For starters, Simons posits that aside the timing of the announcement, the EC has not been transparent although it decided on a new register in December last year. “Nobody in media or civil society has an idea what is the research that has led to this outcome,” he said. The EC earlier mentioned it “has begun an international competitive tender process in which the solutions were disaggregated – software, hardware and Data Centre. The Commission ensured, as a mandatory requirement, that the design of the system was based on a standard and open architecture. This will prevent vendor-lock in and ensure that the Commission takes control of its own affairs and limits the dependency on vendors.

Source: GhanaWeb January 18, 2020 13:41 UTC