Bringing open source to the public sector
By Dylan Jay
Technical Solutions Manager
PretaWeb
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Benefits of Open Source for Governments
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Efficiency
Innovation
Security
Support
Employee satisfaction
No lock ins
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Collaboration means everyone benefits
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“Other government agencies can
now build on our experience and
resources, to ensure they get a
content management system that
meets their business requirements,
is Web Guidelines compliant and is
a very cost effective solution”
Laurence Millar, NZ Gov CIO
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Plone and your IT Staff
• Easy to support and
administer
• Plone runs on anything
• You won’t need new staff
• Probably need an integrator
• Learn then Contribute =
Staff are happy
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Plone is secure
• OSS is more secure
– IE 'unsafe' for 284 days in 2006
– Firefox 9 days
• Plone security is deep rooted
• Users, Groups, Roles, Local Roles
• Flexible authentication
– LDAP, ActiveDirectory etc.
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Plone is Supported
• ~100 core
developers
• Top 2% of open
source projects
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•Support contracts
•Custom
development
•Training
•Deployment
What is PloneGov?
PloneGov is:
• an open source project that involves developing
software applications by and for public
administrations.
• built on open source tools:
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Participating countries
Around 55 European, North and South American
and African Public organisations participate in the
PloneGov project.
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Applications
PloneGov has generated 14 usable tools such as:
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meetings management for a decision-making entity
modules to order administrative documents on the
Internet
business directories
job vacancies publishers
documentary management tools
out of the box municipal Internet sites
project management frameworks
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Why is plonegov a success?
PloneGov.org’s success results from a close
collaboration between
• Public sector (cities, regions and parliaments)
• an international network of SMEs building Plone
solutions.
• Government wants to engage with something
that understands them
Plone is powerful to start with
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Belgium
Parliaments
Parlement de la Communauté française (www.pcf.be)
Parlement francophone bruxellois (www.pfb.irisnet.be)
Regional governments
Région Wallonne (easi.wallonie.be)
Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles (www.etnic.be)
Municipalities and cities
PloneGov project counts over 50 Belgian local governments eg,
Administration communale d'Andenne (www.andenne.be)
Administration communale de Sambreville (www.sambreville.be)
Public social services
Centre public d'aide sociale d'Anderlues (www.cpasanderlues.be)
Centre public d'aide sociale de Sambreville
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Case Study - Brazilian Federal Government
Challenge
In 2002 the new Brazilian president issued a directive to
increase effective use of the IT budget.
Solution
• Plone selected for government applications at Federal,
State and city levels.
• just launched its 50th government portal.
• collaboration practices have been implemented across IT
departments resulting in more work efficiently done in the
public interest.
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“We were looking for an open
source solution that had the
requisite functionality, an
established track record and a
critical mass of developer support.
Plone met all those criteria.”
Laurence Millar, NZ Gov CIO
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Case Study – e-Government New Zealand
Challenge
By 2010, the operation of government will be transformed
as government agencies and their partners use
technology to provide user-centred information and
services and achieve joint outcomes.
Solution
State Services Commission announced Plone will be made
freely available to central and local government agencies.
Currently used by:
• www.e.govt.nz,
• www.mwa.govt.nz,
• www.electricitycommission.govt.nz
• www.learningmedia.co.nz
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Who is PretaWeb?
PretaWeb is a Plone
Integration company.
We build:
•CMS websites
•Intranets
•Extranets
•Document Repositories
•Enterprise 2.0 Systems
•eGovernment Solutions
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