BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6.
Azerbaijan plans to complete the process of transferring state
information systems to the Government Cloud (G-cloud) by the end of
the current year, Head of the Digital Development and Innovations
Department of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport Rashad Khaligov said at the German-Azerbaijani Strategic
Partnership and Connectivity Conference held in Baku on Tuesday,
Trend's correspondent reports from
the event.
"We are working on the migration to cloud technologies, and this
is a key item on our agenda. We launched the 'G-cloud' project back
in 2019 and have already migrated a significant portion of our
government information systems to G-cloud. We plan to fully
complete this process by the end of the current year," Khaligov
added.
G-cloud is a centralized cloud platform established for the
secure storage, management, and integration of data belonging to
government agencies and state-affiliated organizations.
This solution enables the optimization of public administration
costs, ensures the efficient use of resources, strengthens
inter-agency coordination, and meets the highest security
standards.
The project was developed in accordance with the strategic
roadmap approved by the decree of the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, dated December 6, 2016 (No. 1138). The
G-cloud concept was approved by decree No. 718 of the President of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, dated June 3, 2019, and
the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport was designated as
the project operator.
A plan for the phased migration of state information systems and
resources to the Government Cloud was approved by Resolution No.
428 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan, dated October 29,
2020.
