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• California scraps massive courts software project

  California's Judicial Council has put the brakes on a long-running, massive software project that was supposed to modernize the state's trial courts case-management systems, saying the software is viable but that there's simply no money to continue installing it.

• Ignore Big Data at your peril: Deloitte

  Organisations must jump on the Big Data bandwagon now to protect themselves from falling behind competitors or perish, according to analyst firm Deloitte.

• Big data, NFC adoption set to grow in 2012: Deloitte

  Near field communications (NFC) and big data have been tipped by research firm, Deloitte, as two technologies that will see greater uptake in Australia during 2012.

• Judge tosses racketeering claims in Marin County lawsuit against SAP

  A judge has tossed out a number of claims in a California county's lawsuit against SAP over an allegedly failed ERP software implementation, including the claim that SAP had engaged in a racketeering conspiracy with Deloitte Consulting, which served as a systems integrator on the project.

• Deloitte wants software lawsuit kept away from jury

  Deloitte Consulting is fighting an attempt by Marin County, California, to bring allegations over a failed ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project before a jury, calling it a tactical ploy to gain publicity and avoid a skeptical judge.

• SAP's 'Ramp-Up' program fingered in ERP lawsuit

  Officials in Marin County, California, are claiming SAP enticed them into joining a "Ramp-Up" early adopter program for a new ERP (enterprise resource planning) software suite, a move that helped send the project on a road to ruin.

• Deloitte buys Oco for BI, analytics

  Deloitte is upping its hand in BI (business intelligence), announcing Monday that it has bought "substantially all" of the assets of SaaS (software as a service) analytics vendor Oco. Terms were not revealed.

• SAP wants racketeering claims thrown out

  SAP wants a judge to toss out allegations by the government of Marin County, California, that it engaged, along with Deloitte Consulting, in a racketeering scheme meant to bilk the county out of more than US$20 million in connection with a troubled ERP (enterprise resource planning) project.

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  Metcard operator offers Myki 'solution'

  Companies are jostling to cash in as the Victorian government considers canning Victoria's billion-dollar "myki" ticketing system.

• County alleges SAP, Deloitte engaged in racketeering

  The government of Marin County, California, is suing two SAP subsidiaries and Deloitte Consulting, alleging they "engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity designed to defraud the County of more than $20 million."

• Open source software service provider swells via acquisition

  Open source software management provider Black Duck Software said Monday it has made its third acquisition in recent months and fourth overall, scooping up consulting firm Olliance Group for an undisclosed sum.

• Growing companies need to focus on security: Analyst

  Organisations enjoying rapid growth and success should be conscious not to let security take a back seat, warns professional services firm, Deloitte.

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  Deloitte hit with $30M lawsuit over failed ERP project

  California's Marin County has sued Deloitte Consulting LLP for $30 million over a botched SAP Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) project.

• Deloitte picks up Pathfinder Solutions

  Deloitte has made moves to bolster its business analytics play, picking up Australian business insights specialist Pathfinder Solutions.

• Security budgets are falling, survey says

  A Deloitte survey of more than 200 information security officers in the high-tech, media and telecom sectors shows that 32% face reduced information-security budgets.