TechnologyOne’s PR spokesperson was quick to claim that “this is the second time TechnologyOne has replaced Oracle in the last few months,” and Adrian Di Marco, executive chairman of TechnologyOne, claimed that the new contract provided further evidence of the number of Australian organisations, both public and private, who were moving away from multinationals due to factors such as the requirement for expensive upgrades every few years to ensure the technology remained current and was supported.

"We're seeing this time and time again.  We're continuing to win customers because unlike our competitors, we provide technology releases every six months.  This means that our customers are always able to access the most up-to-date technology and gain the subsequent business benefits," Mr Di Marco said.

TechnologyOne says it won the contract from a field of ten vendors and that TechnologyOne's software will provide the City of Melbourne with information that can be shared across organisational boundaries.

Dr Kathy Alexander, Chief Executive of City of Melbourne, said the TechnologyOne solutions will offer the council increased efficiency, more detailed reporting and improved service delivery to stakeholders.

"We're expecting to see an improvement in the accuracy of information because we will rely less on manual data entry, which in turn will ensure that there is less duplication and more efficient use of our employees' time."