Using 'open platforms' could revitalise the public sector

The public sector could save billions of pounds a year by adopting 'open software' systems, take a lead in creating organisations for the future and play a huge role in improving UK plc's position in a competitive global economy says Dr Mark Thompson, who uses the word 'deverticalisation' to support his argument that eliminating vertically integrated organisations when standardising many processes would lead to both improvements and economies.