{"id":18013,"date":"2016-12-06T18:45:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T15:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=18013"},"modified":"2018-05-15T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T14:54:16","slug":"the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dutch Gov Delivers an Alert System on Cloud Foundry in 7 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/#Motto_%E2%80%9CImproving_Every_Day%E2%80%9D\" >Motto: &#8220;Improving Every Day&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/#Reacting_to_thousands_of_incidents\" >Reacting to thousands of incidents<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/#To_share_and_reuse\" >To share and reuse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/#Want_details_Watch_the_video\" >Want details? Watch the video!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/#Related_reading\" >Related reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-dutch-government-delivers-an-alert-system-on-cloud-foundry-in-just-7-months\/#About_the_speaker\" >About the speaker<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Motto_%E2%80%9CImproving_Every_Day%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Motto: &#8220;Improving Every Day&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_18015\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-van-Essen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-van-Essen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bas van Essen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-18015\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Bas van Essen<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Dutch government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijkswaterstaat.nl\/english\" target=\"_blank\">Rijkswaterstaat<\/a> (RWS) is an agency that&#8217;s responsible for construction and maintenance of infrastructure, such as roads and dikes, as well as traffic management. The organization is part of the Dutch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/ministries\/ministry-of-infrastructure-and-the-environment\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment<\/a>. At the Cloud Foundry Summit Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bas-van-essen-79aaa91a\" target=\"_blank\">Bas van Essen<\/a> (the Head of Datalab at RWS) revealed how the Dutch government innovates with Cloud Foundry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think about things like solar power on roofs and (urban) vegetable gardens,\u201d he said. \u201cInnovation and continuous learning (from us) means happy customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bas cited Cloud Foundry as underpinning the agency&#8217;s initiatives, noting \u201cwe need complex IT for a complex infrastructure.\u201d The Rijkswaterstaat has developed an \u201ciStrategy\u201d that&#8217;s based on as much standardization as possible and the consequent <strong>component reuse<\/strong> that \u201ckeeps things transparent, agile, and affordable.\u201d The agency incorporates these values into a motto of &#8220;Improving Every Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-dutch-government-agency-cloud-foundry-summit-europe-v11.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-dutch-government-agency-cloud-foundry-summit-europe-v11.png\" alt=\"bas-van-essen-dutch-government-agency-cloud-foundry-summit-europe-v11\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18025\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe create what we call small pizza factories, with teams of six to eight people, looking at platforms and building blocks, and ways to deliver through 12-factor apps.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Bas van Essen, Dutch Government&#8217;s RWS<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSolutions are thus offered quickly, and aligned with others,\u201d he noted. \u201cAnd our hardware is virtualized in our cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reacting_to_thousands_of_incidents\"><\/span>Reacting to thousands of incidents<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As an example of the end-result of the agency&#8217;s overall approach, Bas described a new service called the SAM alert system. The prototype was ready just in one month, while a ready-to-use solution was out there in seven months. It handles hundreds of alerts per day, everything from \u201cthere are ducks in the road to the operating hours of specific locks, to accommodating new agency employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-sam-solution-v1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-sam-solution-v1.png\" alt=\"bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-sam-solution-v1\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The key to the service&#8217;s success is to develop a central resource that is deployed by Cloud Foundry to send incoming alerts to government employees distributed throughout the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Designed with the microservices model in mind, the SAM solution was developed in about 2,000 hours. The system \u201chas easily managed automated scaling to scale up as needed,\u201d according to Bas. \u201cThis is the first app we&#8217;ve developed with auto-scaling.\u201d It&#8217;s all part of a commitment to digital transformation, he noted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-ecosystem-v2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-ecosystem-v2.png\" alt=\"bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-ecosystem-v2\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18067\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAP, Mendix, SAS, Spring (from Pivotal), Redis, and Microsoft SharePoint all participate in the system&#8217;s architecture. The Mendix rapid application development platform enabled a working prototype to be produced quickly, then integration with SAS business intelligence was accomplished after the project went live.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft SharePoint is used for document management, and as might be expected SAP software is used for all ordering, purchasing, and payrolling processes. (<a href=\"https:\/\/images.mendix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RWS-LTR-CaseStudy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">This document<\/a> from Mendix provides some technical details about SAM and briefly describes the role of each technology used.