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Microsoft to push up UK volume pricing by up to a third

...elasticity is adding to incentives to move to open source. – Mark Taylor, Sirius Corporation A Cabinet Office spokeswoman declined to say how much the negotiations... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

One in four state IT contracts to go to SMEs, says Cable

...win government contracts. Mark Taylor, chief executive of open-source software company Sirius Corporation, welcomed the government pledge. "It's excellent news, and it's... Read more

3 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Debian 'Lenny' released

...Eee PC has also been introduced. Open-source product and service provider Sirius Corporation welcomed the release, claiming that the Debian distro offers value-for... Read more

16 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only

...Enterprise Virtualisation strategy. Mark Taylor, chief executive of UK open-source firm Sirius Corporation, which offers Red Hat support to businesses, said on Monday that... Read more

7 September, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Government promises more open-source use

The government has announced its policy on open-source software, and says it will attempt to avoid vendor 'lock in' and save taxpayers' money Read more

25 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner
Bursting the proprietary-software bubble

Bursting the proprietary-software bubble

Strip away all the bluster and jargon and you soon realise the end is nigh for proprietary software, says open-source expert Mark Taylor Read more

5 November, 2008 by Mark Taylor

Microsoft licensing switch pleases Becta

...less positive reaction to Becta's statement. Mark Taylor, chief executive of Sirius Corporation and founder of the Open Source Consortium, said: "[Sirius's view... Read more

16 September, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Software vendors bid for schools IT contracts

...and productivity programs. Mark Taylor, chief executive officer of open-source vendor Sirius Corporation, told ZDNet.co.uk that his company had been among the... Read more

18 August, 2008 by Tom Espiner
Open source in plain English

Open source in plain English

Discussions about open source often get bogged down in technical or political terms, at the expense of straight facts about its benefits Read more

13 November, 2006 by Mark Taylor

Socitm president rethinks open-source 'lag' comment

Richard Steel says his statement that open-source software development 'lags proprietary development by several years' may not have been the best choice of words Read more

27 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Tories: Government is falling behind in open source

The government should encourage the use of open source in the public sector by reforming its procurement practices, according to the Conservative party Read more

28 January, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Open-source firm accredited for schools

The government agency that administers schools IT has accredited open-source company Sirius as a supplier Read more

24 September, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Red Hat signs up UK services partner

The Linux distributor has recruited open-source specialist Sirius Corporation, which has clients including Pepsi and the Metropolitan Police Read more

4 December, 2006 by Richard Thurston

Legal experts split over cloud effect on open source

...will stick with GPLv2." Mark Taylor, chief executive of open-source company Sirius Corporation, said there was a risk cloud services could end up being... Read more

17 February, 2010 by Tom Espiner
The issues making IT a political hot potato

The issues making IT a political hot potato

With an election on the horizon, IT has shifted from the wings to centre stage, says Mark Taylor Read more

27 August, 2009 by Mark Taylor

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