This document reviews several case studies of governments deploying open source software on desktops. It finds that:
1) Many deployments failed to deliver expected cost savings and increased productivity due to issues with interoperability, user productivity, skills shortages, and unanticipated costs.
2) Governments like the Department of Education in the Philippines and Forsyth County Schools found that open source solutions impaired user productivity and compatibility.
3) Organizations like the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Beaumont Hospital in Ireland reversed open source deployments due to needs for seamless communication and interoperability with external stakeholders.
Microsoft is committed to open standards and interoperability to create an innovative IT ecosystem. They support open source projects through hosting sites like CodePlex and by ensuring the top 9 out of 10 downloaded open source projects run on Windows. Microsoft works with over 400 open source communities and 73% of standards organizations to develop standards through more than 150 working groups.
Microsoft has opened up its platforms and invested in standards and open source technologies. The numbers show Microsoft's broad ecosystem of 1.3 billion Windows users, partnerships with 640,000 companies globally, and $609 billion generated by the ecosystem. Microsoft supports many open source technologies on its cloud platform Azure and makes it easier for developers to create and share open source projects.
Microsoft is providing cloud services that support open source technologies and developer choice. They have enabled Linux to run on Windows Server and Azure, and support many open source technologies like PHP, Java, MongoDB, Hadoop, and Moodle through their platforms and tools. Over 13 million jobs worldwide will be generated by the cloud sector by 2015 according to IDC research.
Tatweer, a Saudi Arabian education program, provides email and internet access to 6 million students and teachers. It implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for its scalability and security. Exchange 2010 offers improved productivity features over previous versions. The solution allows for on-premises and hosted email deployment, complying with data residency laws. It provides a standardized secure email system while reducing administration time and enabling collaboration using Outlook web access.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software products including Windows, Office, Xbox, and Bing. Microsoft faces competition from companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle across its various business segments. Some recent strategic moves include acquiring Nokia's smartphone business and increasing its quarterly dividend. Microsoft's strengths include its brand reputation and large distribution channels, but it also faces threats from open source software and changing consumer habits.
This presentation discusses the work Microsoft is doing with open source and showcases how the Windows Azure cloud computing platform is built around openness enabling open source tools and technologies to run natively.
The presentation showcases some Microsoft open source tools and projects including WebMatrix, ChronoZoom, and OGDI/DataLab.
Microsoft Open Source and The Cloud 2012Mark Gayler
This document summarizes Microsoft's involvement with open source software and the cloud. It discusses Microsoft supporting Linux in Windows Azure, contributing to the Linux kernel, and sponsoring open source projects like Apache Hadoop, Java, PHP, and Node.js. The document also provides examples of open source cloud applications like ChronoZoom and the Open Government Data Initiative that are demonstrated running on Microsoft's Azure platform.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational software company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops and sells a wide range of software and services including the Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Xbox gaming system. Microsoft formed early partnerships with IBM that helped Windows become the dominant operating system installed on over 90% of personal computers worldwide by the 1990s. The company continues to be highly successful with a focus on achieving its vision of a computer in every home and business.
Microsoft is committed to open standards and interoperability to create an innovative IT ecosystem. They support open source projects through hosting sites like CodePlex and by ensuring the top 9 out of 10 downloaded open source projects run on Windows. Microsoft works with over 400 open source communities and 73% of standards organizations to develop standards through more than 150 working groups.
Microsoft has opened up its platforms and invested in standards and open source technologies. The numbers show Microsoft's broad ecosystem of 1.3 billion Windows users, partnerships with 640,000 companies globally, and $609 billion generated by the ecosystem. Microsoft supports many open source technologies on its cloud platform Azure and makes it easier for developers to create and share open source projects.
Microsoft is providing cloud services that support open source technologies and developer choice. They have enabled Linux to run on Windows Server and Azure, and support many open source technologies like PHP, Java, MongoDB, Hadoop, and Moodle through their platforms and tools. Over 13 million jobs worldwide will be generated by the cloud sector by 2015 according to IDC research.
Tatweer, a Saudi Arabian education program, provides email and internet access to 6 million students and teachers. It implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for its scalability and security. Exchange 2010 offers improved productivity features over previous versions. The solution allows for on-premises and hosted email deployment, complying with data residency laws. It provides a standardized secure email system while reducing administration time and enabling collaboration using Outlook web access.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports software products including Windows, Office, Xbox, and Bing. Microsoft faces competition from companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle across its various business segments. Some recent strategic moves include acquiring Nokia's smartphone business and increasing its quarterly dividend. Microsoft's strengths include its brand reputation and large distribution channels, but it also faces threats from open source software and changing consumer habits.
This presentation discusses the work Microsoft is doing with open source and showcases how the Windows Azure cloud computing platform is built around openness enabling open source tools and technologies to run natively.
The presentation showcases some Microsoft open source tools and projects including WebMatrix, ChronoZoom, and OGDI/DataLab.
Microsoft Open Source and The Cloud 2012Mark Gayler
This document summarizes Microsoft's involvement with open source software and the cloud. It discusses Microsoft supporting Linux in Windows Azure, contributing to the Linux kernel, and sponsoring open source projects like Apache Hadoop, Java, PHP, and Node.js. The document also provides examples of open source cloud applications like ChronoZoom and the Open Government Data Initiative that are demonstrated running on Microsoft's Azure platform.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational software company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops and sells a wide range of software and services including the Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Xbox gaming system. Microsoft formed early partnerships with IBM that helped Windows become the dominant operating system installed on over 90% of personal computers worldwide by the 1990s. The company continues to be highly successful with a focus on achieving its vision of a computer in every home and business.
Microsoft corporation by Pankaj kumar MIC copyPankaj Keshari
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Corporation including:
- It was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and developed the dominant operating systems MS-DOS and Windows.
- It has a history of major product launches including the first MS Office suite in 1989, Windows 3.0 in 1990, Windows XP in 2001, and Windows 8 in 2012.
- Microsoft has over 99,000 employees worldwide with major offices in the US and India, and operates in over 100 countries.
The document discusses competition in the desktop productivity software market between Microsoft, Novell, and Google as Microsoft prepares to launch new versions of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. It outlines arguments from representatives of each company regarding the benefits and limitations of their software offerings, including cost, compatibility, collaboration features, and ease of use. Novell and Google argue their alternatives offer savings over Microsoft while still providing necessary functionality, while Microsoft focuses on enhanced collaboration and integration across its software and services. Industry analysts believe all vendors will continue challenging each other but that Microsoft remains dominant due to its large existing customer base and integrated software ecosystem.
Microsoft is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It is headquartered in Redmond, Washington and develops software, consumer electronics, and personal computers. Satya Nadella has been CEO since 2014. Microsoft generates over $90 billion in annual revenue primarily from products like Windows, Office, servers, Xbox, and Surface, as well as services like Bing, Outlook, and Xbox Live. It employs over 117,000 people worldwide and competes against companies such as Apple, Google, and Samsung. The presentation provides an overview of Microsoft's history, leadership, products, finances, and strategies around diversity and accessibility.
This paper Microsoft Corporation was written for my Strategic Management class (TM583) back in the Sping of June 2011. The objective of the project was to come up with a comprehensive strategic business plan for a new or existing company. The Microsoft project covers seven course objectives which include, Microsoft's strategy, Microsoft's core competencies, Microsoft's industry dynamics, Microsoft's technology sourcing and internal innovations, Microsoft's product development strategy, Microsoft's strategy to protect innovations, and a Microsoft's project bibliography. Unfortunately, there is no Power Point associated with this project either, but it would have been a great project to make one for this topic.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational software company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. It was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and initially produced programming languages. Microsoft is now the largest software company in the world and produces the widely popular Windows operating system and Microsoft Office software suite. Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 made many employees into billionaires and millionaires. The company rose to dominance with its MS-DOS operating system in the 1980s and continues to be dominant in PC operating systems and office software.
Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services including its flagship Windows operating system and Office productivity suite. Microsoft's vision is to help individuals and businesses realize their full potential and its mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. It has grown to be the world's largest software company with over $89 billion in annual revenue and 124,000 employees worldwide.
Microsoft is a large software company that develops operating systems, productivity software, servers, and various online services. Their main products include Windows, Office, Xbox, Skype and Bing. They face competition from companies producing alternative operating systems, productivity suites, mobile platforms and internet services. To strengthen their position, Microsoft needs to focus on innovation in mobile devices, tablets, security and new markets, potentially through divesting their Windows business unit to reduce antitrust issues. They also need to ensure their platforms are competitive in the growing mobile and tablet sectors.
intoduction
description
History overview
Products
sales, Distribution, marketing
CEO,s
distributors and Resellers
online
SWOT Analysis
strength and weakness
Threat and opportunities
description of microsoft :global computer technology corporation
headquarters in Redmond Washington
Employs 90% & -60% work in U.S
world’s #1 software company
History of microsoft:Company founded by Bill gates and paul Allen on April 4, 1975
window 3.0 is a success
Continued success for Microsoft
Gates awarded national medal of technology
products:
computers, windows , windows phone, xbox, office , office for apps..
Microsoft is an American technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Some of Microsoft's major products include the Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, Xbox video game consoles, and Bing search engine. In the 1980s and 1990s, Microsoft rose to dominate the personal computer operating system and office software markets.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops software, services, and consumer electronics. Microsoft's major products include the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software including Word and Excel, and the Internet Explorer web browser. The company has over 110 subsidiaries, 190,000 employees worldwide, and $110 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the largest software companies in the world.
Microsoft Corporation is an American technology company founded in 1975 that develops software, consumer electronics, and personal computers. It is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft partnered with IBM in 1980 to bundle Microsoft's operating system with IBM computers. By the 1990s, Microsoft had captured over 90% of the personal computer market with multiple Windows releases. Microsoft has a wide variety of products including Windows, Office, Xbox, and Bing. It faces competition from major companies like Apple, Google, and IBM across its different business areas.
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It has grown to be one of the largest software companies in the world, developing widely used products like Windows, Office, Xbox, and Skype. Microsoft's mission is to empower people through technology by creating accessible and easy to use products. It has expanded from programming languages to operating systems, productivity software, gaming, cloud services and more through both organic growth and acquisitions worth billions of dollars. Today Microsoft has over 128,000 employees working across 129 subsidiaries worldwide.
"Sun Open Source Universe" by Vassilis Boulogiorgos @ eLiberatica 2008eLiberatica
This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2008.
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/
One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions.
The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.
Linux is an open-source operating system modeled after UNIX. It is widely used on servers and systems like mainframes and supercomputers. Linux code can be freely used, modified, and distributed under the GNU public license. Linux is expanding to new devices like laptop BIOS, bringing up a streamlined environment quickly. Popular Linux distributions offer application management with a few clicks. Code contributions must be compatible with GPLv2. Developers worldwide can improve and influence Linux. Revenue comes from support services, convenience of pre-built distributions, and expertise in integrating free Linux code.
Microsoft is a public multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It has over 128,000 employees and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's vision is to put a computer on every desk and home running its software. The document discusses Microsoft's history, products, competitors, SWOT analysis, and marketing mix of product, price, place, and promotion.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational software company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops and sells a wide range of software and services including Windows, Office, and Xbox. Microsoft became the largest software company in the world based on revenues and market capitalization. Some key events in Microsoft's history include launching the first Windows operating system in 1985, reaching $1 billion in annual sales in 1989, and releasing Windows 95 and Windows XP which sold over 100 million copies each.
Microsoft Corporation /ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft, -roʊ-, -ˌsɔːft/ (commonly referred to as Microsoft) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services
It is the world's largest software maker by revenue,[7] and one of the world's most valuable companies.
Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date
Microsoft Corporation /ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft, -roʊ-, -ˌsɔːft/ (commonly referred to as Microsoft) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services
It is the world's largest software maker by revenue,[7] and one of the world's most valuable companies.
Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date
fortune 500 , unique management practice,
Microsoft is a worldwide leader in software and services founded in 1975. It is best known for operating systems like Windows, productivity software like Office, and other products and services. Microsoft has over 120 subsidiaries worldwide, 118,000 employees in 2015, and annual revenue of over $93 billion. It focuses on building platforms and services for mobile and cloud computing. Microsoft has major operations centers in Dublin, Ireland, Humacao, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. In India, Microsoft employs over 6,500 people through its subsidiary to partner with the government and IT industry.
Overview of Microsoft product & Microsoft cloud platform (win Azure)Ahmed M. Abo Tameem
Microsoft is a multinational technology corporation founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It produces the widely used Windows operating system and Microsoft Office productivity suite. Microsoft also owns the Xbox gaming platform, Skype communications app, and Bing search engine, among other products. The company has become largely successful through partnerships like one formed with IBM in 1980 that helped establish Windows on IBM computers.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops software, services, and consumer electronics. Microsoft's major products include the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, and Xbox video game consoles. With over $110 billion in annual revenue and over 150,000 employees worldwide, Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies.
The document discusses the key responsibilities of export and import operations and communication, including: arranging export documents and shipments; importing by arranging shipping documents and paying customs duties; communicating with various departments to schedule shipments, reserve cargo space, and ensure customs compliance; and managing staff training and activities.
Ed Ulbrich is the CEO of Digital Domain and Mothership Media. He executive produced the visual effects for films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Titanic, Tron: Legacy, and Fight Club. Ulbrich explains how his team used new technology to blur the line between digital creations and actors for Benjamin Button. He gives a presentation focusing on using high quality images and videos with few words on slides to tell stories from his research, keeping the audience entertained.
Microsoft corporation by Pankaj kumar MIC copyPankaj Keshari
This document provides an overview of Microsoft Corporation including:
- It was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and developed the dominant operating systems MS-DOS and Windows.
- It has a history of major product launches including the first MS Office suite in 1989, Windows 3.0 in 1990, Windows XP in 2001, and Windows 8 in 2012.
- Microsoft has over 99,000 employees worldwide with major offices in the US and India, and operates in over 100 countries.
The document discusses competition in the desktop productivity software market between Microsoft, Novell, and Google as Microsoft prepares to launch new versions of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. It outlines arguments from representatives of each company regarding the benefits and limitations of their software offerings, including cost, compatibility, collaboration features, and ease of use. Novell and Google argue their alternatives offer savings over Microsoft while still providing necessary functionality, while Microsoft focuses on enhanced collaboration and integration across its software and services. Industry analysts believe all vendors will continue challenging each other but that Microsoft remains dominant due to its large existing customer base and integrated software ecosystem.
Microsoft is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It is headquartered in Redmond, Washington and develops software, consumer electronics, and personal computers. Satya Nadella has been CEO since 2014. Microsoft generates over $90 billion in annual revenue primarily from products like Windows, Office, servers, Xbox, and Surface, as well as services like Bing, Outlook, and Xbox Live. It employs over 117,000 people worldwide and competes against companies such as Apple, Google, and Samsung. The presentation provides an overview of Microsoft's history, leadership, products, finances, and strategies around diversity and accessibility.
