Red Hat Forum 2020: How open-source tech can help governments and telcos, now the default choice for a multitude of Information Technology decision-makers in Europe

“Interoperability among public administrations is absolutely key because it fosters co-operation, which can be by the use of open source and contributions to open source,” Compolargo stated.

Campolargo listed several instances where the EU employed open-source software, including with open-source stacks like Linux, Apache, MySQL, SQL, and PHP used in EU data centres, the Drupal CMS framework for website development.

Commenting on this feedback, Isnard said that it was evident that open source, open standards, and openness are now the default choice for a multitude of Information Technology decision-makers in Europe.

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The first virtual iteration of the Sub Saharan Track of the Red Hat Forum 2020 for the EMEA region took place on Tuesday 3 November.

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