Maluana data centre soon to be in operation – Mozambique

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Maluana data centre soon to be in operation – Mozambique

2:46 CAT | 28 Jun 2016

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Notícias

Ensuring the seamless migration of computing systems used in public administration, developing cloud computing and training computer technicians are just some of the ongoing efforts behind the launch of Maluana Data Centre in Manhiça district, Maputo province.

Dulce Chilundo, Director General of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (INTIC), the institution responsible for the new system, told Notícias that the centre, which opened in December last year, was designed to meet the demand of both the public and state institutions.

Chilundo said that the INTIC was working first and foremost to safeguard the migration of government institutions systems to the data centre such the issuing of driving licenses, the National Institute of Land Transport database, e-CHEST, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, land management, the National Directorate of Land and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education.

Secondly, and no less important according to Chilundo, is the development of a cloud computing system which will allow all government institutions linked to GovNet to have a single space to store and manage digital documents safely.

The “Cloud” is Internet data storage technology which works in practice like a portable virtual hard drive with access regardless of location or equipment. This digital platform will be installed in the data centre in the Manhiça, Maputo province, science park belonging to Maluana Technology, a government company whose mission is to store software and communication data safely.

This is the first endeavour of its kind in the country. It offers storage capacity of 800 terabytes and forms part of the eGovernment strategy approved by the Council of Ministers in 2006 as a catalyst of the public sector reform.

According to Chilundo, the Maluana data center needs more computer technicians to operate smoothly, and to this end the company is working with IT giants such as Microsoft and China’s Huawei, its main partners of the project.

According to the national director of the eGovernment project, Sérgio Mapsanganhe, the new cloud service will allow all state officials to use a centralized system of electronic government mail from October this year. Mapsanganhe explains that, although such a service is available to Internet users around the world, the government strategy is for a national system for the exchange of information.

Mapsanganhe says the data centre offers conditions for safeguarding information databases, as well as delivering computing services for members of the public and the private sector. Another advantage is that the state will be able to stop investing in servers, reducing hardware management and system administration costs.

This process will make the traditional file hosting paradigm redundant, replacing CDs, DVDs and USB devices and replacing data recovery contingency plans. According to Mapsanganhe, the cloud will also offer state institutions and the private sector free space to store information.

A call centre is also being established in Maluana for both private sector and state institutions use.

Source: Notícias