As the demand for environmentally friendly transport increases, Alstom, the company that produced the world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train with zero CO2 emissions, aims to create a sustainable transport future and offers a wide range of mobility products We are achieving that goal through modern global IT operations.
Based on the outskirts of Paris, Alstom provides comprehensive services in more than 300 cities around the world, from high-speed trains, metros, and trams with speeds up to 320km/h, to integrated systems, custom services, infrastructure, signaling, and digital mobility solutions. Provides railway equipment and services.
Alstom is committed to delivering green and smart mobility solutions, driving innovation with 70,000 employees in 70 countries, and collaborating with external partners. The company encourages employees across all business units and more than 250 locations to share new ideas, identifying and nurturing the most promising ideas to fuel the company’s innovation strategy. IT modernization is key to supporting this transformation.
“We needed a fast, efficient, and flexible infrastructure to increase our business agility and build a foundation for future growth. Naturally, public cloud is a key part of this transformation.”
Stephane Detruiseux
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Technology, Alstom
Increase business agility
“We needed a fast, efficient, and flexible infrastructure to increase business agility and create a foundation for future growth,” said Alstom Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Technology. says Stephane Detruiseux. “Of course, public cloud is a key element of this transformation.”
DXC Technology, which has been providing IT outsourcing and other services to Alstom for many years, was the logical partner to support the company on its digital transformation journey. DXC supports mission-critical systems at all Alstom locations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A key step in increasing flexibility was modernizing Alstom’s IT infrastructure and moving key resources to the cloud.
Additionally, the introduction of DXC Platform X, an intelligent, data-driven automation platform, is driving continued transformation. Increased automation has enabled Alstom to consolidate core storage, networking, and compute functions into a single, highly virtualized solution. Furthermore, by simplifying its infrastructure and increasing automation, Alstom has been able to reduce major IT incidents by 62% over the past three years.
Additionally, “DXC’s partner network provides a great, comprehensive pay-as-you-go model,” said Mehdi Belahcen, Senior Cloud Architect at Alstom. “The as-a-service private cloud model allows Alstom to not only make infrastructure available but also software and licenses as a service. This is exactly what we need to give our business the flexibility it needs.” It was something.”