The eGovernment Authority of Bahrain (eGA) has signed an agreement with Gulf Business Machines (GBM) to upgrade its information technology infrastructure.
The upgrade will increase the efficiency of its national portal (www.bahrain.bh) by increasing its capacity tenfold.

Since its initiation in 2007, the eGA has consistently devised innovative methods to accelerate public service delivery and move the country forward in line with the Bahrain 2030 initiatives.

One of these is the creation of the national portal www.bahrain.bh which offers convenient, user-friendly Government services online 24x7.

“This agreement is in line with the goal of preparing the eGA’s national portal for future strategic plans which the eGA will soon execute, in addition to increasing the portal’s capacity to host a multitude of new eGovernment services and enabling as many users as possible from browsing and using the portal’s services at any one time,” stated Mohammed Al Qaed, chief of eGA.

'This step was undertaken in response to the increased usage of eGovernment services, especially after adding a number of important services such as health appointment registration and others.'

'The services which have been added since the portal was launched in 2007 has increased the average daily traffic threefold, a number expected to increase after we add the new eServices,' he added.

“GBM has modified its technological solutions to match eGA’s high standards in performance, operation, and upgradability, which also enables us to ensure the availability of this service through the eGA portal,” said Abdulla Ishaq, general manager of Bahrain Business Machines, the GBM operation in Bahrain.

Currently, the national portal offers 67 eServices and is expected to add 100 more in the near future, a step which requires an upgraded IT solutions platform.-TradeArabia News Service