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Getting beyond "free" - UK government uptake of open source

Posted on Tue, Dec 06, 2011 by Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire - Community Affairs Manager

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Misplaced priorities hampering UK government uptake of open source

According to a computing.co.uk article entitled Open Source: The government's commitment so far, most of the IT technology used in the UK government is still proprietary and comes from single vendors.

Open Source adoption by government agencies in the UK is progressing, but is still being hindered by a focus on "free as in gratis". Decisions based on cost-of-acquisition alone ignore the other real and more important values offered by open source, which are derived from "free as in freedom".

Readdressing the Public Sector’s Sourcing Strategy [Dec 1, 2011]

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

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Jim Shaw, General Manager Europe at Acquia, says it's easy to see why IT managers are seeking alternative approaches to traditional procurement programs.

http://www.sourcingfocus.com/site/opinionsitem/4564/

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FedScoop interview with Tim Bertrand, Acquia [Nov 23, 2011]

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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FedScoop

Tim Bertrand, VP Worldwide Field Sales at Acquia, discusses why Open Source software is an important option for government, how Acquia supports the growth of Open Source in government, and top recommendations to those exploring Open Source options in government.

http://fedscoop.com/tv/fedscoop-interview-with-tim-bertrand-acquia/

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Embracing the Big open-source Society [Nov 22, 2011]

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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CRN

A "big" and relatively debt-free society would be fostered by embracing open source, says Jim Shaw, General Manager Europe at Acquia.

http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/opinion/2126851/embracing-source-society

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Reforming government websites with app developers in mind [Nov 14, 2011]

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Monday, November 14, 2011

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Nextgov

Among the most important developments in the relaunched FCC.gov website is its use of open source application programming interfaces, the Federal Communications Commission's new media specialist Gray Brooks said recently.

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111114_5984.php?oref=topstory

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Gov 2.0: eficiencia y eficacia de la administración pública través de soluciones social media

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La mayoría de las Administraciones Públicas y los gobiernos de países desarrollados están desarrollando iniciativas Gov2.0. Es evidente que Gov2.0 mejora la eficiencia y efectividad de la Administración Pública y de los gobiernos. Existen multitud de testimonios a nivel internacional. En España queda mucho camino por recorrer aún y conviene acelerar inversiones y la obtención de resultados.

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Government websites close [Oct 11, 2011]

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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Public Sector Executive

Jim Shaw, General Manager Europe at Acquia, discusses the cost-savings benefits of reducing the number of Government websites in the UK.

http://www.publicsectorexecutive.com/dataview/News/News_Article.aspx?location=ho...

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An Integrated Drupal/Alfresco Solution

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Government sectors are being pressured to become more transparent and communicate government activity to the public. With the leading open source technologies from Drupal and Alfresco, more government agencies are building and managing web and intranet properties under the open government principle.

The power of Drupal and Alfresco has been seamlessly integrated in the Canopy solution by Appnovation. It delivers a web and intranet platform that can handle both web and document management requirements that have been placed on Federal agencies.

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Open source vs. proprietary solutions for dot-gov websites

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Federal web managers are facing enormous pressure to keep information technology and communications costs down, tighten their belts on bloated websites and improve citizen services.

These demands may lead agencies to reconsider their current web content management solution and browse other platforms that could better align with their current priorities.

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Military Software Developers Get Enhanced Social Network

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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InformationWeek

Military software developers are getting a social network that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) hopes will make them more productive and boost code sharing and reuse.

As we reported earlier this week, DISA is basing the Forge.mil Community on Acquia's version of Drupal Commons, a social networking extension of the open source Drupal Web content management platform.

By choosing a social environment based on Drupal, DISA was able to customize the open source software to achieve a seamless integration between the Forge.mil community and the software collaboration environment based on SourceForge. "I don't think we could have gotten any other product as integrated as we have" with the same level of time and effort, Gahafer said.

Military Software Developers Get Enhanced Social Network

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