To the relief of environmentalists and hapless citizens, IT companies are now involved in a bone-breaking competition to radically revolutionise office procedures and employee-citizen communications.
The potential victims of this new technology universally known as e-Government are the majority of the government's six million civil servants. Paper manufacturers and stationery shops are also affected since much fewer people buy writing materials.
One of the major pioneers behind the new technology in Egypt is Brocade, which promised that its technology would help citizens save time and effort and reduce high blood pressure caused by abusive bureaucrats.
Mohamed el-Meligi, the company's sales manager, said in an interview with The Egyptian Gazette that fabric technology, which deconstructs the traditional hierarchical data centre IT model, is cost-effective and environmentally friendly.
He also confirmed that the new technology would help the government significantly narrow its budget deficit by saving huge amounts of money in the form of salaries paid to a big army of employees. But he denied that fabric technology was 'e-genocide' committed on millions of civil servants.
"In fact, a well-planned human resource development and upgrading strategy would offer well-paid jobs to these employees; they could actually get bigger salaries than before," el-Melegi confirmed. Data centres in government buildings will successfully accommodate the rigorous requirements of virtualisation and cloud computing. They must migrate to a fabric-based solution.
"By disposing of the conventional hierarchical infrastructure, Ethernet network customers will benefit from greater reliability, scalability and utilisation," he emphasised.
Unveiling its reliable technology within a short period since it arrived on the Egyptian market, Brocade has managed to compete with rivals and big brands.
"Brocade has distinguished itself in the last 15 years as fibre cable leader," the sales manager said. "More recently it has also taken a pioneering leadership position in Ethernet fabrics, using its wealth of experience to build advanced LAN networks and Ethernet fabrics that enable data center-like characteristics throughout virtual and cloud-optimised networks."
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Mohssen Arishie
Quelle/Source: The Egyptian Gazette, 22.09.2012
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