The Malaysian government has saved up to 30 percent on information and communications technology costs among its agencies under the Open Source Software (OSS) initiative.
Laying a Foundation for Future Adoption
Yusoff said the first phase of the initiative, which was completed in May after two-and-a-half years, covered areas such as portal and content management Latest News about content management, as well as Web and e-mail servers and security tools -- and that Mampu managed to lay the foundation for future OSS adoption, such as formulating policies, OSS technical implementation plans, setting up the Open Source Competency Center (OSCC), design and launch of national awareness programs, and establishing a research and development governing framework.
Following this success, Mampu is ready to move into the second phase of the initiative, which is to expand the use of OSS in more government agencies.
Broadening OSS Usage
"Over the next three years, the OSS initiative will move a step ahead, where the completed four pilot projects under Phase One will be replicated at selected government agencies," Yusseri said in Kuala Lumpur last week.
Under this phase, implementation will see OSS usage extended to areas such as operating system virtualization, monitoring tools, workload schedules, collaborative tools, e-learning, databases and development tools.
Going forward, Yusseri said Mampu is looking at monitoring local OSS adoption progress through predefined key performance indicators. There are also plans to start bilateral initiatives with countries adopting OSS, he added.
On the OSCC, Yusseri said the center will continue to help coordinate and monitor OSS implementation in the public sector, including positioning Malaysia as a world-class OSS hub.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Izwan Ismail
Quelle/Source: TechNewsWorld, 11.09.2006
