King's College London Technographics
King's College London Technographics, Software Purchases, AI and Digital Transformation Initiatives
Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by King's College London and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 8500 King's College London employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that King's College London has purchased the following applications: Unit4 ERPx for ERP Financial in 2025, Unit4 HCM for Core HR in 2025, Agilent SLIMS for Laboratory Management in 2022 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems King's College London is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with UNIT4 , People Insight , Moodle or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
We have been analyzing King's College London revenues, which have grown to $1.55 billion in 2024, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for King's College London intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.
King's College London Tech Stack and Enterprise Applications
ERP Financial Management
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| UNIT4 | Legacy | Unit4 ERPx | ERP Financial | ERP Financial Management | Optimum | 2025 | 2025 |
In 2025 King's College London implemented Unit4 ERPx as part of an institution-wide ERP Financial programme, bringing an initial focus on finance, projects, procurement and cash management to support more than 8,500 staff across five London campuses. The initiative was delivered alongside a phased introduction of Unit4 CoreHR, and Optimum acted as the specialist user adoption partner responsible for training design and transfer of skills to internal teams. The programme ran during a major organisational restructuring and wide-ranging digital transformation effort.
The Unit4 ERPx implementation encompassed the Finance, Projects, Procurement and Cash Management suites, followed by CoreHR capabilities for HR, recruitment and staff management. Optimum developed a tailored mix of functional training deliverables aligned to the Unit4 ERPx build, including interactive and passive eLearning, classroom courses, auditorium roadshow sessions, reference guides, quick cards and trainer packs to fit distinct user personas and workstreams. Skill the trainer sessions were delivered to upskill KCL internal trainers and business champions, enabling in-house classroom delivery and ongoing maintenance of course content as the system evolves.
Operational coverage included core finance teams, requisitioners, HR and payroll staff, project teams and departmental stakeholder groups, with planning input from full time project staff and business champions. Optimum scoped training needs at workstream level to determine who required which deliverables and when, differentiating delivery methods by function, for example hands-on classroom training for core finance users and auditorium style sessions for large requisitioner cohorts. The approach maintained a consistent content set across campuses while adapting format to group size and IT skill level.
Governance and process change work centred on transferring ownership of user adoption to KCL internal trainers and local business champions, establishing a menu of CoreHR topics for team-level module selection and providing ongoing refresher training for HR and payroll teams. Optimum continued to support post go-live activities, including training for the recruitment module rollout, and the engagement was described by project stakeholders as a hugely successful partnership with outcomes sustained through internal capability uplift.
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HCM
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Market |
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| UNIT4 | Legacy | Unit4 HCM | Core HR | HCM | Optimum | 2025 | 2025 |
In 2025 King's College London engaged Optimum to support the deployment of Unit4 HCM as part of a Core HR program covering HR, recruitment and staff management. The work followed an initial rollout of Unit4 ERP suites for Finance, Projects, Procurement and Cash Management, and targeted more than 8,500 staff across five London campuses as the institution reorganized teams and business processes.
Optimum designed and delivered a tailored end user adoption program for Unit4 HCM and the earlier Unit4 ERP build, producing a blended learning suite that combined interactive and passive eLearning, hands on classroom courses, auditorium roadshows, reference guides, quick cards and trainer packs. Training was segmented by role and capability, with core finance users receiving practical classroom sessions while requisitioners were reached through large scale roadshows, reflecting varied IT skill levels and group sizes.
Operational scope included HR and payroll teams, recruitment stakeholders and departmental business champions who collectively selected required modules from a curated training menu, enabling a phased introduction of Core HR capabilities. Optimum ran skill the trainer sessions to transfer ownership of classroom delivery and ongoing maintenance of materials to KCL internal trainers and local business champions, embedding a future proofed training capability.
Governance for the rollout involved full time project staff, departmental stakeholder groups and business champions who contributed to planning and content decisions, and Optimum continued to support post go live activities. Post go live engagement included refresher training for HR and payroll teams and targeted support for the recruitment module roll out, reflecting a sustained training relationship between King's College London and Optimum.
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Employee Experience | HCM |
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2023 | 2023 |
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Learning and Development | HCM |
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2013 | 2013 |
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Payroll | HCM |
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2025 | 2025 |
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Recruiting | HCM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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ERP Services and Operations
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| Agilent Technologies | Legacy | Agilent SLIMS | Laboratory Management | ERP Services and Operations | n/a | 2022 | 2022 |
In 2022 King's College London deployed Agilent SLIMS to standardize Laboratory Management for Professor Óscar Marín Parra's Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, moving the lab from paper notebooks and spreadsheets to a single digital platform for sample and experiment documentation. The decision prioritized long term continuity and reproducible record keeping to preserve experimental context through personnel turnover, with Agilent SLIMS selected for its established vendor presence and feature depth.
Agilent SLIMS was configured to capture sample-centric metadata, inventory and lifecycle information, and experiment annotations that link reagents, antibodies and mouse colony records to experimental outcomes. Functional capabilities implemented include structured sample tracking, reagent and antibody management, animal colony records, protocol and experiment linkage, and audit-capable traceability and metadata capture consistent with Laboratory Management workflows.
Operational coverage was concentrated at the lab level across students, postdocs and principal investigators within the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, unifying disparate streams of information into a single system so experiment stories can be reconstructed. The implementation connects reagent inventories, genotype information and experimental annotations within SLIMS, improving reproducibility and supporting cross-disciplinary workflows without naming or requiring external system integrations.
Governance and rollout followed a phased adoption model, with a small group of researchers transitioning first to absorb the learning curve and tailor SLIMS configurations, followed by gradual broader adoption to maintain ongoing research productivity. Reported outcomes include richer, more connected records that enable traceability of experiments performed by former lab members, clearer protocol improvement opportunities and a routinized expectation that 100% of lab personnel will incorporate Agilent SLIMS into their research workflows.
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Library Management | ERP Services and Operations |
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2021 | 2021 |
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AI Development
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ML and Data Science Platforms | AI Development |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Analytics and BI
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Analytics and BI | Analytics and BI |
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2023 | 2023 |
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Collaboration
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Market |
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Audio Video and Web Conferencing | Collaboration |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Audio Video and Web Conferencing | Collaboration |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Collaboration | Collaboration |
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2015 | 2015 |
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Event Management | Collaboration |
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2024 | 2024 |
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Content Management
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Digital Signing | Content Management |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Web Content Management | Content Management |
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2011 | 2011 |
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Web Content Management | Content Management |
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2016 | 2016 |
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CRM
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Customer Support | CRM |
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2022 | 2022 |
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Digital Advertising Platform | CRM |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Marketing Analytics | CRM |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Marketing Analytics | CRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Marketing Analytics | CRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Marketing Automation | CRM |
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2018 | 2018 |
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Sales Engagement | CRM |
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2019 | 2019 |
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PLM and Engineering
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Traffic Simulation | PLM and Engineering |
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2016 | 2016 |
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Procurement
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Procurement | Procurement |
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2025 | 2025 |
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TRM
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Governance, Risk and Compliance | TRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Governance, Risk and Compliance | TRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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PaaS
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Transactional Email | PaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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IaaS
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2018 | 2018 |
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2015 | 2015 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Physical Security
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Physical Access Control System | Physical Security |
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2018 | 2019 |
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IT Decision Makers and Key Stakeholders at King's College London
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Apps Being Evaluated by King's College London Executives
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