The contract incorporates the design, supply, upgrading, installation, migration and commissioning of software and hardware for the implementation of an integrated Electronic Resource and Information Services (e-RIS), involving digitisation work for its archive collection and subscription to online databases.
"Brunei's ranking is very good," said Karl Verhulst, CA (formerly known as Computer Associates) Director-Marketing for Asia South.
The ambitious plan was unveiled during the contract signing ceremony for the e-government project 'Supply, Delivery, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Training and Maintenance of IT Facilities for Ministry of Home Affairs' between the ministry and the ZNet Technologies company.
They were speaking to members of the press, following an e-Government conference yesterday, themed "Achieving Effective IT Management". The event, organised by international leading IT management solutions provider CA, saw an attendance of around 150 government officials. The company has been involved in Brunei Darussalam's e-Government projects for the past three years.
Weiterlesen: Brunei: 'For Strong E-Govt, Up-To-Date Web Presence Needed'
In fact, in some cases, the sites were last updated in 2005.