Next generation communications infrastructure

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With increasing communications needs across the air transport industry (ATI), SITA is actively working to find affordable solutions that:

Lower the cost of technology adoption and refresh
Support as many applications as possible to maximize return on investment
Take advantage of local and existing infrastructure to share costs and benefits

Our vision is to deploy a multi-service common-use architecture at airports to act as the foundation for innovation for all members of the ATI. Important cost-savings and operational efficiency and flexibility can be brought to the industry when leveraging this infrastructure in over 120 major airports and 500 airlines at airports worldwide.

This foundation will leverage the existing concentration of air transport operations, employees and travellers, and will work as a natural platform to support peering and aggregation.

To achieve this, SITA delivers the following workstreams:

Applications Performance

This means moving from a model where applications are delivered only from central servers to a model where applications are also delivered from hubs at the 'edge' of the network to optimize performance and improve customer satisfaction.

Next Generation Outstations

An on-demand IT environment for remote offices will allow airlines to regain control of their outstation environment. Outstations get more flexibility and agility while maintaining control of costs and security.

Mobile Workforce

An end-to-end ATI-dedicated solution covering all aspects of mobility - from applications and connectivity to middleware and devices. It enables airlines, airports and all airport-based service providers to cost effectively mobilize their business processes.