Information and communications technology (ICT) vendors confront a raft of new trends and developments next year that reinforce a stark reality; buyers hold the upper hand.
A protracted NSW government project to give its agencies cheaper and quicker access to Linux and open source solutions is finally poised to reach fruition with vendors preparing to sign contracts as pre-approved suppliers.
Publication of an open source procurement guide for government agencies is not expected until March this year, four months after the early December timeframe flagged by officials last year.
The federal government has moved to fulfil a pre-election commitment to train purchasing officers to better assess risk when making ICT procurement decisions.
The 'panel' method being employed to help NSW government agencies source Linux solutions and support slashes agency procurement process costs by 12-25 percent, the government said today.
A new guide designed to help federal government agencies evaluate open-source products alongside their proprietary rivals is due to be completed and distributed by September, officials told ZDNet Australia today.
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