RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, and Esri India - a geographic information system (GIS) software and solutions provider - have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide cloud-based GIS Solutions to their users in the government sector.
As per an official statement, the collaboration between the Mini Ratna PSU of the Railway Ministry and Esri India will address the emerging demand for ‘GIS on Cloud’.
With the government’s increasing focus on using GIS for various national programs such as Digital India, Gati Shakti, Svamitva, Smart Cities, Jal Jeevan Mission, etc., the availability of robust and scalable geospatial infrastructure has become a need of the hour.
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Esri India has developed a product called Indo ArcGIS for Indian government customers. Apart from GIS technology products, the Indo ArcGIS suite includes industry-specific solution products for Disaster Management, Forest Management, Land Records, Electric Utility Management, Property Tax Management, among others.
With Esri India and RailTel’s partnership, ‘Indo ArcGIS on Cloud’ would now be available on RailTel Cloud, giving customers the advantages of scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency.
''RailTel with its 2 tier III data centers and over 61000 Kms of optic fiber network is uniquely positioned to support government organizations in deploying their GIS applications on a secure public cloud. With this partnership with Esri India, we intend to offer a reliable, secure and managed GIS Infrastructure for large government programs and projects,'' said Aruna Singh, CMD, RailTel.
The joint offerings would include software, cloud infrastructure, and related services. This will help government organizations reduce costs and complexity by moving from on-premises infrastructure to cloud and speed up the use of GIS in their initiatives and programs.
“The convergence of GIS and Cloud technology opens new avenues for building the Geospatial Infrastructure in India. The solutions and data products included in Indo ArcGIS are created with the aim to help the government and private organizations solve the most pressing problems of the country effectively with GIS,'' said Agendra Kumar, Managing Director, Esri India.
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