Openforum Europe welcomes the publication of the UK Government's ICT strategy

OFE - The UK Government published its long-awaited ICT Strategy document today, confirming its determination to move the public sector in the UK away from being locked in to large scale single supplier proprietary software solutions.

Openforum Europe (OFE) welcomes the move and congratulates the UK Government on its visionary thinking, and urges local and regional public bodies around the UK to follow central government's lead.

“The Strategy focuses on an open approach to ICT, mandating open standards, re-aligning the playing field for open source, and encouraging greater SME participation in government ICT contracts. This is all to be commended,” said Graham Taylor, chief executive of OFE.

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