Fujitsu secured a £125 million contract to develop Northern Ireland's new land registry system, contradicting its prior pledge to abstain from bidding for UK public sector projects following the Post Office Horizon scandal. Awarded by the Department of Finance, the project aims to replace an outdated legacy system with a user-friendly, web-based solution designed to better support data integration and business needs. This decision unfolds against the backdrop of an ongoing inquiry into the controversial Horizon system, which had catastrophic impacts on many individuals.
"The new solution will be user friendly, customer focused, support web-based technologies, digital self-service platforms and seamlessly connect and integrate..."
"In January last year, Fujitsu wrote to the UK government to confirm it would no longer tender for business in the public sector..."
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