Published - 28May2013 - CRN UK Opinion

LinuxIT announced today that its Open Architectures Readiness Assessment (OARA) has been made available on HMG’s G-Cloud III framework for use by public sector bodies.

    Date 18 Apr 2013 09:00 
Place America Square Conference Centre - London

Open Source, Open Standards 2013 is the leading summit exploring how to take full advantage of open technology solutions across the public sector, from delivering innovative and open IT services to driving savings.

LinuxIT, the UK’s Linux Systems Management specialist, today announced that it has achieved Gold Partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). By attaining Gold Level membership, Oracle has recognized LinuxIT for its commitment to establish Oracle related knowledge in delivering Oracle Linux and Oracle VM and for uniquely addressing the challenges of joint customers. 

LinuxIT are finalists in the UK IT Industry Awards 2012 – Project Excellence Awards for their innovative, reliable and secure solution for DANTE, a UK-based non-profit organisation.  The annual Awards organised and run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Computing, are a platform for the entire profession to celebrate best practice, innovation and excellence.

David Clarke MBE, Chief Executive Officer, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, says: “Congratulations to the finalists; they can be proud of their achievements in reaching this stage of our prestigious Awards. Through the Awards we aim to demonstrate not only the innovation and professionalism of those working in IT but also the importance of IT in delivering business and social benefit.”

Peter Dawes-Huish, LinuxIT Chairman & CEO, commenting on the project said: ‘’We brought commercial rigor to the process approaching the scope, design and build of the project in exactly the same way it does with all projects when implementing and supporting mission critical systems - a scope of works, clearly defined goals, objectives and plan was agreed by all parties based on the business case.

Launch of DevOps helps organisations maintain availability, security and continuity of live services

LinuxIT today launched DevOps - a unique new service which can help organisations achieve interdependence between system development and IT operations facilitating rapid development of products and services in increasingly dynamic environments. It enables businesses to proactively identify solutions that could improve systems performance and security.

Linux Server Revenues Growing Faster Than Windows, Hit $2.4 Billion in 1Q12

IDC is out with its first quarter 2012 global server stats study and the numbers look good for Linux.

Open Source Partnership Realises Full Benefits

Nagios the undisputed champion in the IT monitoring space, today announced that LinuxIT, the UK’s Blended System Integrator, has joined the Nagios Authorised Reseller Program.

Open Source Partnership Enriches Zarafa’s Offerings and Expands Sales Channel for Collaboration Platform.