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Government Cloud, Government Security

TAIWAN POLICE ADOPTS PRIVATE CLOUD AND SMARTPHONES

By Richard Pain | 11 October 2011

Taiwan’s police force plans to equip its 70,000 officers with smart phones. The mobile devices will access a private cloud network and provide officers with greater functionality in their fight against crime. With a budget of NT$1 billion (US$32.7 million), the project looks to begin within the next three years.

The 15,000 PDA mobile devices currently in use have proven a great success, remarked Eric Lee, Director of Information System Deparment at Taiwan’s National Police Agency. Of the 10 million data retrievals made each month by officers, 90 per cent is done through these mobile devices.

“The devices are very convenient, very reliable and very easy for them to use,” said Lee.

The new smartphones and private cloud system will provide access to greater bandwidth, as well as being smaller, lighter and cheaper. Lee explained that as people are becoming increasingly familiar with smartphones through personal use, the transition to and use of the new devices will also be easier for officers. And this transition will happen “within the next five years”, according to Lee.

Learn more about the latest developments in Taiwan at FutureGov Forum Taiwan.

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