Airport mulls virtualisation project

DAA currently uses Microsoft Windows 200X as its core platform for Intel systems on 264+ server hardware in other words between one to four years old. As part of an infrastructure refresh, the authority intends to migrate the majority of its Windows systems and other key server resources into a virtualised environment.

Sumit Dhawan, vice-president for desktop virtualisation at Citrix Systems and strategy leader for Citrix XenDesktop, told MIS Asia that the innovation will become mainstream in 2011 due to the changing nature of corporate computing.

He pointed to the fact that enterprise IT is becoming more consumer-led and is turning into an on-demand service, during cloud computing is as well growing in prevalence.