FOI request: Public sector favours legacy over open-source storage

Sooraj Shah
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Only one of 44 government departments is using open-source storage

Local and central government departments in the UK are favouring legacy storage systems from the likes of IBM and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) as opposed to open-source storage, according to a Freedo...

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