Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-219 · dossier edition · 17 August 2026

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Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Kent County Council runs finance and procurement on Oracle Cloud while completing HR and payroll phase

Kent County Council's Oracle Cloud Programme put replacement Finance and Procurement into production in August 2025, while the replacement HR and Payroll phase remained in final testing on 31 July 2026 for implementation later in financial year 2026/27.

Organisation
Kent County Council, United Kingdom
Predecessor
Kent County Council's legacy Oracle application and previous Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll systems
Destination
Oracle Cloud programme with Finance and Procurement operational in Phase 1 and replacement HR and Payroll in final testing for Phase 2
Workload
Oracle Cloud enterprise applications
Stage
underway
Evidence boundary: The source proves Phase 1 go-live and an active Phase 2 implementation/testing state. It does not prove HR and Payroll production cutover, completion of the overall transformation or a revised exact Phase 2 go-live date.

Verified platform change

Kent County Council's Oracle Cloud Programme put replacement Finance and Procurement into production in August 2025, while the replacement HR and Payroll phase remained in final testing on 31 July 2026 for implementation later in financial year 2026/27.

Transition

From: Kent County Council's legacy Oracle application and previous Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll systems

To: Oracle Cloud programme with Finance and Procurement operational in Phase 1 and replacement HR and Payroll in final testing for Phase 2

Known unknowns

The source proves Phase 1 go-live and an active Phase 2 implementation/testing state. It does not prove HR and Payroll production cutover, completion of the overall transformation or a revised exact Phase 2 go-live date.

Official sources

  1. 26/00040 - Oracle Cloud Programme — 2026-07-31