLA and Oracle have settled a dispute over a troubled ERP project originally budgeted at $120 million, with the vendor waiving $1.31 million in outstanding fees and granting $3.1 million in credits against future charges. In May, the University of California's Compliance and Audit Committee recommended a settlement [PDF] of UCLA's pre-litigation dispute with Oracle, which the Board of Regents approved. According to documents released in response to a California Public Records Act request, UCLA stopped paying its Oracle subscription in September 2024 over what it described as shortcomings in grants management functionality. UCLA and Oracle signed their first agreement relating to the project – called Ascend – in November 2017. The...

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