the best of both worlds – the open source strategy of the german federal administration dr....
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The Best of Both Worlds –
The Open Source Strategy of the German Federal Administration
Dr. Barbara HeldFederal Ministry of the InteriorThe German Government‘s Co-ordination and Advisory Board for IT in the Federal Administration (KBSt)
Washington, D.C. – March 15, 2004
Basics of strategy
System securitysecure communicationsecure operation
Software diversity + independence from individual software manufacturersOpen Source Softwarecommercial products
Interoperability Open Standards
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OSS strategy
Support of selected (pilot)-projects/migrations in different institutions through the Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI)
Realization of applications, which are not available at the market, through the BSI
Methodological support through Guidelines and Papers published by the KBSt (f.e. migrations guide, GPL for administrations)
Procurement policy
Four pillars:
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(Pilot) projects
Work in progress ...
German Bundestag (Parliament)
Federal Commissioner of Data Privacy
Federal Office of Food and Agriculture
State Department (Embassy Network)
Departement of Justice
BSTU (2.500 clients)
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Strategic projects
Work in progress ...
„Kroupware“ for OSS
Egypt (Ägypten) - Kmail for S/MIME
Erposs – Desktop for OSS
Replacement for ADS
Security features (f.e. SINA-Boxes)
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Migration guide: project goals
A technical feasibility study on the use of alternative products on the basis of commercial and Open Source Software
An analysis of the economic feasibility of the long-term use of OSS under the special boundary conditions that exist in public administration
Technical recommendations for possible and feasible migration strategies and paths
Strategic recommendations for reducing current manufacturer dependence with the continued use of Microsoft products
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Close to 30.000 downloads of the German version from the KBSt-Website
More than 45.000 downloads of the English language version
Approximately 1.500 copies of the book sold
Translation into Spanish and Polish
Success story:
Migration guide: reception I
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Update will include Windows XP and followers
Special attention on MS Office 2003
Chapter on costs of migration will be „relaunched“ and become more userfriendly
Online updates chapter by chapter via the KBSt-website (starting March 2004)
Version 2.0 planned for End of 2004
Work in progress ...
Migration guide: outlook
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Regulations for a non-discriminative public procurement
Cooperation contract with IBM (2002) – favourable tendering conditions, common projects, and OSS training
Microsoft – new model for enterprise licences (2003)
Contracts and partnerships
Procurement policy
Dr. Barbara HeldFederal Ministry of the Interior
Co-ordinating and Advisory Agency of the Federal Government for Information Technology in the Federal Administration (KBSt)
e-mail: [email protected]: www.kbst.bund.de
www.bund.de
Thank you for
your attention!