[This article was published in the February 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The magic of vibrant Rajasthan – its rich heritage, colourful culture, exciting desert safaris, shining sand-dunes, amazing variety lush forests and varied wildlife
The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is a group of 36 Coral islands of which 11 are inhabited. Islands are scattered randomly in Arabian sea about 220 kms to 420 kms away
We have done extremely well on the e-Procurement front. Now, any procurement of the government above INR 100,000 is done through e-Procurement. Leading state PSUs have also deployed e-Procurement. All Urban Local Bodies of the State have also switched over to e-Procurement mode
In spite of the rapid strides that we are making in Information Technology, there are many issues and challenges that continue to undermine the initiatives being taken.
Challenges in setting up of Data Centres starts as soon as you start looking out for the right place. It is important that the Data Centre is setup at a location which is not disaster prone, can be physically secured, robust surveillance and capability of post activity data analysis and has room for growth. Other challenges to be kept in mind while setting up of DC are sizing of storage.
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Madhya Pradesh has been one of the earliest States to adopt Information Technology for improvement of internal processes and for delivering citizen services
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
With a total plan outlay of Rs. 1623 Crore, State Data Centres are poised to become the back bone of the Government to Citizen (G2C), Government to Business (G2B) and Government to Government (G2G) interactions in 28 states and seven Union Territories, under the National e-Governance Plan
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In the early age of computing, huge computers involving complex sets of components were present which required a lot of power and cooling and posed a daunting task for infrastructure management and operations. During the computing industry boom, computers started to be deployed everywhere, in many cases with little or no care about operating requirements.
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The State Data Centre of Government of Karnataka was set up during 2004-05 as a core common technology infrastructure. The State Data Centre (SDC) provides the infrastructure required for consolidating state level applications at a central facility.
Please give your views on the importance of Data Centres in the States. How do you correlate this technological intervention with good governance?
It is important to have a Data Centre in the states, as it would enable having a central repository of all databases and is very important in the present scenario.
