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utanix, a leader in enterprise
cloud software, has announced
that Jordan’s Ministry of Digital
Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE)
has successfully completed its migration to
Nutanix enterprise cloud software as part
of its on-going efforts to accelerate Digital
Transformation across the Kingdom.
MoDEE’s mandate is to deliver and
maintain the Government of Jordan’s
Digital Transformation apparatus for all
the country’s public entities, facilitating
the delivery of end-user services to citizens
and businesses.
Like many countries in the Middle East,
Jordan is making strides in digital technology
usage as a means to invigorate its economy,
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promote entrepreneurship and innovation
and create jobs.
Jordan has long set a pace for regional
peers to follow, as it has established
best practices for digital migration and
enhanced its e-government services by
leveraging emerging technologies such as
cloud computing.
“We don’t like to call it e-government
anymore; it’s a Digital Transformation
for Jordan, where we move to a digital
economy – where we allow each and every
service to be provided digitally and paid for
digitally,” said HE Mothanna Gharaibeh,
Jordan’s Minister of Digital Economy and
Entrepreneurship. “And this cannot happen
without having everything on the cloud –
quick and efficient. So Nutanix has indeed
been a good partner in helping us to deliver
this mandate.”
MoDEE is also responsible for hosting ICT
services for all of Jordan’s government
entities. Previously, the ministry used a
managed-service model to deliver ICT
facilities from its own data centre, through
its own servers and storage devices. However,
in trying to support a nation with economic
growth ambitions rooted in digital prowess,
MoDEE found the legacy setup limiting.
“We had problems with updates, upgrades
and expansions,” said Abdallah Al-Farrayih,
MoDEE’s Operations Manager. “After moving
to the Nutanix Cloud, we could manage all
of our infrastructure from a single location –
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