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Bristol library offers 600 free audiobooks for download

...Bristol City Council has launched an audiobooks service that allows residents to download... Read more

11 August, 2010 by Kable

Bristol ponders switch to StarOffice

Bristol City Council may move up to 5,000 of its desktop computers... Read more

22 October, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Bristol to trial cashless bus smartcards

...Bristol City Council will begin a pilot of smartcard tickets in June on... Read more

30 March, 2010 by Kable
Government can't ignore open source any longer

Government can't ignore open source any longer

...their IT costs per PC by 50 percent. They're not alone. Bristol City Council, Bridgend County Council and many other bodies have also used... Read more

8 March, 2007 by George Osborne

Large public-sector Linux project flops

...successful projects such as a 5,500-desktop PC project run by Bristol City Council, it has also been blighted by criticism. The Office of... Read more

13 November, 2006 by Richard Thurston

OpenDocument wins more fans

...also piloting deployments of ODF software within governmental departments." Closer to home, Bristol City Council has also joined the Alliance. It says that it wants... Read more

28 July, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Counting the cost of counterfeiting

...people want what they can get for the cheapest price.Gavin Becket, Bristol city council's IT strategy manager, said at an OASIS conference last... Read more

22 May, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

OpenDocument alliance 'optimistic' about ISO certification

...the City of Bloomington in Indiana, the National Archives of Australia and Bristol City Council. The OpenDocument format is supported by a number of productivity... Read more

20 April, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Bristol Council says it can save £1m with open source

...Bristol City Council has calculated that it will save 60 percent, or more... Read more

30 March, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Open source projects: Why it pays to keep quiet

...this being followed by Microsoft asking to audit their software. Gavin Beckett, Bristol City Council's IT strategy manager, said at last month's OASIS... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Government promotes e-payment for council services

...service engineers". Councillor Barry Dodd, representing lead authority on the project for Bristol City Council, described the project as "an opportunity to deliver better customer... Read more

17 November, 2004 by Kable

'Academy' builds business case for Linux in gov't

...authorities on software development, and a project drawing on the experience of Bristol City Council, providing information to local authorities considering the adoption of open... Read more

2 March, 2006 by Steve Ranger

More money for high-tech road pricing

...price for the same journey. The seven areas sharing the £7m are: Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Council, North Somerset Council and South... Read more

29 November, 2005 by Steve Ranger

Linux-shy public sector gets open source test lab

...of the Open Source Academy consortium, which also includes Birmingham City Council, Bristol City Council, Cheshire County Council, Shepway District Council, Socitm and the University... Read more

20 June, 2005 by Andy McCue

Public sector rewarded for wireless innovation

...in cities such as Portsmouth. Tina Speake, a design/project officer within Bristol City Council, said there will increasingly be knock-on benefits for all... Read more

21 April, 2005 by Tony Hallett

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