How Amadeus Leveraged The Cloud And VMware To Help The Travel Industry

Travelers want to spend less money when they make arrangements, and they rely more and more on apps and websites to keep costs low.

It's high-pressure work to keep these digital services running at optimum performance at a reasonable cost, said Wolfgang Krips, executive vice president, Global Operations and General Manager, Amadeus IT.

"And on top of that, you have to build your innovation, which means new business services," he said.

Amadeus, a multinational IT service provider, fire 3 billion a year to provide the global travel industry with what it needs. But more.

For two years, Amadeus has decided to modernize its infrastructure. Amadeus leaders have considered a variety of options, including cloud service providers and utilities.

He chose to build a private cloud business in partnership with Red Hat, VMware and other service companies and software needed for the private cloud he wanted.

Amadeus has been operated by VMware's integrated OpenStack, which manages cloud resources through interconnected components that control the processing, storage, and network equipment. NSX VMware has provided Amadeo with virtual networking and security software.

Watch this video to learn more about how VMware NSX network virtualization solutions had a positive impact on Amadeus.

Krips said the upgrade of its base aligns with the fundamental objectives of Amadeus customers.

"What I can implement virtualisation of container applications (simple), VM (virtual machines) or bare metal, or if I use OpenStack, everything is a means to an end," said Krips. "Ultimately, what the customer expects is capacity, agility, and ongoing cost reductions, and that's what we have to offer."

Dynamism and automation were - and still are - essential, according to Dietmar Fauser, Amadeus vice president of Research and Development.

"That's why we use this technology, and why we use quality industrial partners," said Fauser.

OpenStack is not at the same time public, has said that, although it believes that will be the case.

The choice of an OpenStack Amadeus approach made by VMware, which according to Fauser, has a solid understanding of virtualization.