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Maharashtras Department of IT partners with

BSNL-Dimension Data to drive Cloud Autoscale
for better e-governance
18 Sep 2014,
The Department of Information Technology, Govt. of Maharashtra (DIT, GoM) takes another giant leap
to its already proven leadership in e-Governance by partnering with BSNL - Dimension Data to drive the
Cloud Autoscale project in the State of Maharashtra. With this project, DIT, GoM aims to create a hybrid
cloud architecture by extending its existing data centre to a secure, public cloud environment. This
project will help DIT, GoM to provide a more seamless and efficient cloud-enabled IT infrastructure for
its citizen interface program, which automates all government citizen interactions.
DIT, GoM drive IT Infrastructure and e-Governance projects including Mission Mode Projects (MMPs)
under NeGP, Govt. of India. Its objective is to create a better IT infrastructure and user friendly citizen
services using advanced ICT solutions to enhance the quality of life in the state of Maharashtra. The
cloud based solution from BSNL Dimension Data will enable DIT, GoM to improve automation and
reduce operating expenses through better utilization of existing resources and optimize its investments in
procuring new infrastructure and also provide flexibility to meet the rapidly growing demands of nodal
agencies in real time.
This solution provides DIT, GoM with increased availability, scalability and security through BSNL
Dimension Datas Tier III Certified and ISO27001 certified datacenters. Dimension Data Cloud Services
are available across the Globe through Managed Cloud Platform (MCP). The MCP will enable DIT,
GoM to manage its cloud assets via a web-based interface or REST-based application programming
interface (API) and launch cloud machines to meet demand in real time and migrate workloads between
datacenter and the cloud.
BSNL-Dimension Data ran intensive test with DIT, GoM team to ensure that the solution meets the
desired expectations and business outcome. The solution provided by BSNL-Dimension Data has a
unique blend of capabilities that addresses the evolutionary flow of workloads from virtualisation in the
datacentre / private cloud to the public cloud environment and provides the intelligence and automation
needed to meet these changing needs.
Rajesh Agarwal, Principal Secretary, DIT, GoM, praised the efforts put in by the team and said, DIT,
GoM and BSNL-Dimension Data have partnered together to deliver this excellence in technology that
drives innovation and optimises costs in order to realize the full potential of Cloud Computing. The
Cloud Autoscale initiative is an excellent showcase of how we can leverage IT infrastructure and human
expertise in ensuring that State of Maharashtra keeps its status as a pioneer in utilising IT skills for better
governance and as a proven Leader in e-Readiness ranking in India.
Kiran Bhagwanani, Chief Executive Officer, Dimension Data India said, Todays organizations are
experimenting with building private clouds that can be extended to a hybrid cloud architecture by
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extending workloads running from their own datacentre to a public cloud for maximum flexibility, and to
optimize capital expense. Weve engaged into a similar initiative which allows DIT, GoM to extend their
datacentre to a secure, public cloud environment in order to offer better services to the citizens of the
state and meet the growing business needs of the various nodal agencies. Were happy to be part of such
a robust project yet again and prove our credentials in implementing enterprise-class cloud solutions.

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