Sun to power AP’s eCops project

BANGALORE: Sun Microsystems are the official technology platform partner of

Andhra Pradesh State Police for their new eCops project, hosting the entire

state database for crime records and run mission critical applications for the

state police department.

To enable this AP State police would be using multiple Sun’s E450 servers

to run this project across the state. The project would host a state database of

crime records and would assist in the day-to-day functioning of all police

stations in the statewide network. The eCops project would run applications that

would enable citizens to interface directly with the police department over the

Net securely.

Hyderabad based Locuz is leading the initiative as the prime contractor by

working with Sun Microsystems, to build the technology solution for the project.

Locuz, a system integrator, would do the end-to-end integration of Sun Servers

and Storage at all the locations in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Locuz would

also provide the necessary back up and Disaster Recovery system for the project.

Sun Microsystems India, managing director, Bhaskar Pramanik, said,

"Tracking and controlling the databases for crime records and running

mission critical applications is a highly complex process that requires a

rigorous balance between system performance and high availability. Sun delivers

on both of these requirements."

"We were looking for a technology that is robust, reliable, scalable,

available and proven. And we found all that in Sun" said Andhra Pradesh

Police, IG - Police Computer Services, SV Ramana Murthy.