This paper Microsoft Corporation was written for my Strategic Management class (TM583) back in the Sping of June 2011. The objective of the project was to come up with a comprehensive strategic business plan for a new or existing company. The Microsoft project covers seven course objectives which include, Microsoft's strategy, Microsoft's core competencies, Microsoft's industry dynamics, Microsoft's technology sourcing and internal innovations, Microsoft's product development strategy, Microsoft's strategy to protect innovations, and a Microsoft's project bibliography. Unfortunately, there is no Power Point associated with this project either, but it would have been a great project to make one for this topic.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational software company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. It was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and initially produced programming languages. Microsoft is now the largest software company in the world and produces the widely popular Windows operating system and Microsoft Office software suite. Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 made many employees into billionaires and millionaires. The company rose to dominance with its MS-DOS operating system in the 1980s and continues to be dominant in PC operating systems and office software.
Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services including its flagship Windows operating system and Office productivity suite. Microsoft's vision is to help individuals and businesses realize their full potential and its mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. It has grown to be the world's largest software company with over $89 billion in annual revenue and 124,000 employees worldwide.
Microsoft is a large software company that develops operating systems, productivity software, servers, and various online services. Their main products include Windows, Office, Xbox, Skype and Bing. They face competition from companies producing alternative operating systems, productivity suites, mobile platforms and internet services. To strengthen their position, Microsoft needs to focus on innovation in mobile devices, tablets, security and new markets, potentially through divesting their Windows business unit to reduce antitrust issues. They also need to ensure their platforms are competitive in the growing mobile and tablet sectors.
intoduction
description
History overview
Products
sales, Distribution, marketing
CEO,s
distributors and Resellers
online
SWOT Analysis
strength and weakness
Threat and opportunities
description of microsoft :global computer technology corporation
headquarters in Redmond Washington
Employs 90% & -60% work in U.S
world’s #1 software company
History of microsoft:Company founded by Bill gates and paul Allen on April 4, 1975
window 3.0 is a success
Continued success for Microsoft
Gates awarded national medal of technology
products:
computers, windows , windows phone, xbox, office , office for apps..
Microsoft is an American technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Some of Microsoft's major products include the Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, Xbox video game consoles, and Bing search engine. In the 1980s and 1990s, Microsoft rose to dominate the personal computer operating system and office software markets.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops software, services, and consumer electronics. Microsoft's major products include the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software including Word and Excel, and the Internet Explorer web browser. The company has over 110 subsidiaries, 190,000 employees worldwide, and $110 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the largest software companies in the world.
Microsoft Corporation is an American technology company founded in 1975 that develops software, consumer electronics, and personal computers. It is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft partnered with IBM in 1980 to bundle Microsoft's operating system with IBM computers. By the 1990s, Microsoft had captured over 90% of the personal computer market with multiple Windows releases. Microsoft has a wide variety of products including Windows, Office, Xbox, and Bing. It faces competition from major companies like Apple, Google, and IBM across its different business areas.
Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It has grown to be one of the largest software companies in the world, developing widely used products like Windows, Office, Xbox, and Skype. Microsoft's mission is to empower people through technology by creating accessible and easy to use products. It has expanded from programming languages to operating systems, productivity software, gaming, cloud services and more through both organic growth and acquisitions worth billions of dollars. Today Microsoft has over 128,000 employees working across 129 subsidiaries worldwide.
"Sun Open Source Universe" by Vassilis Boulogiorgos @ eLiberatica 2008eLiberatica
This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2008.
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/
One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions.
The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.
Linux is an open-source operating system modeled after UNIX. It is widely used on servers and systems like mainframes and supercomputers. Linux code can be freely used, modified, and distributed under the GNU public license. Linux is expanding to new devices like laptop BIOS, bringing up a streamlined environment quickly. Popular Linux distributions offer application management with a few clicks. Code contributions must be compatible with GPLv2. Developers worldwide can improve and influence Linux. Revenue comes from support services, convenience of pre-built distributions, and expertise in integrating free Linux code.
Microsoft is a public multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It has over 128,000 employees and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft's vision is to put a computer on every desk and home running its software. The document discusses Microsoft's history, products, competitors, SWOT analysis, and marketing mix of product, price, place, and promotion.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational software company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops and sells a wide range of software and services including Windows, Office, and Xbox. Microsoft became the largest software company in the world based on revenues and market capitalization. Some key events in Microsoft's history include launching the first Windows operating system in 1985, reaching $1 billion in annual sales in 1989, and releasing Windows 95 and Windows XP which sold over 100 million copies each.
Microsoft Corporation /ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft, -roʊ-, -ˌsɔːft/ (commonly referred to as Microsoft) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services
It is the world's largest software maker by revenue,[7] and one of the world's most valuable companies.
Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date
Microsoft Corporation /ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft, -roʊ-, -ˌsɔːft/ (commonly referred to as Microsoft) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services
It is the world's largest software maker by revenue,[7] and one of the world's most valuable companies.
Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date
fortune 500 , unique management practice,
Microsoft is a worldwide leader in software and services founded in 1975. It is best known for operating systems like Windows, productivity software like Office, and other products and services. Microsoft has over 120 subsidiaries worldwide, 118,000 employees in 2015, and annual revenue of over $93 billion. It focuses on building platforms and services for mobile and cloud computing. Microsoft has major operations centers in Dublin, Ireland, Humacao, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. In India, Microsoft employs over 6,500 people through its subsidiary to partner with the government and IT industry.
Overview of Microsoft product & Microsoft cloud platform (win Azure)Ahmed M. Abo Tameem
Microsoft is a multinational technology corporation founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It produces the widely used Windows operating system and Microsoft Office productivity suite. Microsoft also owns the Xbox gaming platform, Skype communications app, and Bing search engine, among other products. The company has become largely successful through partnerships like one formed with IBM in 1980 that helped establish Windows on IBM computers.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. It develops software, services, and consumer electronics. Microsoft's major products include the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, and Xbox video game consoles. With over $110 billion in annual revenue and over 150,000 employees worldwide, Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies.
The document discusses the key responsibilities of export and import operations and communication, including: arranging export documents and shipments; importing by arranging shipping documents and paying customs duties; communicating with various departments to schedule shipments, reserve cargo space, and ensure customs compliance; and managing staff training and activities.
Ed Ulbrich is the CEO of Digital Domain and Mothership Media. He executive produced the visual effects for films such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Titanic, Tron: Legacy, and Fight Club. Ulbrich explains how his team used new technology to blur the line between digital creations and actors for Benjamin Button. He gives a presentation focusing on using high quality images and videos with few words on slides to tell stories from his research, keeping the audience entertained.
RadiciGroup per la Sostenibilità - Stili di vita e paesaggioRadiciGroup
Filippo Servalli - Corporate Marketing Director at RadiciGroup
Stili di vita e paesaggio, 16 Settembre 2015, evento collegato alla manifestazione I Maestri del Paesaggio - International Meeting
The document discusses ASP.NET MVC, describing it as a new web application project type that separates concerns and provides tight control over HTML. It notes MVC's advantages include separation of concerns, easier integration with client-side tools, SEO-friendly URLs, and support for test-driven development. The MVC model and flow are depicted, with requests going to the controller, the controller forming a model and passing it to the view, and the view transforming the model into an output response.
A Multi-institutional Project to Develop Discipline-Specific Data Literacy In...sjwright31
A presentation about an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded research project investigating data information literacy (DIL) needs of e-scientists (www.datainfolit.org)) given at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2012 Meeting.
Abstract: What data stewardship skills are needed by future scientists to fulfill their professional responsibilities and take advantage of opportunities in e-science? How can academic librarians contribute their expertise in information organization, dissemination and preservation to better serve modern science? With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), four research libraries have formed a partnership to address these questions. The aims of the partnership are to identify the data stewardship skills, including data management and curation, needed by graduate students at the research discipline level, to identify trends that extend across the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and to collaborate with faculty to develop and implement “data information literacy” (DIL) curricula to address those needs.
