Secure open source desktop gets public funding
News Netproject announced on Tuesday that the Department of Trade and Industry had contributed £132,000 to its Secure Open Source Desktop programme. An equal sum has been provided by members of netproject's Incubator Club - a group of companies and...
[May 31, 2005, 18:15]
Is Microsoft losing ground to Linux?
News The European Union awarded on Thursday a $249,000 (£160,700) contract to UK-based system-integrator Netproject to study the feasibility of moving the information systems of several member countries' governments to the Linux operating system from...
[November 4, 2002, 12:11]
Linux club helps firms hide from Microsoft
News According to Eddie Bleasdale of Netproject, an IT consultancy firm that runs The Incubator Club, Microsoft has repeatedly tried to stop potential Linux migrations -- sometimes with notable success. Companies joining The Incubator Club will be able...
[February 10, 2004, 16:30]
Police put Linux on trial
News Open-source outfit Netproject is providing a Linux duplicating kit to enable GCI to install its version of Linux, which supports smartcard log on. West Yorkshire Police is currently trialling the first computers and is working with Netproject to...
[October 16, 2002, 16:06]
Linux firms rubbish Microsoft's customer win
News But Eddie Bleasdale, the director of Netproject, said that by not evaluating it RICS has "not given Linux a fair trial". But open source companies such as Linux vendor Novell, open source application server vendor JBoss and open source consultancy...
[March 22, 2005, 13:30]
Police to investigate Linux desktops
News Valiant's work includes looking into desktop software, and has commissioned a report into Linux desktops from netproject, a consulting body run by open source lobbyist Eddie Bleasdale, which will argue that Linux desktops are a necessity owing to...
[January 23, 2002, 10:03]
Microsoft: 'Linux is more of a threat than before'
News Last year netproject, a consultancy firm, presented Newham with an open-source alternative to using Microsoft, and it is thought that this forced Microsoft to put a much more attractive offer on the table.
[June 11, 2004, 15:00]
Newham Council denies playing dirty with Linux
News Consultancy firm Capgemini examined Microsoft's proposed solution last year, and concluded that it was a better bet than the open-source proposal submitted by netproject, another consultancy. Officials at the London Borough of Newham denied on...
[August 16, 2004, 17:15]
Battle continues over true cost of Linux
News But Eddie Bleasdale, the director of open source consultancy Netproject, said the report does not sufficiently consider the importance of desktop security. The majority of enterprises deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2003 believe it is as good...
[April 7, 2005, 13:00]
Microsoft wins £500m NHS contract
News Eddie Bleasdale, the director of open-source consultancy firm netproject, told ZDNet UK that he was not surprised by the news as NHS infrastructure is based on Microsoft technology and it would not make business sense to change it.
[November 3, 2004, 11:08]
Events Diary
News Website: IBC Web site.th - Linux and Open Source Software: Netproject, Commonwealth Institute, London. 11th - 14th - Developing Java Servers: Valtech, Corinthian House, 279 Tottenham Court Rd. Voice: 0171 307 2300 th - 14th - Understanding your PC...
[December 14, 1998, 5:31]
Events Diary
News Linux and Open Source Software: Netproject, Commonwealth Institute, London. Telephone: 001 781 9800 International CES: Journey to the Source for Consumer Technology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Developing Java Servers: Valtech, Corinthian House, 279...
[December 19, 1998, 5:57]
Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project
News That's ridiculous," said Eddie Bleasdale, the owner of open-source consultancy NetProject and an early participant in the project. Criticism is mounting over the termination of a large-scale Linux project in Birmingham.
[November 17, 2006, 14:59]
Europe extends open source resource
News Eddie Bleasdale, owner of consultancy NetProject, said: "I would question the need for a government initiative to manage the source code for open source projects. The European Commission is launching a resource for public sector organisations to...
[October 12, 2006, 17:25]
