article_snippet.sent: The strategy was designed to streamline all BBCBBC's online services and give The strategy staff access to the corporation's whole archive at once, but The strategy collapsed in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Technology chief John Linwood was sacked over the fiasco, but last year Technology chief John Linwood successfully sued BBC BBC for unfair dismissal.
article_snippet.sent: BBC BBC originally appointed IT firm Siemens to implement the scheme.
article_snippet.sent: By then, £26million had already been wasted but £ is understood BBC BBC later recouped the cost from Siemens.
article_snippet.sent: The public spending watchdog found the expected gains had been overstated and the difficulty of delivering The public spending watchdog was underestimated.
article_snippet.sent: The Public Accounts Committee criticised BBC BBC for awarding the contract to Siemens without putting Siemens out to open tender.
article_snippet.sent: But the costs of the project continued to spiral to £98.4million until the costs of the project was finally halted in May 2013.