If you use content from this presentation, please cite: Wright, Sarah, Michael Fosmire, Jon Jeffryes, Marianne Stowell Bracke, Brian Westra. (2012) “A Multi-institutional Project to Develop Discipline-Specific Data Literacy Instruction for Graduate Students” Abstract IN22A-08 [oral presentation] 2012 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, CA.
This document provides information about the team and business of Pet Narrator. It includes:
- Names and roles of the core team including the CTO, Marketing Director, COO, and investors.
- Description of the target customer as young female pet owners in China aged 22-35, with a middle-class income and who are smartphone users.
- Overview of the business which is a mobile app that will provide pet goods and services to customers and generate revenue from advertising, referrals from cooperating stores, and selling customer data.
- Discussion of key competitors and Pet Narrator's advantages in being community-based, using a diary system, and providing a channel between users,
The Portuguese Canoe Federation is focused on promoting and regulating canoeing in Portugal. It organizes national championships and international competitions. From 2007 it promotes championships in multiple canoeing disciplines. It has a history of success at the Olympics and World Championships. It is seeking sponsors to support its activities from 2013-2016, including major events it will organize and its athletes' participation in international competitions.
- The photo shoot took place in a school dance studio which had a green screen and appropriate lighting setup. This allowed for easy manipulation of the background images. However, some shots had increased shadows due to the lighting.
- The cover image features a model in a tight black outfit with a sparkly bra, looking directly at the camera to draw attention. Her hair is back in a ponytail to focus on her face.
- The first contents page image also features the main model looking directly at the camera with a cheeky smile and finger on her lips, suggesting she has a secret. The outfits are the same to recognize her throughout the magazine.
The document summarizes information for exhibitors at the 2013 Long Hot Summer Conference on Trauma and Emergency Care taking place on March 8-9, 2013 at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Over 500 medical professionals are expected to attend. Standard booth packages are available for $500-1000 and include pipe and drape, table, and chairs. Exhibitors must complete an agreement form and pay to reserve their booth space.
The document discusses the International Space Station and the exosphere. It mentions private space companies and raises the question of why private companies are involved in space exploration.
RadiciGroup for Sustainability report - Key elements 2014 - Czech RadiciGroup
RadiciGroup for Sustainability Report - Key elements 2014 - Czech
Sustainability is our Great Beauty
Data source: RADICIGROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2014 - www.radicigroup.com
This document discusses introducing a social calling app for Bangladesh that will be more enjoyable and exciting than existing options like Facebook Messenger. It proposes solutions like allowing users to make calls through the internet without needing balance on their mobile carrier, and marketing the app based on features like making unlimited calls and getting multiple phone numbers while only using one app. The document includes several creative advertising ideas focusing on benefits like paying less to talk and connecting with others for free.
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, a tool for making slideshows. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation and sharing it on SlideShare. In just one sentence, it pitches the idea of using Haiku Deck to easily create engaging slideshow presentations.
The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire conducted to inform the creation of a music magazine called "TRENDS." Key findings include:
1) The majority (59%) of respondents were between 15-18 years old, fitting the target market of 15-30.
2) The most popular music genres were hip-hop and R&B, showing the magazine focus is aligned with readers' interests.
3) Most (80%) respondents do not currently read music magazines, indicating a need for an accessible, visual format.
This document discusses how and why organizations are moving to open source solutions. It provides examples of organizations that have significantly reduced costs by adopting open source alternatives to proprietary software. The document outlines a four-step process that an open source consulting company uses to help organizations assess, define, plan and execute their transition to open source technologies. It highlights case studies of clients that achieved cumulative savings of millions of dollars over three to five years by adopting open source solutions for applications like infrastructure, content management systems and more.
Adopt Open Source To Beat Tight BudgetsZoNIX Systems
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5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
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Power Grid Model
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Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
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4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
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5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
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6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
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7. What is Prometheus?
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8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
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12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
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In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
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2. Government Experience with Open Source on the Desktop
CONTENTS
Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Background .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Case Review ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
City of Helsinki, Finland ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Department of Education, Republic of the Philippines ........................................................................................... 7
Forsyth County Schools, Georgia, USA ......................................................................................................................... 8
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland ............................................................................................................................... 9
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany .......................................................................................................................... 10
City of Maykop, Republic of Adygea, Russian Federation .................................................................................. 11
The Punjab IT Labs Project, Punjab, Pakistan .......................................................................................................... 12
Further Examples ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Findings ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
OSS alone does not enable interoperability ............................................................................................................ 17
User productivity is often impeded............................................................................................................................. 18
Skill shortages can be expensive to resolve ............................................................................................................. 19
Unanticipated costs can be significant ...................................................................................................................... 19
Skills for the future ............................................................................................................................................................ 20
Where Open Source succeeds ...................................................................................................................................... 20
Recommendations ................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Always conduct a holistic needs and cost/benefit review .................................................................................. 22
Adopt an IT strategy based on business value ....................................................................................................... 23
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
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3. Government Experience with Open Source on the Desktop
Foreword
Over the years, Government organisations have deployed open source software on the desktop with
the hope of driving down operational costs and to promote better interoperability between systems.
This document details the outcomes of many of these projects and attempts to summarise the
findings and learning. The purpose is not to position one type of technology over another. Indeed,
the document provides examples of how open source works well with other software
implementations. The overriding goal is to demonstrate that a prescriptive decision to pre-select one
type of technology over another does not guarantee success – be it economic, organisational, or
technical. Indeed, we believe that open source delivers best value when combined with other
technologies in mixed infrastructures.
The Government organisations referenced here have learned from experience that technology
selection is a matter of choice based on fit for purpose and benefit to the citizen and taxpayer – read
on to learn why.
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4. Government Experience with Open Source on the Desktop
Introduction
Public Sector CIOs around the world place enormous
emphasis on openness and interoperability; driving value
by ensuring that information passes seamlessly and
securely between systems regardless of age, vendor or
development model.
Time and time again, CIOs
Open source software (OSS) has been a part of this have found that prescriptive
evolution and is a common piece of the modern deployments of OSS fail to
heterogeneous IT environment. However, OSS has often
deliver the expected
proved less successful on the desktop.
returns.
In successive waves over the last decade, organisations
have tried to prescribe OSS for the desktop in order to cut
costs and deliver value. Time and time again, CIOs have
found that such prescriptive deployments fail to deliver the
expected returns.
Open source – as the Linux and Android operating systems
have shown – can be an effective development model and
open source solutions have been successful in scenarios
like the cloud or some server workloads. However, many
of the highly publicised migrations to open source desk-
tops have failed, been abandoned or reversed.
Are there common causes to discover or lessons that could
be learned to prevent organisations repeating the errors of
the past?
This white paper reviews 30 available cases from every part
of the public sector across the world to understand why
attempts to mandate or prescribe OSS solutions for the
desk-top so often fail to meet expectations.
The paper offers recommendations for those considering
future large scale software migration projects so that they
are better placed to realise the benefits of open source
while avoiding or mitigating the risks.
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5. Government Experience with Open Source on the Desktop
Background
Approaches to IT are evolving. IT environments are typically
more complex than in the past. Legacy applications and
different generations of hardware have resulted in most
organisations today having highly heterogeneous IT
environments.
The capability and reach of IT systems have also grown
over time so that there are now ever greater levels of
interoperability between software, information and people.
The capability and reach of
Trends and developments like cloud computing, Bring Your
Own Device and the new world of work bring great IT systems have grown over
flexibility to organisations even as they place greater time so that there are now
demands on the IT department: ever greater levels of
• To do more with less interoperability between
• To improve personal productivity software, information and
• To enable new models of working: anytime, anyplace. people.
Modern productivity suites are closely integrated
applications that drive efficiency and enable collaboration
and communication. Spreadsheets and word processing
packages draw information directly from ERP systems and
line of business applications and often feed critical
information back into the heart of the system.
