Tag: news
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Nextcloud Deployment Cuts SaaS Costs by £500k at Scottish Highland Council
Highland Council has gone live with a self-hosted Nextcloud Hub 8 deployment, replacing Microsoft SharePoint Online and Dropbox…
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FreeCAD 1.0 Structural Analysis Features Attract Civil Engineering Firms
The landmark FreeCAD 1.0 release has prompted renewed interest from small civil and structural engineering consultancies seeking an…
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Blender Gains Traction Among UK Architects as Revit Alternative for Visualisation
A growing number of UK architectural practices, including Stride Treglown and Haworth Tompkins, are adopting Blender alongside the…
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Scottish Government Backs Open Source Planning Data Standard Across All 32 Councils
The Scottish Government’s Digital Planning programme has mandated adoption of the Open Planning Data Standard, based on the…
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OpenStreetMap Foundation Launches UK Infrastructure Mapping Initiative with Highways England
The OpenStreetMap Foundation has announced a formal data-sharing agreement with National Highways to improve the accuracy of motorway…
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Bristol City Council Migrates Planning Back-Office Systems to Open Source Stack
Bristol City Council has completed a phased migration of its development management workflows from a proprietary Idox platform…
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PostgreSQL 17 benchmark results prompt NHS supply chain ERP rethink
NHS Supply Chain has published an internal review citing PostgreSQL 17 performance benchmarks as a key factor in…
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Nextcloud replaces Microsoft 365 in Bristol City Council pilot programme
Bristol City Council has launched a twelve-month pilot deploying Nextcloud Hub 8 as a self-hosted alternative to Microsoft…
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OpenStreetMap data powers new digital planning layer in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced a new spatial planning dashboard built on OpenStreetMap and the open source…