Title :
Developing an information systems infrastructure with open source software
Author :
Fitzgerald, Brian ; Kenny, Tony
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Limerick Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
Up to now, most open source software deployments have been in invisible infrastructure applications running on back-office servers (GNU/Linux, Apache, and so on). Beaumont Hospital in Ireland recently started developing its overall information systems infrastructure by deploying more visible desktop and front-office open source applications in addition to GNU/Linux and Apache. In a two-phase open source implementation, Beaumont will save over € 20 million over five years.
Keywords :
Internet; medical information systems; public domain software; systems analysis; Beaumont Hospital; back-office servers; front-office open source application; hospital information systems; information infrastructure application; open source software deployment; Application software; Content management; Costs; Hospitals; Information systems; Linux; Network servers; Open source software; Productivity; Turning;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2004.1259216
