Dubai Smart Government showcases capabilities of Unified Government Disaster Recovery Site & Cloud One services to Dubai government delegates
Dubai Smart Government Establishment (DSG) lately organized a visit for Dubai federal government delegates to its Unified Government Disaster Recovery Site (UGDRS) and also Cloud One services, which is being managed in a secure location in Jebel Ali, Dubai in partnership with Etisalat. The DSG group were led by H.E Wesam Al Abbas Lootah, CEO of DSG and also Matar Al Humairi, Director of Infrastructure Management Department at DSG.The delegation was given an introduction of the centers by Ahmed Al Hammadi, Director of Digital Solutions at Etisalat.
H.E Wesam Al Abbas Lootah, CEO of DSG said: We released the UGDRS in September 2014, in execution of the decision released by HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, on Dubai Government's info safety, which is aimed at devising an incorporated strategy for securing Dubai federal government's details as well as information systems in a safe and secure and trusted environment to guarantee company continuity.".
Lootah continued: 'Our current visit was to discuss the capabilities of the UGDRS as well as Cloud One with our essential stakeholders in Dubai government and show them the capacities of having a safe government information safety and security atmosphere that will make certain solution continuity as well as add to the lasting advancement of Dubai as the world's most intelligent city. Our data is already backed up here and also we delight in that several of our companions in Dubai government are already utilizing the datacentre. We are positive that more companions will certainly move their data to this world-class centre, which supplies ideal in course methods as well as specifications and also brings about tremendous expenses savings, when compared with federal government bodies aiming to create their own data centers.".
In his presentation, Matar Al Humairi, Director of Infrastructure Department at DSG, highlighted the price conserving benefits of having an unified UGDRS in a single place. A thorough feasibility research was made before choosing the UGDRS consisting of determining the place as well as functional expenses. The research, included collecting the needed standard info through website sees as well as workshops with federal government companions, studying the requirements as well as style of the UGDRS for using cloud computer, shared network facilities, return on investment and also alternative options for calamity healing.
Mr. Humairi additionally provided the Cloud One services of DSG to supply framework as a service (IaaS) at the very same place, enabling Dubai Government companies to shift their solutions into a durable, flexible facilities based on a contemporary hybrid cloud architecture.
