An video still of Muriel de Beler, program manager at Orange, discussing the partnership between SITA and Orange
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and IT business services provider Orange Business Services (http://www.orange-business.com/) announced on Wednesday that it will develop a cloud computing infrastructure with partner SITA (www.sita.aero/).
SITA is a provider of IT and telecommunication services to the air transport industry, though both companies say the network will extend to other types of businesses as well. The companies have had a business relationship for 10 years, according to a report by TMCNet.
According to the press release, the data centers are located in Atlanta, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Sydney. The facilities in Atlanta, Frankfurt and Singapore will be fully operational in Q1 2012, and the rest will be available in Q3 2012, the companies say. All of the data centers will be Tier III+ and will be interconnected through Orange's MPLS network with no more than 100 milliseconds of latency, according to the companies.
The infrastructure will support each businesses' portfolio of cloud computing services including IaaS, PaaS, DaaS and SaaS offerings. The software layer of data centers will be similar but they will be built out as demand increases, according to a report by Datacenter Dynamics.
"SITA has a successful 60-year track record of working solely for the air transport community, taking a long-term view and investing for the industry's future. The globally managed network delivered to our customers as well as our industry knowledge provides the foundation for our investment in the air transport industry cloud," Francesco Violante, chief executive officer SITA said in a statement. "SITA continues to have a successful partnership with Orange Business Services, built on our network business. Cloud computing is a network-centric concept so when we were looking for a partner to build the infrastructure for the ATI Cloud, we knew it would be strategic to partner with a global operator."
"Orange Business Services was the obvious choice. Sharing the building and operation of the infrastructure brings economies of scale to both companies. Only by working together are we able to bring a fully formed, high-end cloud computing infrastructure that can meet the complex and global requirements of the air transport industry," he says.
According to the report, SITA is interested in serving the massive growth of the air transport industry in China, where 120 airports are expected to be built in the coming years.
Violante says China's industry will require access to technologies at speeds not yet deliverable there, according to the report.
He adds that airlines are increasingly interested in remote working and cloud computing options, though regulation restricts where the data can be held, according to the report.
"By working for so many years with SITA, we know that the air transport industry is highly demanding. Therefore partnering on a managed cloud computing infrastructure is real-world proof that Orange Business Services can deliver the same high-performance, high-security cloud services to its multinational customers," Vivek Badrinath, chief executive officer of Orange Business Services said in a statement. "The ambition of Orange Business Services is to make it easy for customers to access the IT resources they need by providing a one-stop-shop for a range of cloud computing services."
"By taking an integrated approach, Orange Business Services can deliver network and IT with end-to-end service level commitments wherever our customers do business," he adds. "Thanks to this joint infrastructure, we will bring increasingly varied and flexible cloud services to the international market like never before, providing the global reach and the reliability our customers need to catch the promises cloud computing can deliver. It is a key milestone in our ambition on the cloud computing market."
Last year, Orange launched its cloud services network hub.
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