Cabinet Approves 6.2 Billion Baht for Government Cloud System

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by Paul Rujopakarn

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet this week approved a 6.2 billion baht budget to establish a central cloud system for government agencies within three years, from 2023 to 2025.

 

According to Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisulee Traisaranakul, the system will be developed by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society through National Telecom Public Company Limited.

 

A cloud system refers to the components that enable the delivery of cloud computing services such as software, platforms or infrastructure via digital network, usually the Internet.

 

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The budget covers 3.85 billion baht for cloud system rental fees, 577 million baht for online storage fees and 1.35 billion baht for the logging management and security services.

 

It also includes 229 million baht for database license fees and 150 million baht for a cloud marketplace service. The remaining 57 million baht will cover management and administration of the network and a round-the-clock call center.

 

The project is expected to significantly enhance Thailand’s telecommunications security apparatus, fulfilling digital government and Big Data policies.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-03-30

 

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[ThailandRyan]

So all our paperwork will be in the Cloud....ugh, it's bad enough it's available to anyone already... 

[kotsak]

Oh boy.. this gonna be good.. ????

 

[RafPinto]

And off the money disappeared in a cloud and was never seen again.

[Emdog]

all that cloud money may go up in smoke. It will increase efficiency: hackers can go to one stop hacking mode. Put all the eggs in one basket sort of thing.

[JoePai]

More like Cloud Cuckoo Land

[vandeventer]

4 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So all our paperwork will be in the Cloud....ugh, it's bad enough it's available to anyone already... 

I don't get it! First, soon grow your own grass, then make your own booze, strange,  some bodies head must be up in the clouds. 

[MrJ2U]

Honestly.

Thailands track record for online safety is abysmal.

 

There are so many options out there already.  Cloud computing doesn't need to be based in "certain country".

 

Hard sell and extremely expensive to keep up.

 

Unless you're just archiving pokoman cards or other non-sensitive docs Its bound to fail.

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

I don't get it! First, soon grow your own grass, then make your own booze, strange,  some bodies head must be up in the clouds. 

Apparently they are Bobbleheads

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, MrJ2U said:

Honestly.

Thailands track record for online safety is abysmal.

 

There are so many options out there already.  Cloud computing doesn't need to be based in "certain country".

 

Hard sell and extremely expensive to keep up.

 

Unless you're just archiving pokoman cards or other non-sensitive docs Its bound to fail.

 

 

Might as well make some money on the records and make them look like an NFT

[John Drake]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The budget covers 3.85 billion baht for cloud system rental fees, 577 million baht for online storage fees and 1.35 billion baht for the logging management and security services.

 

It also includes 229 million baht for database license fees and 150 million baht for a cloud marketplace service. The remaining 57 million baht will cover management and administration of the network and a round-the-clock call center.

Opportunities galore. For you know what. The mind boggles . . .

[sammieuk1]

Should take about 500 years to scan and upload the rain forest of photocopies we will all be in the cloud by then ???? 

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, sammieuk1 said:

Should take about 500 years to scan and upload the rain forest of photocopies we will all be in the cloud by then ???? 

We could reach the cloud by standing on the mountains of paperwork they have taken from all of us.

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

central cloud system for government agencies

[RocketDog]

Can thailand be a hub of clouds?

How about a hub of clowns?

Or both.

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, MrJ2U said:

Thailands track record for online safety is abysmal.

Yes, agreed, Thailand hacker ware is already on sale,

[DLock]

Has anyone read if they are renting existing Cloud services like Amazon or Microsoft, or are they actually trying to rent a "cloud"?

 

They do not have a clue what they are doing.

 

Fail.

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, DLock said:

Has anyone read if they are renting existing Cloud services like Amazon or Microsoft, or are they actually trying to rent a "cloud"?

 

They do not have a clue what they are doing.

 

Fail.

They sent up the planes to seed the clouds for rain and decided they were big enough to store records...

[Isaan sailor]

Now I know why the Baht has risen into the clouds…

[law ling]

The three most beautiful words in the Thai language: "budget is approved" - the rest is easy for those in the know and in the loop.

[freedomnow]

The words CLOUD and WEB - apt. naming for anything Thai government....

 

Cloudy and web of disjointed confusion.

[unblocktheplanet]

Cloud to replace fighter jets?

[natway09]

This stuff needs private enterprise to organize it.

 

Another 3 Billion raked off,,,,,, to who this time?

The corruption train gets more coal