Government of Maharashtra selects VMware for Its MahaGov Cloud

VMware(NYSE:VMW) has announced that the Government of Maharashtra has selected VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technology for its MahaGov Cloud. MahaGov Cloud is an initiative by the Directorate of Information Technology (DIT), Government of Maharashtra, to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) to various state departments for their e-governance initiatives.

The Government of Maharashtra has deployed VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director to virtualize the state data center, which hosts the MahaGov Cloud. VMware was chosen after an extensive evaluation conducted by the Government of Maharashtra.

Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary - IT to the Government of Maharashtra, said, "The Government of Maharashtra is committed to making e-governance a success in the state. We were confident that virtualization and cloud computing would play a critical role in enabling our vision for e-governance in the State of Maharashtra and have partnered with VMware, the industry leader, to help us on our cloud journey and fulfil this vision.

"With limited budgets and a growing need for services, the State Government's IT Departments need a more flexible and cost-effective model for computing - one that allows them to operate more efficiently and respond faster to emerging needs," said T. Srinivasan, Managing Director, VMware India & SAARC.

The VMware deployment has helped the Government of Maharashtra lower the cost of hosting, improve the management of the state data center infrastructure, and drastically reduce the time required to provision infrastructure for various state departments.