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Digitalisation process is being adopted on every sector and industry. Although governance is a late adopter, technology and citizens requirements are pushing towards e-government. The
success of e-governance depends on its management. Governments will need to implement digital transformation with efficiency, studying all technical solutions in advance. Here we bring
solutions to the main benefits technical requirements. FIRST THINGS FIRST, WHAT IS E-GOVERNMENT? E-government stands for “electronic government” which aim is integrating public services
online and easing the interaction between public administrations and citizens. WHAT ARE THOSE BENEFITS? LONG RUN COST EFFECTIVENESS Moving from paper to electronic system has the potential
to save time and money throughout the public sector. IT also means create a net of online services connected through online server and data centers, a great first investment in technology
infrastructure. Many countries can not afford to transform from traditional to digital governance because of their budget. In this regard, cost effective solutions will help not only in
reducing the final bill but agilice long time maintenance of the solutions provided. Virtualizing services on already existing infrastructures could help cutting down costs. 98 countries,
Spain among them, require digital ID for online and mobile public services. BOOST GOVERNANCE PARTICIPATION Part of e-government is e-participation. Digital governance can tap networking
opportunities, promoting citizens participation and decision-making. The availability of those online services should perform efficiently and correctly for encourage people to take part of
governance. Any system collapse will have severe consequences for structures within the public sector. It could mean a great financial and time loss if the services is not available. Setting
scalable systems for managing high load of concurrent voters will guarantee a correct functioning of the online platforms. OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA TRANSPARENCY Big Data allows collecting a
huge amount of information, from all sort of devices. Turning all this information into Open data, available for public consultation and transparency of the public services, will lead not
only to gain efficiency, but to increase citizens trust and collaboration. Data is the fuel of digital transformation. Securing this sensitive information is key for guaranteeing users and
organisms privacy. Securing nodes on the data servers is a robust method for securing sensitive users information and avoiding threats and attacks. Some approaches exist currently in the
market that allows to detect and prevent those threats. Further info here CENTRALISING SERVICES Voting, medical appointments, tax management and more, all in one, requires a zero downtime
policy for ensuring services fluency, high availability is a must for avoiding public services disruptions. Most advanced countries has moved all public services online, developing countries
boost their transformation using open source solutions. AS AN OPEN SOURCE COMPANY, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION MANAGERS TO INCLUDE OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS FOR GUARANTEEING
SECURITY, FLEXIBILITY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONFIGURED. Sources https://publicadministration.un.org https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/ Additional:
https://www.zevenet.com/solutions/by-industry/digital-government/