BAA goes thin client
UK airports authority BAA is to spend £26m over the next three years to create a server-based IT platform, in an attempt to...
The move, which will see BAA's 9,000 staff accessing all their software via web browsers on thin clients, will allow flexible working and cut costs by enabling software rationalisation and reducing upgrade costs, BAA said
Moving to portal-based document storage will improve information exchange and co-ordination, as search criteria will be tailored to individual needs, the company said.
BAA signed a five-year, £45m desktop outsourcing contract with Computacenter last March. Citrix software is being used as middleware.
