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The Gartner Perspective

“It is becoming not only impractical, but virtually impossible, for mainstream IT organizations to ignore the growing presence of open-source software in major segments of the IT industry. Failure to optimally manage the potential risks and rewards of open source will put IT organizations at an increasingly serious risk in the coming years.”

Gartner, 21 March 2008, Document ID G00155800 

Leading UK enterprises trust Open Business Associates to provide the technical expertise and the management processes necessary to analyse, deliver and support the full lifecycle of industrial-strength, open source solutions.

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Open source in government

On 24 February 2009 the UK Minister for Digital Engagement, Tom Watson MP, announced the new policy on open source software.

Read the full announcement.

There are three aspects to the new policy:

1. Open Source software: ensure that the best possible, best value for money software solutions are put forward for tenders, be they Open Source or propriety products.

2. Open Standards: ensuring systems are inter-operable and avoiding getting locked into a particular product where possible.

3. Re-use: the Government will look to re-use what it has already bought, with successful solutions being made available across Government.

The choice of technology is important but the real challenge for government will be a) to manage and to communicate the cultural change internally across agencies and b) to drive new purchasing criteria with their traditional suppliers and system integrators.

Open Business Associates specialises in guiding UK organisations through the shift in thinking that comes with a strategic move to open source practices.
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