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Bahrain will be working with IBM and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) to unify its government’s infrastructure and provide services to its citizens using secure hardware, and software  platforms.  It will be based on Linux.

“Standards based technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for modernisation throughout society in our country. The pioneering vision of the Government of Bahrain is dedicated to ensuring that the Kindgom is at the forefront of developing technology and in driving services for our citizens with flexibility and accessibility to government services,” said Shaikh Ahmed Ateyatalla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of the CIO.

The project will integrate several back-end systems and support the introduction of national card system that will give citizens access to information, services, and government facilities.