An agreement has been reached between the Cabinet Office and software firm Collabora Productivity, for the provision of a new range of open source applications for desktop, mobile and cloud.

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) has praised the quality of Collabora’s services, which will allow the Cabinet Office to replace existing office applications with improved software at a very competitive price.

The new software includes two products: Collabora Office and Collabora CloudSuite. This deal, as well as saving the tax payers money, is expected to reduce the government’s reliance on a small number of large suppliers, making it potentially less prone to outsourcing scandal.

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