Press Releases
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Oldham Council deploy Open Source software to deliver low cost services to schools
The Unity Partnership ICT department, working on behalf of Oldham Council has migrated infrastructure delivering Internet connectivity to all schools in the borough to Open Source software to lower costs and improve operational performance.
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Open source experts launch free advisory service
One of Europe's best known Open Source consultancies, Sirius Corporation plc, is celebrating its tenth birthday by offering free business advice online. Launched in association with Linux User and Developer magazine, the new service will seek to dispel the remaining mysteries around how Open Source can be leveraged by enterprise users.
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Specsavers move global directory services to Open Source
Specsavers has completed a three-month project to scale its OpenLDAP directory services across six countries, as it gears up for further global expansion.
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UK schools to get free and open digital learning resources
UK schools are to have unrestricted access to digital learning resources courtesy of a new national digital content repository. The National Digital Resource Bank will give all schools immediate access to over £30m of digital educational resources with the expectation that this figure will double year-on-year.
The National Digital Resource Bank project will be managed and led by the North West Learning Grid and supported by open source specialists, Sirius.
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Global publisher moves business applications from Oracle to Open Source
The publisher behind the Yellow Pages revealed today that it has switched its complex business applications from Oracle to PostgreSQL, an Open Source database. Sirius Corporation, the UK's leading provider of PostgreSQL support and development expertise, has assisted pre-press supplier Pindar Set with the move.