The U.S. Army & Red Hat – Taking Ownership of IT through Choice, Control & Innovation
Check out this great whitepaper written by our friend Cathy Gallagher, Red Hat DoD/Army Account Executive, on the use of Open Source software and innovation within the Army. With the current budget cuts and the looming certainty of more to come, this is a critical time for Defense. While infrastructure costs continue to increase, if current trends continue, the costs to maintain the enterprise will exceed even the most liberal resource projections. It’s clear today that senior leadership knows that a significant comprehensive change is urgently required. Open Source Software (OSS) has, for years, brought together the best and brightest developers to produce software products that rival commercial solutions on every level. Department of Defense (DoD) agencies of all sizes are continuing to realize the power and savings that open source solutions provide to mission…