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CASE STUDY:
CASE STUDY: KLM EQUIPMENT SERVICES
KEEPING FLIGHTS ON SCHEDULE
KLM EQUIPMENT SERVICES HAS DOUBLED THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS CRITICAL BUSINESS
APPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF DEPLOYING A HIGHLY AUTOMATED UNIFIED STORAGE CLUSTER
Fujitsu storage technology is helping to
reduce flight delays and associated
issues at one of Europe's busiest airports.
KLM Equipment Services B.V. (KES) has
deployed a unified, high-availability Fujitsu
ETERNUS storage cluster to double the speed
and performance of its critical enterprise
applications - ensuring a more efficient and
reliable ground support service at Schiphol,
Amsterdam's main airport, ultimately helping
flights to operate on schedule.
KES operates as an independent
subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
With Amsterdam Schiphol airport as its
permanent home base since 1952, the
company has wide expertise and a long
heritage of providing all aspects of ground
support equipment - which includes all the
vehicles and equipment responsible for the
handling of aircraft on the ground, an
indispensable link in any airport's logistical
processes.
KES's goal is to realise low operational
cost, while maximising the availability of
this equipment: The company cannot
afford downtime as this greatly impacts
airport operations at Schiphol, which is
ranked 5th best airport in Europe by
leading aviation reviewer Skytrax.
Olivier Delachapelle, Head of Data Center
Category Management at Fujitsu EMEIA,
says: "Everybody hates airport delays, and to
help reduce these at Schiphol airport, we've
teamed up with KLM Equipment Services to
minimise any kind of disruption to flight
schedules that may be caused by ground
equipment - for example, a jetway not being
available to disembark passengers from an
incoming flight."
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14 STORAGE Nov/Dec 2017
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