Pacific Control Systems (PCS), a Dubai-headquartered information and communications technology (ICT) provider, has announced the establishment of the Center of Excellence for Government Digital Services and Lifestyle.

The centre was set up with the objective to partner with governments and other stakeholders to facilitate adoption of digital technologies to revolutionise the way people, businesses and governments interact, said a statement from PCS.

The centre will bring together a list of global technology companies who are focused in accelerating the implementation of numerous digital technologies, such as networks, cloud services, big data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), social media, next generation digital enablement and other disruptive technologies to help optimise the digital government infrastructure and processes, and further enhance digital lifestyle of people.

Pacific Controls has negotiated strategic partnership with a number of leading international industry players, such as Microsoft, Fujitsu, Intel, VMware, WSO2, WSO2.Telco to rollout at the centre. These partners are bringing together an unparalleled pool of expertise to create unique value propositions for creating robust digital communities.

PCS is seeking to rollout a number of initiatives, in partnership with governments and other stakeholders, to seize the benefits offered by digital technologies. These initiatives include government cloud services, mobile government, shared digital enablement platform, IoT for smarter communities, big data analytics, open data and web API, digital marketplaces, security and privacy, digital innovation and research and training and development services.

Open data and web API initiatives aim at sharing government data to encourage businesses and citizens to innovate and solve problems through new ideas and applications. Cloud computing, open data and web API initiatives also support recently enacted “Dubai Data Law” which will create opportunities for collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship between government and non-government entities.

The Center of Excellence for Government Digital Services and Lifestyle, also aim to work with various industry verticals with the sole intention to promote the use of digital technologies, and hence enhance lifestyle of people.

Ensuring security and privacy of Information is an essential task for digital government services to work, hence the centre will leverage Pacific Controls next generation cyber security operation centre (CSOC) to augment a fool proof security regime.

Dilip Rahulan, executive chairman and CEO of PCS, said: “Adoption of state of the art digital technologies is no longer an option for governments and businesses. Governments are transforming their businesses around the needs of citizens and businesses are taking full advantage of available and emerging technologies in order to meet the challenges of 21st century.”

“Digital technologies domain is very vast, extremely complex and rapidly evolving and hence not within the competence of any one government entity to fully leverage to its advantage,” he said.

“It was imperative that an organisation brings together full range of expertise and global best practices to support the government sectors live up to the challenge of digital age,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service