As CIOs and IT leaders have pursued greater openness and interoperability, they have embraced open
source, exploring its potential and deploying OSS solutions where they add value. Why, then, has OSS
been less successful on the desktop?
At the beginning of the century, there were a number of highly publicised “migrations” to open source
desktops, especially in the public sector. Some of these have been successful; some, even after seven
or eight years, remain “in progress” while others have failed, been abandoned or reversed.
The following section looks at seven cases from public sector organisations around the world. It is
followed by a summary of a further 23 cases. Together, these illustrate some common themes
encountered by attempted OSS desktop migrations and suggest steps that organisations can take to
avoid encountering problems.
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6. Government Experience with Open Source on the Desktop
Case Review
City of Helsinki, Finland
The Finnish capital’s administration has approximately
21,000 desktop PCs. In December 2011, the IT
department published a report summarising the
findings of a comprehensive study into the feasibility of "Instead of changing the
1
migrating their desktops to OpenOffice . office product, we focus
The study consisted of three projects along with a review of on developing the ICT
other migrations in public sector organisations in Finland ecosystem by opening up
and across Europe. The projects were: more and more public
• A Workstation project that looked at the IT management
datasets and engage our
issues of deploying OpenOffice to its 21,000 PCs: external ecosystem to
distribution, administration, updates and user support. create value to the
• A Usability project that surveyed users on efficiency and community. For us, it will
productivity. This project also examined dependencies
pay off more."
and interoperability between various software systems.
• A Calculation project that used models established by IT Markku Raitio, CIO,
analysts Gartner to determine the true cost of migration.
City of Helsinki
The city calculated that over a seven year period, a migration
would prove 74% more expensive than continuing their
existing use of Microsoft Office.
Primary Issues Encountered
There were so many dependencies between different
systems within the administration that the study could Cost
not identify even a single department where it would be
feasible to migrate to an alternative system. Interoperability
In publishing the report, Helsinki’s CIO Markku Raitio
Productivity
concluded that,
“There is no rationale to replace the proprietary office Skills to Support
suite by another product.”
Instead, he felt that greater openness, and greater value,
would be achieved by investing in an open data strategy to make more of the city’s information
publicly available and by supporting the local software sector.
1
The original report is available here: http://www.hel.fi/static/public/hela/Kaupunginhallitus/Suomi/Esitys/2012/Halke_2012-01-
30_Khs_4_El/C04F5ACC-C298-4DA2-8B0E-A0FC089C0E1F/Liite.pdf. The English translation is available at:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/121215460/Helsinki-Open-Office-Survey-Translation.
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Department of Education, Republic of the
Philippines
The Department of Education (DepEd) 2 manages 44,200
schools and 23 million students in the Philippines. The
department’s primary responsibility is “to provide its students
with the skills, knowledge and values to become caring, self-
“For us, the cost to deploy
reliant, productive and patriotic citizens”.
and support computers
In line with its vision, DepEd has recently prioritised the use with OpenOffice and Linux
of technology in schools, bringing the student to computer is about 33 per cent more
ratio down from 25,000:1 to 40:1. 97% of secondary schools
than the cost for Office
now have a computer lab with at least 40 computers.
2010 and Windows 7.”
3
The project started in 2004 and initially DepEd deployed a
mix of desktops with about 50% running open source Mari Paul C. Soriano,
OpenOffice and Linux. The other 50% used Microsoft Office Director for Technical
and Windows. The Department expected the open source Services, Department of
desktops to be less expensive but found that the costs of
Education of the Philippines
deployment, support and system administration were much
higher than anticipated. As their IT investment grew, these
issues became significant:
“We received feedback from the school IT administrators Primary Issues Encountered
that the computers running OpenOffice had more
technical issues, to the point that some computers were Cost
unusable. …With both Linux and OpenOffice, IT
administrators found it difficult to find support when they Interoperability
had problems.” Mari Paul C. Soriano, Director for
Technical Services, Department of Education of the Productivity
Philippines
Skills to Support
DepEd also found that teacher and student productivity was
being impaired by the open source solution, an important
consideration as teachers in the Philippines are typically
responsible for creating their own materials. By contrast, those using the commercial solution found it
easier to create materials like multi-media presentations that aid learning.
A further concern for DepEd was the preparation of students for the workplace. Estimating that 90%
of students would enter a workplace that uses Microsoft Office, DepEd wanted to ensure it was
fulfilling its responsibilities.
2
See: http://www.deped.gov.ph/
3
Source: http://www.ischools.ph/blog/2011/11/08/ending-to-start-anew-ischools-project-starts-close-out/
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In 2010, DepEd reviewed its desktop strategy and decided
to standardise all of its computers for secondary schools
on Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 and
Windows 7 4.
Forsyth County Schools, Georgia, USA
The productivity impact experienced in the Philippines was
“Problems with
also a major reason for the decision by Forsyth County
Schools to abandon its open source solution.
compatibility, which barely
registered during our pilot
Forsyth County Schools is a highly regarded school district
deployment, grew to
just north of Atlanta, Georgia. It educates more than
enormous proportions
35,000 students across 413 square miles and many of its
schools have been named “Georgia Schools of Excellence” once we deployed into
by the state’s Department of Education. Forsyth County production … People were
Schools has earned a number of state and national awards spending 30 to 50 per cent
for its leadership in technology innovation.
more time than they had in
In 2008, faced with tightened budgets, the district decided the past to create and
to deploy OpenOffice on approximately 20,000 computers modify documents—
to reduce software licensing costs. However, the initiative
activities that constitute
failed to deliver the expected value.
the staple of the work or
Compatibility problems affected students, teachers and school day.”
administrators. They also affected students and their
parents in the home as they struggled to open documents. Bailey Mitchell, Chief
These issues included the ability to access pre-existing Information Officer, Forsyth
materials (which frequently required re-formatting),
County Schools
translation of advanced features like macros and the ability
to exchange information with stakeholders beyond the
schools’ systems.
Primary Issues Encountered
After less than a year, the district took the decision to
return to using Microsoft technology, boosting Cost
productivity and optimizing the district’s technology
resources. 5 Interoperability
“Students are using the desktop productivity toolset
Productivity
they are most likely to encounter in higher education
and the workplace, so they are better prepared for
Skills to Support
their future.
4
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-Professional-Plus-2010/Department-of-Education-of-the-
Philippines/Department-of-Education-Helps-Prepare-Students-for-Workforce/4000010893
5
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-Professional-Plus-2007/Forsyth-County-Schools/School-
District-Scraps-Open-Source-Solution-Boosts-Productivity-by-50-Percent/4000008223
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Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Productivity and interoperability between the organisation
and its stakeholders – along with the consequent cost of
getting those wrong – were important factors for the
Beaumont Hospital in Ireland.
One of Ireland’s largest hospitals, Beaumont is the principal
“There is less time spent
teaching hospital for the Royal College of Surgeons in
formatting and fixing
Ireland and enjoys close links with Dublin City University.
things. I’m sure productivity
In 2002, the hospital deployed an OSS desktop solution
has improved as a result of
based on StarOffice, the Skyrix email solution and Zope
6 the staff working with tools
content management . In 2007, Beaumont took the
decision to revert to Microsoft Office, primarily because with which they are
compatibility of data between the hospital and a range of familiar.”
external organisations had been identified as essential to
the hospital's strategy. It was felt that the Microsoft Donal Rorke, IT Manager,
solution addressed this and a number of other issues, such Beaumont Hospital
as spreadsheet functionality and presentation quality, in a
manner more acceptable to the hospital's extensive user
community.
“Familiarity, functionality and portability are the three
big things that moving back to Microsoft gives us.
