To fast pace the development and use of Government Cloud in Thailand, Electronic Government Agency (EDA) under Thai ICT Ministry has revealed the G-Cloud plan for the year 2013. The key focus of the plan is to provide more Software as a Service (SaaS), creating a Government Application Centre (GAC), and pushing forward Open Government IT project for further integrating data and services for citizens. Implementing ‘Smart Box’ programme to connect with and deliver government services for remote communities is also on the list of agendas. Dr Sak Segkhoonthod, President and CEO of the EGA added “SaaS will be the key system on our G-Cloud, while the GAC will become the centre of applications for public sector.” Launched in April 2012, Thailand’s G-Cloud has enabled 140 e-Government services on the secured cloud environment. EGA has further proposed to bring in sixty more projects to this besides increased investments on G-Cloud technology. Further adding to his point, Dr Sak Segkhoonthod announced that the EGA so far has been successful in linking 1,199 Government Agencies from National, Provincial, and Regional levels, to the Government Information Network (GIN) over the G-Cloud and support services such as Government Financial Management Information System (GFMIS) and Teleconference. EGA has also plans to expand the connection further to incorporate 2,000 more agencies, along with initiating two more new services including GIN Web Conference and Flood Alert System.
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Thailand Divulges G-Cloud 2013 Plan
From April 2013 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre