Under the direct guidance of University of Technology President, Professor Dr. Ahmed Hassan Al-Ghabban, a field and practical visit was organized by a university committee charged with coordination and cooperation with the National Data Center affiliated with the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers for the purpose of benefiting from its great potential to support and develop electronic services at the University of Technology.

The committee included Prof. Dr. Hassan Jalil Hassan, Head of Computer Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Alaa Kahdim Farhan, Head of the Computer Science Department, and Lec. Dr. Amir Musa Thuwaini, Head of the Network Engineering Branch of the Computer Engineering Department and Lecturer / Ali Abdul-Razzaq Tarish, Director of Information Technology Center at the University of Technology.

The committee in charge received a good reception from the employees of the National Data Center at the scientific and practical levels, ways of cooperation were discussed to provide hosting for the electronic services of the University of Technology from other sites and systems in implementation of the recommendations of the Council of Ministers for digital transformation. They also learned about the national information systems available at the center that can be benefited from to develop the university’s electronic services. The visit also included reviewing the infrastructure of the National Data Center and reviewing the systems used in its establishment according to solid international standards to be taken as a model to be emulated in the event that it is possible to establish a data center for the university that aims to host its local systems and develop its scientific research for its faculty staff and graduate and undergraduate students.