---

Home Infrastructure

VNUnet: Europe Picks Penguin to Link Government IT

By

“A European Commission working paper on linking national
government IT systems across Europe is recommending open source
software.

“The paper, Linking up Europe: the Importance of
Interoperability for E-government Services, stressed that the
planned European interoperability framework should be ‘based on
open standards and encourage the use of open source software.’

“Andy Butler, vice president at analyst Gartner, described it as
‘a loaded statement’ which will be ‘very provocative…'”

Complete
Story

Get the Free Newsletter!

Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis

Must Read

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Our Brands

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.