{"id":22750,"date":"2018-02-26T18:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=22750"},"modified":"2018-02-26T18:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:23:26","slug":"ministry-and-it-provider-sign-agreement-over-cloud-services-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2018\/02\/26\/ministry-and-it-provider-sign-agreement-over-cloud-services-in-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry and IT provider sign agreement over cloud services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) and MEEZA, an established Qatari Managed IT Services and Solutions provider, have signed an agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">This will see MEEZA provide government cloud and infrastructure services for government entities in Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">This comes within the ministry\u2019s plans for achieving the strategic objectives of the Qatar Digital Government 2020 Strategy. This aims to create efficiency in government administration and maximise opportunities to make better use of public funds in accordance with the Qatar National Vision 2030. Part of this is to ensure fast and reliable accessibility to information technology with reduced operational and capital expenditures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Hassan Jassim Al-Sayed, MOTC\u2019s Assistant Undersecretary of Government Information Technology Sector, said: \u201cThe Ministry of Transport and Communications continues its efforts toward achieving the QDG 2020 vision through finding out innovative solutions and enabling the government entities to achieve their goals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u201cCloud computing services, provided in association with MEEZA, aim to increase operational efficiency of the IT infrastructure and reduce operational costs at government entities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">He added that the \u201cMinistry will continue working with its partners in public and private sectors to provide more technological capabilities aiming for better services and a knowledge-based economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Cloud computing services are compatible with the second version of the MoTC\u2019s National Information Assurance Policy. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) and MEEZA, an established Qatari Managed IT Services and Solutions provider, have signed an agreement. This will see MEEZA provide government cloud and infrastructure services for government entities in Qatar. This comes within the ministry\u2019s plans for achieving the strategic objectives of the Qatar Digital Government 2020 Strategy. 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