W E N S CHALLENGE In the construction industry, cycles of operational expansions and declines are not just commonplace, they’re expected. In response, construction industry IT leaders must deliver ongoing cost savings, more often with less budget due to mandated reductions in IT expenses. Layne Christensen is a construction company very familiar with these fiscal challenges. In recent years, Sherry Hunyadi, Layne’s Vice President of IT, was asked to reduce her year-over-year IT overhead by 15% – a task made difficult given the competing business demand for digital transformation, the need for cybersecurity protection measures, and the steady increase in annual IT software maintenance costs from Oracle. For over a decade, Layne had successfully run its business on Oracle’s JD E

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