Future of Information Storage is ‘Virtual’

[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Growth in information is forcing a transformation in the IT sector. The acceleration in the pace of growth in information will only gather momentum, with the next four years expected to see a five-fold increase in information from 486 extabytes to 2502 extabytes, according to the Digital Universe Study done by IDC. Interestingly, 70% of this information explosion is going to be created by the private domain with more photos, videos, social networking and many other applications coming into play and mobile Internet becoming more popular.

Reliable Infrastructure for IT : P Manickavelu, General Manager

What are the various Data Centres services and solutions you offer? How these offerings have an edge over other existing market offerings?

Core Infrastructure Ready by mid 2009 : A K Srivastava, Government of Meghalaya, India

We are now in a dialogue with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to provide high speed broadband connectivity to all the 225 CSCs through Wi-MAX network as soon as possible

Core Infrastructure Ready by mid 2009 : A.K. Srivastava, Government of Meghalaya

In the last year, what is the overall progress in terms of implementing the National
e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in Meghalaya?

Our Focus – Capacity Building : Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, Department of Information Technology, Government of Orissa

We have planned to float the RFP for the State Data Centre by the first week of January 2009 and […]

Redefining Passport Seva : Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Tata Consultancy Services, India

“The countrywide roll-out of the Passport Seva Project will take place within 9months”saysTanmoyChakrabarty, Vice President, Global Government Business Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in an exclusive interview to Sandeep Budki of egov magazine.

Personal Information Integration in e-Government

[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

At present Personal Information sharing among government departments and its agencies does not exists and there is an urgent need to not only accelerate information distribution, but also to broaden the scope of organisation that can share data.

60, 000 CSCs to be Established in Rural India: DoT

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India announced the establishment of 60,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in rural India by the end of the financial year.

Creating Trust in Electronic Environment : Dr N. Vijayaditya, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India

Digital transactions are central to the effective implementation of e-Governance. How does the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) facilitate secure e-Governance?

The Controller of Certifying Authority (CCA) is responsible for issuing the licenses to the Certifying Authority.

Secure Connections in Challenging Environments : Subodh Vardhan, Director Sales and Country Head (Government and Public Safety), Motorola India

Subodh leads the team that is responsible for marketing and deployment of private networks for public safety, defence, railways and enterprise customers. This includes two way radio networks as well as networks based on wireless broadband technologies for campus and municipal Wi-Fi, point to point and point to multi-point connectivity. Subodh is also introducing defence, transportation (railways, airports, seaports etc) and enterprise customers to state of the art communications technologies.