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_share_and_reuse\"><\/span>To share and reuse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Rijkswaterstaat follows a set of principles set up for all government projects known as the Dutch Government Reference Architecture (rendered as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaleoverheid.nl\/dossiers\/nora\/\" target=\"_blank\">NORA<\/a> in the Dutch language). It is a set of government-wide agreements, and built around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaleoverheid.nl\/achtergrondartikelen\/nora-bindende-afspraken\/\" target=\"_blank\">a set of basic rules<\/a> that outline how to create a consistent level of services for Dutch citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strength of the\u00a0NORA\u00a0is in the pooling of knowledge and experience of a wide range of government architects,\u201d according to the government website. \u201cThey help each other, share experiences, keep each other sharp and\u00a0the NORA\u00a0up to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This architecture allows RWS to share the SAM model (and other solutions) with other government organizations in Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-benefits-v2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-benefits-v2.png\" alt=\"bas-van-essen-cf-summit-europe-dutch-government-benefits-v2\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18068\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>When we share, we can multiply our models and so we don&#8217;t have to invest every time in the same systems. Together we can make things better and more affordable for our taxpayers.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014Bas van Essen, Dutch Government&#8217;s RWS<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a change of pace to see a high-level view of digital transformation amidst the many highly technical talks at events such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tag\/cf-summit\/\">Cloud Foundry summits<\/a>. It was especially cool to see that enlightened thinking within a government agency, a type of enterprise not generally known for progressive approaches.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s additional good news in that the Dutch government is not the only organization of the type to embrace Cloud Foundry. For example, we&#8217;ve written about the efforts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/gsa-cuts-app-deployment-from-14-months-to-2-3-days-with-cloud-foundry\/\">18F<\/a> within the US General Services Administration (GSA) to take as entrepreneurial, services-first approach as possible within a gigantic government agency.<\/p>\n<p>Other governments already using Cloud Foundry for digital transformation include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/south-korea-adopts-cloud-foundry-as-its-paas\/\">South Korea<\/a>, Australia, and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_details_Watch_the_video\"><\/span>Want details? Watch the video!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"video-details-td\">\n<div style=\"float:right; width:50%; padding-left:15px; font-size:14px;\">\n<strong>Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">What is Rijkswaterstaat and what is its role as part of the Dutch government? (1:50)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">What were Rijkswaterstaat&#8217;s answers to keep improving? (3:08)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">How did Rijkswaterstaat capitalize on KR8 and iStrategy? (4:45)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">How did Rijkswaterstaat transform its organization? (9:37)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">What was the idea behind the platform model? (11:22)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">What is the SAM alert system? (13:23)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">What was concept for the SAM alert system? (15:11)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">What are the benefits Rijkswaterstaat gained from its new Cloud Foundry-driven IT infrastructure? (18:50)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keynote - Bringing Pivotal Cloud Foundry for Dutch Government\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u18nKAOY5mo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_reading\"><\/span>Related reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/south-korea-adopts-cloud-foundry-as-its-paas\/\">South Korea Adopts Cloud Foundry as Its PaaS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/gsa-cuts-app-deployment-from-14-months-to-2-3-days-with-cloud-foundry\/\">GSA Cuts App Deployment from 14 Months to 2\u20133 Days with Cloud Foundry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-foundry-summit-europe-focuses-on-multi-cloud-and-iot-day-2\/\">Cloud Foundry Summit Europe Focuses on Multi-Cloud and IoT (Day 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_speaker\"><\/span>About the speaker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bas-van-essen-79aaa91a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bas-van-Essen-Rijkswaterstaat-bio.png\" alt=\"Bas van Essen, Rijkswaterstaat bio\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18029\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\"><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bas-van-essen-79aaa91a\">Bas van Essen<\/a> has held various management positions in the Air Force (13 years) and Rijkswaterstaat (6 years). Business management, information and communications technologies (ICT), and societal engagement have been the common elements in his illustrious career. Since 2013, Bas has served as Head of the Department of Information Development at Corporate Services Department of Rijkswaterstaat.<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motto: &#8220;Improving Every Day&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-18015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bas van Essen<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch government&#8217;s Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) is an agency that&#8217;s responsible for construction and maintenance of infrastructure, such as roads and dikes, as well as traffic management. The organization is part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. 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