Microsoft Launches Government Cloud-Computing Project in Chengdu
Sichuan Online, 12/17/10
Microsoft and the Chengdu City Cloud Computing Center have unveiled a cloud-computing-based government information services project: the Chengdu municipal pork quality, safety, and sourcing supervisory system. Utilizing a foundational data platform jointly established by the two parties, the system will allow citizens to enter a code from their retail receipts in order to instantly receive information concerning the origin, distribution channels and inspection record of pork products.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "Dawning Opens Cloud Computing Center" MD 12/29/09 issue.
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