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The
state-owned airline with equity stakes in Alitalia [CAITLA.UL]
and Air Berlin among others chose IBM to move its IT
infrastructure to cloud-based platforms to serve its clients
better, a statement said.
IBM will provide a global technology framework for Etihad and
its partners, including setting up a cloud data center in Abu
Dhabi that will be developed and operated by IBM, one of the
first such facilities in the Middle East, the statement said.
IBM said in December that 2014 was a breakthrough year for its
cloud business and that it was aiming to expand the number of
client data around the world by 25 percent.
In the last quarter of 2014, IBM struck major deals with airline
Lufthansa, Dutch bank ABN Amro and advertising giant WPP, for
example.
Robert Webb, chief information & technology officer of Etihad,
said the deal would provide the airline and its partners with a
secure and resilient delivery platform.
Among the fastest growing airlines in the world, Etihad carried
14.8 million passengers in 2014 and serves 113 passenger and
cargo destinations.
(Reporting by Stanley Carvalho; editing by David Clarke)
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