Scoop: Government Department goes for Open-Source Tech

The New Zealand Companies Office, a unit of the Ministry of Economic Development, has launched a new website. What is special about the new website is that it is based on ‘Open Source’ software. It is only the third government department to do so but the first one of the “top five” Government sites in NZ (by number of visitors).

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Stefan Korn of Igniter said today: “The beauty of Plone is that it provides an easy, attractive installation that gives you a professional system without the numerous downsides of commercial packages. The community that have developed and supported it have been passionate about the user experience, and much time has gone into refining and finishing the product.”

“This complete system for managing information competes head to head with major proprietary content management systems. For large organisations, such as government departments, the use of mature open source systems such as Plone provides a real alternative to achieve shorter implementation cycles and a much higher degree of end-user customisation,” Mr Korn said.

Industry

Government

Country

New Zealand

Published

Oct 4, 2006