ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced a multi-year
agreement under which IBM will help lead Delta to the public cloud,
in order to increase its agility, speed to market and innovation
capabilities around digital transformation.
As part of the expanded relationship, IBM will provide
technology and industry expertise to modernize and migrate Delta's
applications to the public cloud. IBM will transform Delta's
computing environment to run on a hybrid cloud architecture built
on Red Hat OpenShift, enabling a consistent, standards-based
approach to development, security and operations across clouds.
IBM's team of experts, spanning travel transportation and
technology, are working with Delta teams to utilize the IBM Garage
Methodology and IBM hybrid cloud software, such as CloudPaks,
to modernize existing applications and co-create new solutions
powering Delta's transformation. This will help Delta drive greater
software engineering productivity and result in an enhanced
customer experience in the future.
"As an airline industry leader, we understand the critical need
to constantly evolve our digital presence and enhance our customer
and employee experience to not only help respond quickly to the
dynamic changing conditions but also reinforce brand loyalty from
our customers," said Rahul Samant,
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Delta Air
Lines. "As one of many integral steps we are taking to advance our
digital business transformation, IBM will help us migrate to the
cloud and create a new operating model that will transform and
modernize our technology platform."
"This agreement expands our longstanding relationship with Delta
Air Lines to help them accelerate and navigate their ambitious
digital transformation journey," said Mark
Foster, Senior Vice President, IBM Services. "This long-term
project will apply the power of IBM's hybrid cloud approach,
enabling Delta to develop applications once and deploy them
anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate,
and automate operations with management visibility."
IBM and Delta have a longstanding history of collaboration on
transformative projects that have led to innovations for Delta and
the airline industry. Early last year, the companies announced a
multi-year collaborative effort via the IBM Q Network™ to
explore the potential capabilities of quantum computing to
transform experiences for airline customers and employees.
Contact: Chris Andrews,
845-612-6142, candrews@us.ibm.com
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