New Taipei city government began constructing and integrating the public cloud and service cloud, not only to strengthen city government operations and that of its subordinate agencies, but also to determine public sentiment regarding government services in order to facilitate a more rapid and effective public service for citizens. The G-Cloud framework is the foundation of the New Taipei City Government and is the cornerstone in operating the public cloud and service cloud.  As you'll read in the case study below, the main architecture is built on top of the CityNext Big Data framework from Council Lead Partner Microsoft’s Asia-Pacific Research & Development (ARD) product team.