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
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) ]
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) ]
IT Data Centres are an integral part of any IT Infrastructure. All IT services are served by a backend Infrastructure, which is generally and in most cases hosted in IT Data Centres. This is true for any segment and any industry, be it Government, Telecommunications, Banking, Finance or Education and Research.
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Government to Citizens (G2C) Initiative of the Year: Government to Citizens (G2C) Initiative of the Year Award recognises those government departments who have used ICT tools to provide and improve government services, transactions and interactions with citizens.
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Award for Civil Society/Development Agency Initiative of the Year aims to honour civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, bi-lateral, multi-lateral developmental organisations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing ICT services for Governance. The Award is an attempt to recognize the civil societies and development organizations whose exemplary service and success towards spreading the word of ICTs for governance, may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on the international stage.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Department of Information and Technology (IT), Government of India launched the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP) in 2006, with the prime objective to deliver
BSNL would provide bandwidth services for the implementation of Orissa State Wide Area Network (OSWAN) project, being taken up at a cost of INR 200 crore under the National e-Governance Plan.
C-DAC was given the mandate and privilege to take the initiative for aggregating a minimal set of Indian language software tools and fonts in all the 22 languages and release them free in the next couple of years
