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Venezuela's MED Saves $2.1 Million with Open Source
Venezuela's education and sports ministry (MED) believes it has saved up to 4 billion bolivares (US$2.1 million) this year by implementing open-source platforms in its data center servers, according to information published by the government.
The ministry now uses servers running on open-source operating systems for network management and web services as well as to store information on employees, vacations and vehicle access.
The MED is currently helping its technical and administrative employees to learn more about open source, especially GNU/Linux. The ministry believes these platforms have also helped it increase the efficiency and technical expertise of its employees as well as reducing vulnerability to Internet viruses.
"This experience brings solutions to the public administration and should be replicated in all other public entities," the ministry's IT manager Carlos Joa was quoted as saying.
Open source would also play an important part in an MED program to install over 380,000 PCs in schools across the country at a cost of nearly US$400 million. Without open-source solutions, the ministry would have to spend a similar amount on licenses, Joa said.http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Venezuelas-MED-Saves-21-Million-with-Open-Source-38513.html
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