Acknowledging the significance of cloud computing, Indian Government is reportedly taking initiative to migrate its IT infrastructure to cloud computing.
It is reportedly said that the Department of Information
& Technology is planning to set up a national cloud based network
which will interlink data centers of all states. This initiative will
make the backbone of national e-governance plan. After completion, it
will offer numerous government to citizen and government to business
services via internet. With Indian Government’s latest initiative, each
of the 28 states and 7 union territories will now have a private cloud.
For this, the Department of IT has invited proposals from IT
companies like HP, IBM, Cisco and Dell to set up and maintain private
clouds in each state. As far as the cost of implementing cloud computing
is concerned, it is expected to cost around Rs 100 crore.
Market expert believe, US based IT companies including HP and
IBM are expected to benefit the most, if India goes the cloud way. This
is because most operational data centres have been built and being
operated by the two firms.
As a matter of concern, it is found, US is one of the first
government's in the world to come out with a federal cloud strategy,
which was invoked by CIO of the US Vivek Kundra in 2010-11.
Undoubtedly, Cloud Computing is catching up fast in the global IT
sector; so this initiative will definitely draw improved opportunities
for businesses in India.
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