1. IBM Software
An international airport Establishing near-seamless integration between heterogeneous systems
The need:
This airport needed a flexible, integrated IT infrastructure so it could access and share information in real time across disparate hardware and software systems.
The solution:
Using a suite of IBM® WebSphere® software, the airport established a shared integration layer among its systems that helps enable heterogeneous systems to more easily share different types of data.
“Undoubtedly, the Interface Message Broker solution based on IBM components has given our day-to-day operation a big fillip. It has improved the quality of our service as well as our staff’s efficiency.”
—A software engineer, an international airport
This airport is the primary civilian aviation hub for its region.
The airport had an inflexible, heterogeneous infrastructure. Rapid changes in governmental regulations and an increasing volume of passengers prompted the airport to seek a more flexible IT infrastructure with more tightly integrated systems. In addition, the airport wanted to access and share information in real time across disparate hardware and software systems.
To address its needs, the airport worked with IBM to implement the Interface Message Broker solution. Based on IBM® Integration Bus (formerly known as IBM WebSphere® Message Broker), IBM WebSphere MQ and IBM WebSphere Process Server software, the solution helps the airport establish a shared integration layer that automates various business processes and facilitates a near-seamless flow of multiple types of data between heterogeneous systems. The solution capitalizes on complex transformation and routing capabilities to provide a robust messaging infrastructure.
The Interface Message Broker offering also helps enable the airport to easily access important information, such as flight schedule changes, from multiple systems. Further, the airport authority can now flexibly integrate new systems to accommodate evolving governmental regulations. Based on performance testing with the new infrastructure, the airport anticipates that it can scale to accommodate 300 percent growth. This will help the client handle the expected increase in passenger traffic of 13 million passengers over a four-year period as well as a boost in air traffic from 85 in 2011 to 103 in 2016.
Solution components:
IBM Integration Bus (formerly known as IBM WebSphere Message Broker)
IBM WebSphere MQ
IBM WebSphere Process Server
The benefits:
Provides greater flexibility, easing compliance with changing regulations
Helps enable access to information in near-real time, improving efficiency
Facilitates the staff’s ability to deliver better-quality customer service
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