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easyJet and cloud
• easyJet and IT• What could cloud mean for easyJet?• How is cloud changing IT strategy?
easyJet and IT
easyJet
A high growth company
What does high performance look like?
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easyJet IT
• IT Budget = 0.75% of revenue• Culture of differentiation• Large use of partners• 59 ftes
How important is IT? Bristol 03/09/06
How important is IT? Bristol 11/09/06
What could cloud mean for easyJet?
Cloud layers
Systems classifications
Commodity Computing
Airline systems
easyJet specific systems
Systems classifications
Engineering
Schedule Planning
Crew rostering
Baggage handling
Flight Planning
O/S Security email Access methods
File & PrintBackup
Payments systems
Slot Managmnt
Personnel
Payroll
Finance
Reservation system
Revenue Managmnt
Departure Control
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Crew Systems
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Systems classifications
Commodity Computing
Airline systems
easyJet specific systems
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Making the leap
• Infrastructure as a service– HA blade service– Virtual utility compute– Storage infrastructure
• Platform as a service– DNS load balancing– MS Exchange
• Software as a service– Crew rostering– Flight planning
How does Cloud help easyJet?
easyJet IT Approach“Competitive advantage through excellence in IT”
• We will strive to find solutions that offer the best value to the
business• We will be an enabler of rapid business change• We will be innovative and pioneering when there is
competitive advantage to be gained
• As a result, we will– Be recognised as the best IT department in the travel industry– Be recognised by the business as a valued partner – Drive change in the industry to the advantage of easyJet
Technology Strategy Cost effective and simple
• Use simple, standard solutions by default• Promote innovative use of mainstream technology• Continue to use Microsoft technology for our
technical platform• Provide scalable systems that never restrict the
growth of the business• Provide 100% uptime for business critical systems
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Cloud services should…
• Reduce the complexity of providing scalable solutions
• Allow easyJet to get on with developing differentiating services
• Ease the burden of test system management and configuration
• Help move IT from technology focussed to service focussed
Cloud services could…
• Be a configuration nightmare• Return us to an immature service monitoring
and management position• Introduce weak points in high availability
services• Complicate development and deployment
easyJet strategy
• Use simple, standard solutions by default• Introduce cloud solutions only when they simplify things
• Promote innovative use of mainstream technology• Continually test the market to measure capability
• Continue to use Microsoft technology for our technical platform
• Azure will be the natural choice, but we’ll try others
• Provide scalable systems that never restrict the growth of the business
• Look for areas where cloud will simplify the scaling of systems
• Provide 100% uptime for business critical systems• Wait for cloud to mature before committing to HA usage
Questions?