Press Releases
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Open Source accelerates growth says successful startup
The rapid growth of a UK startup and its expansion into the Middle East has been attributed, in part, to their innovative use of Open Source software. In 2006 ESR Technology lowered its annual IT costs by 78% after migrating from Netware to Debian Linux. With the help of Sirius Corporation, the Open Source services group, ESR Technology aims to repeat the success of this first project during their expansion into Dubai.
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Sirius and NoMachine promote platform independence in UK schools
In a move to promote platform independence in schools, leading Open Source services provider Sirius Corporation, has announced a strategic partnership with NoMachine. Backed by professional support services from Sirius, UK pupils and teachers can use NoMachine products to access Windows-dependent software from Linux desktops.
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Open Source web filtering used by 200,000 Yorkshire school children
The Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning (YHGfL) confirmed today that a new web filtering array based on Open Source software will be used by over 200,000 school children in the Yorkshire region. Built by leading European Open Source services group Sirius Corporation, the new system will be deployed across 700 schools to block access to inappropriate content on the Internet.
The project is thought to be the largest ever Open Source deployment in the UK's education sector.
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Open Source delivers global security software as a service
A global digital security provider announced today that it will deliver affordable on-demand managed services to its customers using Open Source software. Building on the success of their managed e-mail services, Evolution Systems are partnering with Sirius Corporation to offer a managed proxy and web-filtering solution using entirely Open Source components.
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Top public school claims Open Source software improves education
By deploying a Open Source network, one the UK's top public schools claims it has saved thousands in software licensing and allowed its staff to focus on education not ICT equipment. Kings College School, Cambridge has chosen Sirius Corporation to build and support their Linux-based PDC, e-mail and proxy filtering systems.
The new Open Source system includes a number of simple management tools that ICT staff can use to monitor student usage of the Internet, network storage and e-mail.