Years after UK Post Office scandal broke, Accenture and OneView Commerce bag contract to replace Horizon

The UK Post Office has awarded Accenture and OneView Commerce contracts worth £410 million to replace its troubled Horizon systems, which contributed to one of the most serious miscarriages of justice in British history. Accenture has won the bidding to replace incumbent supplier Fujitsu — which built the error-prone PoS and finance system starting from 1996 — on a so-called Walk In Take Over basis. It is set to stabilize services and upgrade software as it prepares for a complete business trans