New Delhi: Air India has successfully migrated its computational workload to the cloud, leading to the closure of its data centres in Mumbai and New Delhi. The Tata Group-owned airline anticipates annual savings of nearly USD 1 million as a result of this transition.
Managed by Air India’s teams in Silicon Valley, Gurugram, and Kochi, the migration involved transferring computational workloads from numerous mainframes, hundreds of servers, and a substantial amount of data and equipment to cloud-based infrastructure.
The now-shuttered data centres, once instrumental in driving innovations and automations in various commercial and financial functions, will contribute to significant net savings for the airline.
Satya Ramaswamy, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Air India, pointed out the adoption of a strategic mix of Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service methodologies in the transformation journey.
This shift to a cloud-only IT infrastructure aligns with Air India’s five-year transformation plan since its takeover by the Tata Group in January last year.
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