Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Hellas is donating computing infrastructure and services to the Ministry of Digital Governance and the GGSDD, in response to the battle to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
HPE contributes to the initiative DigitalSolidarityGR of the Ministry of Digital Government providing infrastructure for the “end to end” equipment of a modern Data Center.
More specifically, the offer concerns:
• 32 Modular Servers with more than 400 fire processors and 6,5TB of memory.
• Hybrid Flash central storage system with a capacity of 150TB.
• 10Gbps network infrastructure Additionally, HPE takes care of installation και συντήρηση της υποδομής, καθώς και την τεχνική υποστήριξη 24 ώρες την ημέρα, εφτά ημέρες την εβδομάδα με εξειδικευμένος μηχανικούς, χωρίς κόστος.
The equipment will be made available to the General Secretariat for Information Systems of Public Administration (GGPSDD), of the Ministry. Digital Governance, for a period of six months with the possibility of extension, if deemed necessary, due to the circumstances. It will be delivered to the Computer Center of GGPSDD and after being installed and configured according to the instructions of the responsible Directorate, it will serve the increased needs of the users for telework that have arisen with the appearance of the pandemic.
In particular, the system resources are enough to support 1500-2000 remote users with increased requirements in a virtual environment work (VDI) with full, controlled and secure access to critical applications to be selected.
In this way, the possibility of business continuity without restrictions is strengthened in a very critical part of the Public Administration due to the circumstances, with obvious benefits for both the state mechanism and the citizens. It comes to significantly strengthen an already established and fully operational infrastructure of the GGPSDD that allows teleworking to employees of the Ministry of Digital Government, the Ministry of Finance and the A.A.D.E.
Michalis Kasimiotis, Managing Director Greeceand Cyprus stated:
“For HPE, its biggest promise technologys is behind the good it can offer to humanity. Putting this commitment into practice and with a high sense of responsibility, we are standing by in this difficult and difficult time for our country and for the whole world. In these unprecedented conditions that we are all experiencing, we feel more strongly than ever the need to join the efforts of the State to deal with the pandemic of COVID-19 and effectively addressing its consequences ".
