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Air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol has actually released a multi-region public cloud environment as part of a broader digital improvement of its operations, which is being carried out with assistance from Atos
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Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Released: 27 Nov 2024 12:25
Atos has actually managed the implementation of the very first multi-region public cloud for pan-European civil-military air travel organisation Eurocontrol, which will be utilized to host air traffic management (ATM) applications.
News of Atos’s participation with the task emerged in a statement that it had actually protected an agreement extension with Eurocontrol to continue providing mission-critical services to the European airspace management and air travel sector.
“This agreement extension shows the shared trust and self-confidence in between the 2 organisations and functions as a testimony to the competence of the specialists handling Eurocontrol’s the majority of delicate possessions, showing a deep understanding of their company requirements and restraints,” stated Atos.
Under the regards to the agreement, Atos will be entrusted with reinforcing the strength of Eurocontrol’s IT facilities by handling the platforms, networks and security systems that underpin its crucial applications.
Atos will likewise be accountable for presenting cloud innovations to Eurocontrol’s facilities setup through the implementation of a multi-region public cloud that will host the organisation’s ATM applications.
In a declaration to Computer Weekly, a representative for Eurocontrol validated the cloud release went live last month, and has actually been signed off and certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
“Air traffic management is an extremely controlled market so, together with our partners, we needed to create a cloud that was appropriate to our regulator and certified with the greatest levels of security, quality and security,” the representative stated.
“In October, Eurocontrol provided European air travel’s very first qualified mission-critical cloud-based platform on which our brand-new digital items will be based, and which will link us to air travel stakeholders in a harmonised, effective and protected method.”
The agreement extension in between Atos and Eurocontrol constructs on a collaboration the set started more than 10 years earlier, in assistance of the work the latter celebration does to make sure the air travel market runs in an effective and eco-friendly method.
It will likewise assist Eurocontrol fulfill the objectives and aspirations of its 10-year Integrated Network Management (INM) program, through which it is working to change its core tradition networking systems by 2030 to fulfill the altering needs of the air travel sector.
“By 2030, INM will restore Eurocontrol’s primary functional systems through a collection of technical releases that are putting the concentrate on user-centric style and early recognition,” the representative continued in the declaration to Computer Weekly.
“By including users at every phase of advancement in close cooperation with our INM partners, Eurocontrol makes sure that brand-new tools and systems fulfill real-world functional requirements.”
Punit Sehgal, CEO of Belgium and Luxembourg at Atos Group,