SYSTEMS: Moving to the cloud, as the saying goes, is an enormous step for any type of organisation, let alone one as complex as one of the busiest airports in Europe. But this is what London Gatwick Airport in the UK is doing. READ MORE on CITEWorld.
Cloud computing and a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy aren't technology approaches typically associated with running an airport's information-technology operations.
But London Gatwick, the UK's second largest airport, is pushing heavily into both.
With the approval of its internal management, Gatwick last autumn formalized a plan to shift the airport away from the typical data-centre model rife with servers and applications to instead acquiring needed features through cloud services.
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