Dehradun, Nov. 10 -- It started with the challenge to create a new state data center for the data repository and application automation for the various government functionaries. The process started in a record 6 months, and by the end of November 2018, the new state of the art data center was ready with the hyperconverged infrastructure. This was the first of its kind in the whole country.

It's a green data center with a concept of hot aisle containment for minimum energy wastage. This 475 square foot SDC is now housing 40 live applications of various departments on a 625TB server farm.

SWAN or state wide area network was meant to connect all government offices of Uttarakhand has presence up to all block and tehsils levels with over 200...