Purpose

The council has been using Unit4 as its
Finance system since 2004. Last year Unit4 publicly announced that
they were moving all customers to their SaaS (Cloud) solution. Any
on-premise solutions would no longer be supported.
Considering the high-risk implications of being unsupported by
Unit4 for a significant period whilst we move to an alternative
cloud solution, a decision has been made to move to Unit4 full SaaS
by December 2026. This requires the council to sign up to a
three-year contract by 31 December 2024.

Decision

Move to Unit4 full SaaS by December 2026

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - Move to Unit4 full SaaS by December
2026, as this is the only option available