Staff are now able to bring material with them to work Primary Issues Encountered
on at home, or they might be sending a particular
document and they’re not having to worry about Cost
whether the recipient can open it.” Donal Rorke, IT
Manager, Beaumont Hospital Interoperability
Greater familiarity has meant lower training costs and Productivity
reduced requirement for IT support. Employees are more
productive and the use of familiar applications supports Skills to Support
flexible and home working 7.
6
Source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/migration-open-source-software-%E2%80%93-beaumont-hospital-dublin-
ireland-0
7
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/casestudies/content/BeaumontHospital.html
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
The ability to communicate seamlessly with stakeholders is Primary Issues Encountered
uniformly and vitally important for public sector
organisations. Cost
In 2008, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Interoperability
that it was migrating all of its 11,000 desktops to Linux and
other open source applications 8. This decision was widely Productivity
covered in the IT press at the time and was apparently
driven by a desire for lower costs 9. Skills to Support
However, in 2011, the ministry cited “urgently needed
collaboration features” for its decision to revert to a
commercial solution:
"The ministry and its offices in foreign countries must
be able to rely on a fast, frictionless and
uncomplicated communication with many a national
and foreign administration, organisations and
enterprises. Because of the heterogeneous mix of
document formats, including Microsoft's wide-spread
binary formats, the Foreign Office must continue to
support these proprietary formats." Statement by
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
In response to questions in parliament, the ministry further
explained that it had also experienced problems with cost
10
and usability .
At the same time, the German government wrote that it
would continue to support open source software wherever
“it is useful and economical” 11.
8
Source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/de-foreign-ministry-cost-open-source-desktop-maintenance-far-lowest
9
Source: http://www.itexaminer.com/german-foreign-ministry-starts-open-source-blitzkreig.aspx
10
Source: http://www.linux-magazin.de/content/view/full/59695 (in German)
11
Source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/de-interoperability-forces-foreign-office-proprietary-desktop
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City of Maykop, Republic of Adygea, Russian
Federation
Maykop is the capital of the Republic of Adygea, part of
the Russian Federation located in south-east Europe.
In 2010, the city administration embarked on a project to
reduce costs by migrating to an open source desktop
solution. As reported by open.cnews.ru, the project met “Our mistake was that we
with a number of problems that caused the administration thought about OSS as a
to abandon the open source desktop but to retain Linux as
magic wand that would
an important part of its server infrastructure.
help solve all the problems
At the migration stage, the IT team encountered problems free of charge.”
with a lack of Russian language support for migrating to
the Linux client. They were also unable to deploy an Sergey Selin, Head of
important line of business application on top of the open Information Administration,
source platform.
City of Maykop
Document fidelity was a significant issue after the move to
OpenOffice raising the risk of data loss and having a
negative impact on staff productivity. Documents were
frequently rendered incorrectly and with information
missing because of incompatibilities between OpenOffice Primary Issues Encountered
and commercial file formats.
Cost
Productivity suffered as users required re-training to use
OpenOffice. This increased costs and demand on IT
Interoperability
specialists 12:
“Having obtained certain experience with OSS, I can
Productivity
say: to get yield, it needs to be chosen just as
Skills to Support
products of other vendors; you should analyse where
and why to use it and the most important thing – you
should immediately plan costs for ‘free software’ as
subscriptions to Linux commercial distributions and
consultants’ work.” Sergey Selin, Head of Information
Administration, City of Maykop
12
Source: http://open.cnews.ru/top/2012/04/28/administraciya_maykopa_otkazalas_ot_spo_i_kupila_produkty_microsoft_487474
(in Russian)
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The Punjab IT Labs Project, Punjab, Pakistan
Primary Issues Encountered
The Punjab province is Pakistan’s most populous and
most developed region. It is home to 90 million people
Cost
and comprises densely populated cities – like the capital
Lahore – and more rural districts.
Interoperability
The Government of Punjab established the Punjab IT Labs
Project to give every pupil in the region access to a Productivity
computer, bridging the digital divide between urban and
rural populations. The project has so far established 4,286 Skills to Support
IT labs across all 36 districts of Punjab.
In commencing the project, the government evaluated a
wide range of alternative options including OpenOffice and
Linux. However, they settled on Microsoft’s technology
because of the level of support available from the existing
network of Microsoft partners. Other factors in the
decision included:
• Usability of the software
• Broad use by government agencies “We selected Microsoft Office
• User familiarity. over other options like
OpenOffice, because the
By using Microsoft virtualisation technology, the project
was able to reduce IT costs from US $8 million to US $3 latter is complex for the user
million across its estate of 64,000 desktops. With support … Deploying OpenOffice
from IT partner firms, the project was delivered in just 110 would require us to conduct
13
days . several training sessions and
provide continuous support.
We would not cope,"
Sidney Leusson Angulo,
Coordinator of Computer
Services, Secretaria de
Educacion, Municipio de Cali
13
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Application-Virtualization/Government-of-the-Punjab/Government-
of-the-Punjab-Chooses-Microsoft-Over-OpenOffice.org/4000011205
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Further Examples
The following table summarises the above and other
examples from public sector organisations around the world
that were reviewed in preparing this white paper. It includes
a number of cases that have been widely covered in the IT
press and which deserve brief comment:
Cities of Birmingham and Bristol, UK
“The best option for us was a
In 2005, the UK government’s Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister established the Open Source Academy (OSA) with combined infrastructure based
funding of £1.3 million (US $2.1 million). The OSA’s remit on Microsoft but with OSS
was to accelerate the adoption of OSS across the UK Public and IBM”.
14
Sector and its members included the councils of
Birmingham, Bristol, Cheshire and Shepway along with the Sergey Selin, Head of
National Computing Centre and University of Kent. Information Administration,
Birmingham (as the largest metropolitan council in Europe)
City of Maykop
and Bristol received significant press attention at the time
but both encountered problems.
Birmingham had difficulty with available skills and overall
cost. Having received £500,000 (US $0.8 million) in
funding, and with a target to deploy 1,500 computers, the
council succeeded in rolling out only 200 Linux PCs 15.
In 2010, after 5 years of OSS implementation, Bristol City
Council announced that it would henceforth adopt a policy
of using OSS and commercial software together, based on
a business-case analysis of value. It deployed Microsoft
Office 2010 and Windows 7 on all council PCs but
continues to evaluate OSS as appropriate. Its 2011
evaluation of an OSS email solution encountered security
problems 16 but in 2012, the council announced the
adoption of a document management system from open
source vendor, Alfresco 17.
The OSA project ended in March 2006. Today, all the
organisations involved continue to use commercial
software solutions predominantly across their
organisations.
14
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/critical-open-source-initiative-to-crack-public-sector-3039193838/
15
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/large-public-sector-linux-project-flops-3039284683/
16
Source: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/bristol-councils-open-source-push-hits-security-buffers-41091
17
Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240161756/Bristol-Council-opts-for-open-source-electronic-document-
management
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City of Munich, Germany
In 2003, the city administration of Munich announced its decision to migrate its software systems to
OSS. The LiMux project, started in 2004, is still in progress and will not be completed until 2013 at the
earliest. By January 2012, after 8 years of deployment effort, 15,000 PCs were running OSS
applications FireFox, Thunderbird and OpenOfice. The administration aims to have migrated 12,000
PCs to the LiMux version of the Linux operating system by the end of 2012 18, an ongoing project
which has yet to be completed nine years after the decision to move to OSS
The city’s Schools department, citing demand for “standard software”, chose a commercial route and
in July 2012, migrated 28,000 desktops initially to Microsoft Windows XP and then to the latest
19
versions, Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7 .
City of Vienna, Austria
In 2005, the city of Vienna announced that it would migrate all of its desktop PCs to OSS using Linux
and OpenOffice 20. However, the city found it difficult to find open source alternatives to critical
applications and, in 2009, they announced that Linux and Windows would continue to co-exist across
21
the organisation .
