SITA SC accelerates industry adoption of IP-based solutions

In the last quarter of 2004, IP connection orders grew by 20% and over 65 percent of the industry use SITA SC solutions for their IP needs.

'We are committed to identifying and investing in cost saving opportunities for our customers and to ensure the ease of their migration from legacy-based systems to IP', said Brijdeep Sahi, Vice President Marketing, SITA SC.

Hani El-Assaad, VP, Business Management, SITA SC MEA added by saying: 'SITA's vision has always been and will always be to help airlines of the region reduce their costs while increasing the efficiency of their operations. In the 4th quarter of 2004, SITA helped more than 30 airlines in the Middle East & Africa to migrate from Legacy to IP-based systems.'

IP is a common global standard for transmitting information electronically. It allows data, voice and multimedia to be transmitted very efficiently over the same network and at significantly lower cost than over conventional networks. IP-based services allow companies to be competitive in a tough and challenging market. By the end of 2006, 87 percent of airlines expect the majority of their systems to be IP-enabled.

'When picking our IP solution, we wanted the latest technology, improved performance, security and reliability,' said Mr. Anil Sumessar, LAN/WAN Administrator, West Indies Airways. 'We chose SITA because they have a unique understanding of our business, and significant experience implementing and managing migration from legacy systems to IP-based solutions. Not only did the SITA Professional Service team provide excellent migration support, they also reduced the overall cost of the project.'

One of SITA SC's main objectives is to support the industry in its migration from expensive, complex legacy systems, to more cost effective, state of the art IP-based solutions. SITA SC provides a whole range of solutions to the ATI. These range from enterprise strength, scalable, IP-VPN products, to low-cost, Internet-based solutions - all tying into the largest, most secure and robust Intranet network in the world. This enables customers to tailor solutions to their specific needs, while benefiting from SITA SC's significant experience.