Bahrain’s Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) will be migrating 10 of government websites as a trial of Cloud Computing that’s developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
According to the agreement signed with the technology investment firm C5 Capital, the trial phase intends to complete the process of full migration within a year. The 10 migrating websites include: Ministry of Justice & Islamic Affairs; Ministry of Health; Central Bank of Bahrain; National Oil & Gas Authority; Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning; Ministry of Transporations & Telecommunication; Public Prosecution; Capital Governorate and the Northern Area Municipality.
Mohamed Ali AlQaed, iGA chief executive said that implementing this project will enhance the authority efforts of keeping pace with the latest international advancements in the IT sector and provide it to government institutions by offering solutions and alternatives for a unified archiving of big data as well as hosting the government websites via AWS’ cloud computing platform.
For more information about the agreement, read here.