18
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/252921/munich_mayor_says_switch_to_linux_saved_money_reduced_complaints.html
19
Source: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Munich-school-network-to-be-migrated-to-Windows-XP-1195535.html
20
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/vienna-to-softly-embrace-linux-3039185440/
21
Source: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Vienna-Windows-and-Linux-to-coexist-892081.html
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Primary Issues Encountered
Year Organisation
Cost Interoperability Productivity Skills to Support
2000 Central Scotland Police, UK 22
2001 Solothurn Canton, Switzerland 23
2002 Asker Municipality, Norway 24
2002 Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 25
2003 Kreis Mettmann, Germany 26
2004 Akershus County, Norway 27
2004 City of Bergen, Norway 28
2004 Department of Education, Philippines
2004 City of Munich, Germany 29
2004 London Borough of Newham, UK 30
2004 Volgograd Education Committee,
Russia 31
2005 City of Barcelona, Spain 32
2005 City of Birmingham, UK 33
2005 City of Bristol, UK 34
2005 Sarpsborg Municipality, Norway 35
22
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2005/aug05/08-11CSPPR.aspx
23
Source: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/A-crash-landing-for-Linux-1082048.html
24
Source: http://www.digi.no/869407/asker-gir-opp-openoffice (in Norwegian)
25
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/casestudies/content/BeaumontHospital.html
26
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000006738
27
Source: http://www.digi.no/860211/ogsaa-akershus-kutter-ut-openoffice (in Norwegian)
28
Source: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2006/09/05/pioneering-desktop-linux-project-put-on-ice-
39282685/
29
Source: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/LiMux-project-management-We-were-naive-958824.html
30
Source: http://www.onwindows.com/Articles/London-Borough-of-Newham-supports-modernisation-with-
Microsoft/1516/Default.aspx
31
Source: http://download.microsoft.com/documents/customerevidence/24179_Volgograd.doc
32
Source: http://www.libertaddigital.com/internet/el-ayuntamiento-de-barcelona-rompe-su-compromiso-y-no-usa-software-
libre-porque-es-demasiado-caro-1276306340/ (in Spanish)
33
Source: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/it-strategy/2006/11/13/large-public-sector-linux-project-flops-39284683/
34
Source: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/committee/2010/ua/ua000/0930_8.pdf
35
Source: http://referanser.microsoft.no/office/ny-plattform-sparer-millioner/ (in Norwegian)
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Primary Issues Encountered
Year Organisation
Cost Interoperability Productivity Skills to Support
2005 City of Vienna, Austria 36
2006 Ministry of Justice, Belgium 37
2007 City of Freiburg, Germany 38
2007 City of Geneva, Switzerland 39
2008 Forsyth County Schools, Georgia, USA
2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany 40
2008 Secretaría de Educación de Cali,
Colombia 41
2008 State of Terengganu, Malaysia 42
2009 Orange County Public Schools, Florida,
USA 43
2010 Kochi Prefecture, Japan 44
2010 City of Maykop, Republic of Adygea
2010 City of Reykjavik, Iceland 45
2011 City of Helsinki, Finland
2011 Punjab IT Labs Project, Punjab, Pakistan
2011 Polytechnic of Zagreb, Croatia46
Table 1 Summary of Primary Issues Encountered in OSS Desktop Deployments
36
Source: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Vienna-Windows-and-Linux-to-coexist-892081.html
37
Source: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/be-lack-training-impedes-open-source-pilot-justice-ministry
38
Source: http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/lacking-support-other-administrations-freiburg-ends-use-open-source-office
39
Source: http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/geneve/story/Le-Municipal-dit-adieu-aux-logiciels-libres-15007488 (in French)
40
Source: http://www.linux-magazin.de/content/view/full/59695 (in German)
41
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/latam/educacion/col_casos.aspx
42
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/malaysias-schools-get-openoffice-org-2062045435/; http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/-
/Terengganu-State-ICT-Unit/Malaysia-ICT-Program-Transforms-Education-and-Local-Economy/4000010021
43
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-2007-Suites/Orange-County-Public-Schools/Large-School-
District-Weighs-TCO-of-Microsoft/4000005095
44
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-System/Kochi-Prefecture/Japanese-Prefecture-Government-
Chooses-Microsoft-Office-Over-OpenOffice.org/4000007087
45
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000008779
46
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/-/Polytechnic-of-Zagreb/Polytechnic-Modernizes-Communication-and-
Collaboration-Platform-to-Save-300-000/4000011013
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Findings
These projects all originated from a desire to save money
and create value for government and its citizens. However,
the overwhelming message from the 30 cases reviewed
here is that OSS desktop deployments guarantee neither
the savings nor the interoperability that are often the
prime aims of such projects.
In many cases, the organisations and the users suffered
further from productivity losses and through difficulty in Interoperability – in its
finding and hiring the required skills to support the broadest sense – was a big
deployment. These issues further added to the cost issue for organisations
burden of the projects.
whose migrations failed to
The cases reviewed failed to deliver because of meet expectations.
unanticipated problems. In some cases, those problems
were technical – e.g. an inability to connect with vital line
of business applications. More often the problems were
“business” problems, such as:
• Inability to communicate effectively with stakeholders;
• Productivity losses through lack of training or the need
to manage incompatible document formats;
• Difficulty sourcing the skills to support new systems;
• The unforeseen cost of all of these issues along with
higher costs of system management or administration.
Generally, the cases reviewed encountered at least two –
and sometimes all four – of the following issues:
• Interoperability
• Productivity
• Skills to support
• Cost
OSS alone does not enable interoperability
Desktop systems are no longer “stand-alone”. As systems
become more citizen-centric, data entered on a web-site
by a resident can flow directly to a word-processor
produced work order or a departmental spreadsheet.
Within government, complex spreadsheet models draw
information from, and feed information into, line of
business applications while government-sourced open
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data is analysed by employees and citizens alike in
spreadsheets and databases, pulled into presentations and
represented in reports.
Interoperability – in its broadest sense – was a big issue for
organisations whose migrations failed to meet
expectations.
Sometimes the problem was technical, as for Solothurn,
Asker or Maykop (which was unable to run a vital line of
business application on its open source platform).
“People were spending 30
In many cases, the problem was one of communicating
and exchanging information with other departments, with to 50 per cent more time
citizens, customers, suppliers or other stakeholders. For than they had in the past to
Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the need for “fast, create and modify
frictionless and uncomplicated communication” was the documents.”
deciding factor in their move back to commercial software
in 2011. As long ago as 2000, lack of compatibility with the Bailey Mitchell, Chief
systems of partner organisations was a deciding factor for
Information Officer, Forsyth
Central Scotland Police’s move back to commercial
County Schools
solutions.
User productivity is often impeded
An unanticipated loss of productivity – often accompanied
by complaints from users – was another common problem.
Even organisations that had piloted their open source
desktops before full deployment, like Forsyth County
Schools, were taken aback by the scale of problems once
they went live.
The productivity loss came from several sources. Partly it
was related to problems with document, data and
application interoperability discussed above but lack of
adequate user training was also a cause, as with the
Belgian Ministry of Justice. Some organisations wrongly
assumed that little or no training would be required when
transitioning to a new system. Others failed to budget
adequately for on-going training and user support,
including the needs of new employees unfamiliar with less
common interfaces and functionality.
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Some organisations, like Forsyth Schools, found that even
proficient users were less productive when using the open
source desktop compared to the Microsoft solution.
