open source and open data
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iShareGIS
Open Source and Open Data
How to make UK PLC more effective
Jo Cook: Astun Technology isharemaps.com
I'm not going to talk about risk, or TCO
Training
Hardware
Maintenance
Support
Entry Costs
Exit Costs
Volume
Licensing
Training
Hardware
Maintenance
Support
Biggest barriers to adoption of open source in local governmentPublic Sector Forums: Open or Closed? A survey of Open Source Software in Local Government, August 2009
Or how open source is not communism
I'm going to talk about something bigger and fuzzier
Channel Shift
Integration
Innovation
Channel Shift?
Reduce Avoidable Contact
Innovation?
Open Source enables innovation without lawyers or fees
Roger Burkhardt: CEO of Ingres
...direct financial benefits from the agreement for society in the period 2005-2009 amount to around EUR 62 million
Number of datasets downloaded and used in commercial applications went up by 7,000%.
http://wiki.linkedgov.org/index.php/The_economic_impact_of_open_data
Making Dutch Address dataset free of charge
Making Austrian Public Sector Data available for marginal cost
Integration?
It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realise your true potential
Barack Obama
www.astuntechnology.com
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Typical Transaction Costs for Local AuthoritiesSource North-West e-Government GroupColumn B
Web0.17
Phone4
Face to Face7.81
Number of Votes
Considered too risky65
Lack of awareness65
Organisational culture56
Availability of skills49
Vendor lock-in48
Senior management buy-in48
Security concerns45
Few proven examples in local government42
Lack of 24/7 support33
Lack of prominence in central government strategy29