SITA launches “cloud”

Airline IT specialist SITA is to build a community “cloud” dedicated to the air transport industry (ATI) that will improve efficiencies and reduce costs.

SITA's investment in shared cloud infrastructure is already well underway and the ATI Cloud applications and services will go live from June.  These include infrastructure, platform, desktop and software-as-a-service offerings, which will enable true end-to-end business and IT solutions on demand for the unique needs of air transport. 

"Cloud", the latest jargon word to be used by the world of computing providers, is essentially the use of a pool of servers, located on the internet, rather than a specific company server on site.  The "cloud" can then grow or shrink depending on the particular current requirements and is argued to be more environmentally friendly due to its improved capacity to be adjusted to meet demand.

The importance of IT for the airlines can easily be demonstrated with the number of people using mobile check-in.  According to the SITA Passenger Self-Service Survey in 2010, 23% of passengers used mobile check-in, a rise from 14% in 2009.  And when looking at people who have a smartphone 32% used mobile check-in and 68% said they would like to use it. www.sita.aero

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