NEWS
Amazon
to create
framework for
cloud services
in Kuwaiti
government
sector
Kuwait Direct Investment
Promotion Authority
chooses IBM cloud to host
its IT environment
T
he Communication and Information
Technology Regulatory Authority
(CITRA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
are putting frameworks and policies
together for cloud services to develop the
e-government sector in Kuwait.
CITRA said in a statement that it was
working with Amazon to organise
workshops inside Kuwait to provide
solutions for the government sector in
general, and the health and educational
sectors in particular, to provide state-of-the-
art e-services for the public.
CITRA and Amazon signed a Memorandum
of Understanding on cooperation, in the
presence of His Highness the Amir Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, during
his visit to Washington.
The MoU will contribute to the Digital
Transformation of Kuwait thus honouring
the government’s long-term development
plan Kuwait Vision 2035.
The agreement will help promote the
development of cloud services that
would enhance the performance of the
government bodies.
I
BM has announced that Kuwait Direct
Investment Promotion Authority
(KDIPA) has chosen IBM Cloud to host its
IT environment.
KDIPA is one of the implementing arms
of Kuwait’s development strategy,
tasked to promote direct investment in
the country. Since its inception, it has
relied on its own on-premise, in-house IT
infrastructure. Its applications and data
were stored in its own data centre.
As the organisation grew, it needed
to find a security-rich alternative to
host its business-critical applications
and data, while having the ability
to securely and instantaneously
customise its requirements and control
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its security needs at any point in time.
It also wanted to reduce the time
being consumed on upgrading its IT
infrastructure and managing its physical
data centre.
Following its tendering process, KDIPA
decided that the IBM Cloud best fits
its current needs, given its security-rich
architecture and IBM’s industry and
enterprise expertise.
To help enterprises around the world gain
valuable insights from their data, IBM
Cloud provides clients with an extensive
global data centre network spanning
19 countries, next generation cognitive
services and enterprise-strength security
and industry expertise. n
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