The Flemish Government (Vlaamse overheid) consists of the Flemish Parliament, the Flemish Government and the Flemish Administration, which is divided into ten policy areas. Each policy area consists of a department which is supplemented by independent agencies.
A large number of AWS subscriptions are used by the Flemish government agencies and this needs to be more structured and coordinated to make sure that all subscriptions have the same security setup and Eviden, an Atos business, OneCloud Digital Cloud Services for AWS landing zone. Eviden, an Atos business, started this project on February 1, 2022 and will manage these environments for seven years.
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The Challenge
The goal of the Flemish Government is to adopt a public cloudfirst strategy in a structured and secure manner. Because there are more than 80 agencies within the Flemish government, there is a risk of security breaches in the absence of a framework and common design rules for using public cloud.
Why Eviden & AWS?
After a two-year competition, Eviden, an Atos business, was selected to manage all the Flemish Government’s public and private cloud activities, along with traditional data center activities. Eviden, an Atos business, will leverage its AWS managed service portfolio to fulfill the activities. To enable cloud readiness and data classification, Eviden, an Atos business, can move an environment to AWS. For Eviden, an Atos business, a key factor in winning the contract was its ability to deploy the full set of capabilities that AWS offers to customers.
AWS is one of the two partners chosen by the Flemish Government in a dual public cloud vendor strategy.
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The Solution
Eviden, an Atos business, designed and deployed a landing zone for the entire Flemish Government, and each subsequent deployment will follow the same pattern. The full suite of services available within AWS are available for each government agency.
A Cloud Management Portal has been created to deploy the AWS services in a uniform way, as well as an API to consume services. Finally, CloudHealth is being used to monitor consumption.
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The Outcome
- Eviden is currently managing 166 subscriptions
- 1,418 total servers are being used
- All these subscriptions now utilize the same setup and the same security standards