Computer Weekly: How will open standards change the future of government IT?

After a lengthy and often heated consultation, the government has finally released its new open standards principles intended to level the supplier playing field and avoid product lock-in … “This announcement is very important and as such we can expect vigorous resistance from the incumbents. That is why the principles have been such a hard journey,” said Dr Mark Thompson, senior lecturer in information systems at Cambridge Judge Business School…”

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