What is the object of the project?
Vouchers.gov.gr is the official online platform of the Greek Public Administration, through which citizens can submit applications and be informed about subsidy programmes (vouchers) relating to:
- Training and employment (e.g. funded seminars or work experience programmes);
- Digital upgrading of citizens or businesses;
- Energy or social benefits (such as cheques for energy upgrading or support for families with children);
- And other State or EU co-funded actions.
The platform serves as a single point of access for:
- Submission of applications to participate in the programmes;
- Following up the application and payments;
- Information on new actions and eligible beneficiaries.
In practice, it facilitates e-government and reduces bureaucracy, serving citizens, businesses, training providers and other entities.
What is the purpose of the project?
The purpose of the project is to ensure the functional integrity, technological timeliness and operational efficiency of the Vouchers.gov.gr platform, as a basic tool for the implementation of state and co-funded subsidy actions for citizens and businesses.
What are the benefits of the project?
The G-Cloud Government Computing Cloud provides the following benefits:
- Safe, modern hosting infrastructure with:
- Constant power supply
- Adequate and uninterrupted air conditioning
- Internet access with sufficient bandwidth (greater than 1Gbps if required) via SYZEFXIS network
- Load Balancer and SSL Offloaders/Accelerators
- Central switches and security systems for application and system protection (Switches, Firewalls, IDS/IPS)
- Required storage space for both productive operation and backup
- Automated system for receiving and storing system backups (Full VM backup), with strong encryption
- Guaranteed uplink bandwidth of at least 2,5 Gbps via FCoE 10G routes to central switches and storage network (SAN)
- Complete isolation from other hosted systems both at management, network and storage level.
- Easy, secure and seamless access to and management of systems with:
- vmWare eSXI virtualization software
- VmWarevCenter Virtual Machine Management Software
- Role-Based access to the authenticated users of the system concerned
- Software to monitor the proper operation of virtual machines.
- Remote access via SLL VPN to install, manage and control systems.
- vmWare High Availability and DRS on each cluster
- Automated download of backups based on schedule (backup policy)
- Automated Virtual Assets Monitoring
- Use of vApps to organize power on / power off complex system processes
- Access to a System for the Registration, Management and Monitoring of User Requests (Service Desk)
- Access to a reporting system on the operating elements of the hosted systems
Additionally, if desired, the Government Computing Cloud can offer:
- Self-managed Virtual Firewall for configuration by the hosts of the hosted system.
- Distinct IPS/IDS configuration for full compliance with the security study of the hosted project
- Possibility of backup on demand / snapshot on demand.
- Recording of administrator and administrative actions access to remote syslog servers.
- Self Service Portal for VM Provisioning via a Service Catalogue on Public Cloud for testing/training
- Transfer of non-infrastructure backups to cassettes with strong encryption
- IPSEC end-to-end tunnelling for creating WANs with third-party systems
