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Autodesk Case Study: Munich Airport, Germany

whitepaper AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapGuide are used in a series of departments at the airport: Technical Documentation, Security, Infrastructure, Communication, Network Management, Facility Management, Traffic Management and Winter Service.

Tags: map, autodesk, criteria, led

[14 Feb 2006]

IT fault at Gatwick brings airport to halt

News Passengers were delayed at Gatwick airport over the weekend after an IT failure caused the check-in system to stop working. A spokesman for BAA, which owns Gatwick Airport, said the failure brought down every system except those of British Airways...

Tags: baa airport rfid, airport

[14 Nov 2005]

PCCW Implements Unitech BPS to Their Wireless Internet Service at the Hong Kong International Airport

whitepaper Unitech was chosen to integrate its powerful Broadband Provisioning System (BPS) with PCCW's Wireless LAN infrastructure at the airport. Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) is the Asia's leading integrated communications company and leading...

Tags: payment, hong kong, gateway, provisioning

[10 Jan 2006]

Major European Airport Maintains Operational Efficiency - Security Solution Makes It Easy

whitepaper E-mail is a mission-critical technology for Vienna International Airport, one of Europe's busiest. To keep the e-mail flying smoothly despite increasing threats from viruses and spam, the airport is deploying Microsoft Forefront Security for...

Tags: application servers, forefront, forefront security, viruses

[28 Sep 2007]

FLL Breaks New Ground With Airport-Wide Wired and Wireless Network

whitepaper Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport is one of only a few airports in the United States that has built and is managing its own wireless LAN (WLAN). Implementing airport-wide wired and wireless network capabilities for its tenants, and...

Tags: united states, airport, image, international

[10 Jan 2006]

Cisco Solutions Help Athens International Airport Offer Innovative Services to Customers

whitepaper Athens International Airport is one of the first international airports to offer passengers the ability to wirelessly access the Internet through laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or Internet kiosks anywhere within the main terminal...

Tags: international, availability, laptops, telephony

[10 Jan 2006]

Busy Airport Becomes an Agile, Secure, Unified Enterprise With Sun Portal and Communication Products

whitepaper Athens International Airport has established a reputation as one of the most efficiently run airports in the world. Handling around 1.2 million passengers a month, the airport depends on state-of-the-art technology to ensure safe, efficient...

Tags: data center

[06 May 2008]

Milan airport in systems chaos

News Systems malfunction and poorly trained staff are being blamed for the chaos that surrounded Sunday's opening of the new West Terminal of Milan's Malpensa international airport. The airport was closed down for half an hour on Monday.

[27 Oct 1998]

Photos: Inside San Francisco <strong>airport</strong>'s secure operating centre

Photos: Inside San Francisco airport's secure operating centre

Photo From the observation room inside the secure operating centre (SOC) at San Francisco International airport, staff are able to check out every alert as they are raised by the technology analysing real-time CCTV footage.

Tags: cctv

[24 Apr 2006]

Birmingham Airport launches biometric security

News Birmingham Airport has launched a security system based on biometric technology. Travellers who sign up to the scheme will be able to walk up to an automated barrier in the airport, look into a camera and, if the system recognises them, enter the UK.

Tags: airports, passport, biometrics, airport

[06 Feb 2007]

Photos: Iris scanning at the <strong>airport</strong>

Photos: Iris scanning at the airport

Photo Iris recognition-based biometric technology has now been rolled out at Manchester Airport. The Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) will allow registered passengers to enter the UK without queuing to see an immigration officer at passport...

Tags: iris

[13 Apr 2006]

Inquiry to search for Hong Kong airport bugs

News An independent inquiry is to be set up to discover the cause of the continuing problems at Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport. Systems faults are still dogging the freight-handling system and all imports and exports have been stopped for eight...

[10 Jul 1998]

T-Mobile flying high with airport wi-fi

News T-Mobile announced on Tuesday it has already installed wi-fi equipment at Manchester Airport - the UK's busiest regional airport. Martin Smith, head of group information services at Manchester Airport, said in a statement: "The partnership with T...

Tags: airport, passenger wi-fi, wireless, wi-fi

[07 Dec 2005]

Hong Kong airport systems grind to a halt

News Computer bugs have brought Hong Kong's airport cargo handling system to its knees. The $20bn (£12.2bn) airport was only opened on Monday but has quickly stumbled upon system problems, which have caused 24 hour delays for some travellers.

[09 Jul 1998]

World's largest airport opens with a little hi-tech help

News The world's largest airport was officially opened in Hong Kong today, an airport the architect, Sir Norman Foster, would never have been able to design it without computer simulation. Ian Godwin, IT director at Foster & Partners, said that the...

[06 Jul 1998]

Iris-scanning system lands at Manchester Airport

News Iris recognition-based biometric technology has now been rolled out at Manchester Airport. Registration is conducted by immigration staff in the departures area of the airport. Home Office Minister Andy Burnham said in a statement: "For the first...

Tags: iris

[13 Apr 2006]

A Study of Air Flow Surrounding a Proposed Airport Terminal Expansion

whitepaper A southwest regional airport has proposed a terminal expansion project that will involve increasing the overhang on the north and south sides of the terminal by approximately 72 feet, directly above the passenger pickup and drop-off areas and...

Tags: flow, extension, terminal, distributions

[14 Aug 2003]

Apple nails down AirPort problems

News Apple has released a software update that addresses a pair of security problems in its latest AirPort Extreme base station. The update, available for download from Apple's website, tightens the default configuration of the AirPort Extreme Base...

Tags: airport, apple

[10 Apr 2007]

Vancouver International Airport: Building an Integrated Network

whitepaper Vancouver International Airport with Cisco and TELUS, implements a fully integrated IP network to include redundancy, security and integrity from day one.

Tags: infrastructure management

[07 Jan 2008]

Wireless LAN Plays a Central Role in Australia's Largest Airport

whitepaper As domestic and international traffic continues to grow at Australia's largest, busiest airport, an extensive wireless LAN (WLAN) is playing a central role in keeping passenger and cargo movement on schedule.

Tags: wireless lan, airport, cisco, maintenance

[01 Mar 2004]

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