Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2023 Nominee

The Government Data Cente


Description

The Government Data Center offers a centralized facility to host government entities’ IT infrastructure and provides essential hosting and basic monitoring services for all government entities. In addition, it provides space, power, cooling and physical security for government entities’ servers, storage and network equipment that are connected to government network. Benefits of the Government data center : Quick onboarding of government entities
High speed connectivity to the government network
Compliance to National Information Assurance standards
Service delivery reporting against defined service level agreement
Cost reduction of establishing different data centers by acquiring capacity, without the need for capital expenditures

Project website

https://mcit.gov.qa/en/service-1


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2023
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
  • AL C7. E-government
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Coverage
  • Doha, Qatar

Status

Completed

Start date

10 January 2013

End date

10 January 2023


WSIS values promotion

Raise the efficiency of government E-services support. To maximize the utilization of the public resources of the state, also it works mainly to benefit the customers through high-quality standards. -Increase the level of transparency and community participation, also to identify the political and economic value that can be achieved through openness and communication with all partners and providing services that meet their needs.


Entity name

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)

Entity country—type

Qatar Government

Entity website

https://www.mcit.gov.qa/