The government plans to set up Thailand's first big data state management system to help the state contend with fast-growing pools of data saved in a variety of formats. Mr Pichet disclosed that he has been assigned by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to draft a clear roadmap for the planned establishment of the big data management system within July. Mr Pichet said building a system to manage big data is vital to help the government accommodate abundant digital information available to state agencies and deal with increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats. He said big data management systems will provide categories for data classification and instructions for state agencies to classify data into each category. State agencies have a combined 300 data centres with total usage space of 36,000 square metres.

Source: Bangkok Post May 18, 2017 00:00 UTC