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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Rapidly Growing City Bets Its Future on Linux Messaging Platform

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 14, 2004

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“Bryan Tidd single-handedly manages an IT system that will be
serving four times as many people by 2015 as it is today. However,
that rapid growth doesn’t worry Tidd, director of technology for
the city of Canton, Ga., because he has been moving the city’s IT
system to Linux.

“Just 30 miles from Atlanta, Canton is one of the top 25
fastest-growing counties in the country and is expected to grow
from 11,000 to over 43,000 residents by 2015…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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