The italian military is going to be the european administration to make the largest transition to Open Source software. During the next four years, more than 100.000 PCs will migrate to LibreOffice as part of LibreDifesa project, which will save 26 to 29 millon euros to italian administration.
The main reasons for the military to perform this move are interoperability and long-term accesibility of documents and information. The army of this country is standardising on the Open Document Format (ODF) and is advising its users to use free fonts.
United States keeps on moving towards Open Source. Delivering on the commitment made in the Second Open Government National Action Plan, Government has announced a draft Federal Source code policy to support access to custom software code.
This policy asks for new software specifically developed for or by Federal Government and the commitment to share it with the different federal agencies so that they can re-use it. A portion of that new federally-funded custom code will also be released to the public.
The US Government’s IT pros rely on desktop virtualization to provide the end users with the appropiate tools for their work while guaranteeing security.
These IT pros have usually to deal with tougher regulatory and compliance constraitns than other companies. But users request the same flexibility and need to work anywhere and using any device.
That’s why VDI is the most suitable technology and more and more agencies are implementing it.
XXII asLAN.2015 Conference is being held today and tomorrow in Madrid, an event focused on the new digital infrastructures available to businesses and Governments to optimize deployment, mobility and safety… of infrastructures and network applications.
Among the different forums in this event, the one related to government deserves special attention, where topics as, for example, mobility in government as one of the keys to improve the efficiency and move towards a “connected society”, more globalized and competitive are discussed.
Government institutions and organizations are increasingly aware of the benefits involved in the use of Open Source solutions. Migration of servers and desktop systems to free models are usual actions because of the benefits in terms of cost savings and flexibility.
A prime example is the US Government or the City of Bloomington both commited to use of Open Source software.
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