ZAGREB, Croatia, Sept.
11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and APIS IT Ltd., the
company that provides strategic, professional and implementation
services to the public and Government sector organizations of the
Republic of Croatia, today announced the deployment of a new
IT infrastructure that will modernize the delivery of government
services to the citizens of Croatia.
The new government project "e-Gradani" (e-Citizens) will greatly
benefit from the IBM IT infrastructure as the mainframe environment
will help enable faster and more secure access to government
services.
Croatian citizens will have the option to open an e-Citizen Inbox
in which they can receive a wide range of information from various
public institutions now offered in a single unified environment.
For example, they can be informed about passport expiry date, tax
payment due date, pet vaccination schedule, insurance status and
many other tasks that typically required lengthy visits to ministry
offices or separate websites. By using the application mPretinac,
citizens may also choose to receive those messages on their mobile
and smart devices and get real time alerts for every new
message.
"The great advantage of the new system is that it makes life easier
for Croats as it saves their time because they do not need to
physically go to counters of public institutions," said
Danijela Marovic, Managing Director,
Business Operations, APIS IT. "With one password and one user name
it is now possible to 'electronically walk among public
institutions.' Citizens can use the secure site to download
documents such as birth or marriage certificates, ascertain
personal medical doctor or choose where they want to vote. The
system can even tap into the school directories and enable parents
to track the progress of their children at school."
"This long term project delivers the core communication and
security infrastructure for the Croatian mGovernment strategy,
helping integrate important information and applications across a
number of different government departments," said Zdravko Dragicevic, Managing Director IT
Operations, and APIS IT. "The robust mainframe platform will enable
us to transfer selected eGovernment services directly to a mobile
platform, enabling flexible working and providing citizen services
anytime, anywhere. We estimate that our operational efficiency will
increase as a result of using the most reliable and secure platform
on the market."
The IBM mainframe also supports the Croatian government by helping
to standardize key data about citizens and businesses. Many
registries will be integrated into the system along with other
departments including the information systems of the Ministry of
Finance and Ministry of Public Administration. As a result of this
integration, numerous government processes can be optimized,
including taxes, birth, death and social security
registration.
The new IT infrastructure, based on IBM zEC12 703, helps to secure
sensitive information and ensure interconnectivity and
interoperability among Croatian government bodies, individuals and
the European organizations. It helps to modernize and simplify
dealings with citizens and can advance Croatia's integration into the European Union
(EU) systems.
"Croatia recognizes the
importance of online communication in providing efficient public
services and IBM has been working with the Croatian government on
its eGovernment and mGovernment strategies," said Damir Zec, Country Sales Leader, IBM Croatia.
"Through our partnership with APIS IT, we have put in place a core
infrastructure that helps to reliably and securely handle high
volumes of data and transactions, and allowing easy access to
government services."
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