Indian Railway Launching RailCloud a Virtual Server to Manage Services
The Indian Railways will launch tomorrow RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost.
Developed by rail PSU RailTel at an estimated cost of about Rs 53 crore, Railcloud is aimed at optimising server resources and its management.
Cloud computing is an emerging technology for faster and on demand commensurate deployment of server resources which results in reduced cost.
"RailCloud technology enables maximising the usage of available server and storage resulting in accommodation of bigger data and more applications within same server space. This makes the system suitable to meet higher demand," said a senior Railway Ministry official.
Currently all IT applications have separate servers which increase the cost of op...