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Open source software is used for mission critical services by Andalucia's land and property registry, Emprasa Publica de Suelo de Andalucía. EPSA is using Red Hat's Jboss middleware and application server for some of its core services, including the management of subsidy requests and for the portal for searching real estate.

An English case study on EPSA's use of open source software will be published soon by Red Hat. The Spanish text appeared already online at Muy Computer Pro, a Spanish IT news site, on 16 January.

Read more: ES: Open source for mission critical services at Andalucia's land registry

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The Spanish High Council for eGovernment, in its meeting held on 15 January 2013, announced that the Spanish Public Administrations Network (SARA) constitutes a strategic project and the basis for the Spanish Public Administration private cloud.

The meeting was chaired by the Ministry of Finances and Public Administration, thus giving the project and the above announcement an unprecedented political backing.

Read more: ES: Government approves key initiatives for the development of a cloud strategy

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The autonomous region of Galicia will invest €915 000 to promote the use of free and open source software to enterprises, public administrations and public organisations, as it was announced in mid-May 2012 by the regional government. The Galicia region will also launch a feasibility study on the use of free office tools for its entire staff.

Galicia is a member of Cenatic, Spain’s national resource centre on open source and open standards. Cenatic signed in May 2012 a cooperation agreement with Agasol, an association of the region's free and open source IT service providers.

Read more: ES: Galicia region to promote the use of open source software

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Ensuring that patients are loyal toward targeted online services comes down to whether they perceive the service to be useful and that the service is easy to use, report Spanish researchers.

Their study shows that patients' "e-loyalty" is linked to acceptance of novel technology via satisfaction, indicating that a positive attitude toward online services leads to user satisfaction and use.

Read more: ES: Ease of use, usefulness keep patients e-happy

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From July 2012, software applications written by or for public authorities and public organisations in the Basque Country will by default be made available as open source, according to a decree of the autonomous region's government. The law also requires public administrations to re-use software made available by other government institutions.

Modernising public administration requires a massive use of technology, which makes investments sustainable, as well as openness and re-use essential, said the Regional Minister of Justice and Public Administration, Idoia Mendia in a Spanish newspaper, on 14 May 2012.

Read more: ES: Basque Country's administration to make its software available as open source

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