Skill shortages can be expensive to resolve
A number of organisations found it difficult to find the
required IT skills to complete their migration and to
maintain it in a cost-effective manner once it was live. “We are preparing our
children to be ready for the
As DepEd in the Philippines found, IT administrators often
workforce and providing
encountered problems they could not resolve and finding
support was difficult. Similarly, the City of Maykop was them with skills they can
unable to find local (Russian) language support for its Linux use after graduation.”
desktop migration while Reykjavik discovered it would
need to import the required skills from Denmark. Mari Paul C. Soriano,
Director for Technical
For the Punjab IT Labs Project, the easy availability of IT
Services, Department of
skills from a broad network of Microsoft partner firms was
critical to their decision to deploy a Microsoft solution Education of the Philippines
rather OpenOffice.
Unanticipated costs can be significant
In most cases, organisations found that resolving the
above issues added to the cost of deploying their OSS
desktops.
There are other costs too – such as the on-going cost of
support and system administration (e.g. managing security
updates) – and many OSS desktop migrations were
reversed or abandoned when total costs became much
higher than anticipated.
Orange County Schools in Florida avoided disappointment
by conducting a thorough investigation into total cost of
ownership (TCO) before embarking on a migration. They
found that an open source desktop would increase direct
costs by nearly 30%.
Sarpsborg Municipality in Norway switched from open
source to a Microsoft solution and generated an annual
saving of 15 million Kroner (US $2.6 million).
Some organisations, such as the City of Helsinki 47, have
taken the view that openness can better be achieved by
47
Source: http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/helsinki-aims-open-data-resigns-itself-it-vendor-lock
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investing in making public data more open, and in
encouraging the local software economy, than on solving
all the interoperability challenges that would come with a
migration to OpenOffice.
Skills for the future
Almost all the educational organisations studied felt it was
important to use and teach the technologies that were “By using open-source and
prevalent in the workplace or in higher education. Not
commercial software, we
only does this support the needs of the economy in
don’t have to build
general but it nurtures the local software economy with
future technical skills and future demand. everything from the ground
up and we get a great
As Svetlana I Mishatkina, head of the Volgograd Education
ecosystem of tools and
Committee said:
support.”
“Students need to learn the technologies that are
used everywhere in real life.” David Mariani, Vice
President of Engineering,
Where Open Source succeeds
Klout
This paper has so far focused on distilling out lessons
learned from a large number of publicly known reversals;
cases where organisations reversed a large-scale migration
towards using open source solutions on the desktop.
However, open source is also used extensively and
successfully in a wide range of situations. Often, as with
the City of Maykop, success comes from using open source
alongside commercial solutions rather than prescribing
one model against the other.
This hybrid approach to technology is increasingly popular.
IT environments have become more complex and
consumerisation of IT requires increased interoperability
and data portability across devices and platforms. A few
examples include:
Redlands School, Sydney, Australia – Redlands, like
many schools around the world uses the OSS learning
management system Moodle as a core part of its teaching
infrastructure. When looking to create a complete online
learning platform, the school used an open source plug-in
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from Microsoft to link Moodle to Microsoft’s Live@edu cloud-based email system 48.
Klout Inc., USA – In an example from the private sector, “big data” pioneer Klout (which helps
individuals and organisations measure their online influence 49) was able to build a business
intelligence solution marrying Microsoft’s SQL Server with open source Hadoop and Hive to combine
robust, proven technologies with their own custom applications 50.
Universidad de Tarija, Bolivia – The university developed an application to deepen their
understanding of graduates’ employment success. Developing the application using Microsoft .Net,
the project team used open source mono.net to run the application on Linux servers:
“The Microsoft application integration allows us to use free open source libraries, avoiding the
use of commercial licenses and maintaining a low cost project for college.” Héctor Fernando
Lozano Jaramillo, Project Advisor, Universidad de Tarija 51
Aegis Foundation, Poland – The foundation supports the community of open source developers in
Poland. In February 2012, Aegis and Microsoft announced a partnership to develop and promote
interoperability, open standards and open data especially with regards to OSS projects running on
Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform 52.
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Source: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/383881/sydney_school_marries_moodle_live_edu/
49
See: http://klout.com
50
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=710000000129
51
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/multicountryamericas/casos/caso_universidad_tarija.aspx
52
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/poland/centrumprasowe/prasa/12_02/08.aspx (in Polish)
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Recommendations
The cases reviewed in this paper cover a period of twelve
years from 2000 to 2011.
Throughout this period, the fashion for prescribing
wholesale migrations to OSS desktop solutions seems to
have come in waves, most notably in 2004-5 and again in
“In evaluating options,
2011-12.
directors should seek to
Yet, the problems encountered remain the same. ensure effective, efficient,
Open source software, like commercial software, is a and acceptable use and
development model. Neither good nor bad in itself, OSS is delivery of IT in support of
highly successful in some scenarios, less so in others. The current and future business
important point is to make technology decisions based on
objectives.”
clearly understood business need and on objectively
calculated business value rather than on the basis of a International Standard for
mandated or prescribed development model.
Corporate Governance of
The following recommendations are intended to help Information Technology,
decision-makers across the public sector avoid the ISO/IEC 38500:2008
common pitfalls, misunderstandings and mistakes of the
past and to select the appropriate solution for their
particular current and future needs.
Always conduct a holistic needs and
cost/benefit review
Like any other business project, it is essential that any IT
decisions are based on a comprehensive review of all
relevant factors. Consider and evaluate everything that
may change as a result of a proposal.
Orange County Schools carried out a thorough
examination of total cost of ownership (TCO) to evaluate all
costs over the full lifecycle of the software alternatives. As
well as licence and support costs, they considered the costs
of training, document conversion, employee productivity,
the cost of writing interfaces to all related applications, the
cost of future administration and maintenance across the
IT environment and every other cost that would be
impacted.
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Similarly, Helsinki’s review included studies of technical and
user feasibility as well as a comprehensive modelling of
costs.
Building a thorough business case beforehand can identify
the true, total cost. It can also help to identify issues that
would otherwise remain unforeseen; as Reykjavik found
when it realised that it would need to hire and transport
the necessary skilled personnel from other countries.
This type of comprehensive analysis is not necessarily easy “Whether certain
to do but it is vital if costs are to be accurately determined.
advantages and
There are a number of recognised tools and
disadvantages,
methodologies that can help, such as the WiBe 4.1
Framework 53, originally for the German Ministry of the opportunities and risks are
Interior and now widely applied across Germany at federal, applicable in a specific
state and municipal level. It has also been used and situation can only be
referenced by the European Union and by public and
determined by studying the
private sector organisations across the world including:
conditions in that situation
Henkel, T-Mobile, Olivetti and the Government of India 54.
and through specific market
Adopt an IT strategy based on business value research of the available
It is essential that decisions to deploy particular software products and
technologies are made on a pragmatic – rather than
services.”
dogmatic – basis. A number of organisations, in seeking to
drive best value from their IT budgets, have now adopted
Report of the Dutch Court
such a policy. For example, the IT strategy of the Austrian
of Audit
Justice System states that:
“The decision between commercial software solutions
and open source solutions should be made in the
individual concrete case after undertaking a holistic
55
review, taking account of economic aspects.”
A similar approach is seen in the report by the Dutch Court
of Audit for the Dutch Government 56 which concluded:
“Regarding the advantages and disadvantages,
opportunities and risks of introducing open
53
See: http://www.eu.wibe.de/
54
Source: http://www.wibe.de/referenzen/referenzen.html
55
Source: http://www.justiz.gv.at/internet/file/8ab4ac8322985dd501229ce2e2d80091.en.0/it-
strategy+of+the+austrian+justice+system+v2.2+2010-06-03.pdf
56
Source: Open Standards and Open Source Software in Central Government, March 2011, Court of Audit:
http://www.courtofaudit.com/english/Publications/Audits/Introductions/2011/03/Open_standards_and_open_source_softwar
e_in_central_government
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