Capgemini announced on May 10 that it had been selected by Airbus to work on a major cloud transformation program, promoting innovation and sustainable development. The company’s goal is for Airbus to achieve carbon neutrality on its cloud services by 2024.
Capgemini and Airbus join forces
The French company Capgemini will take care of the transformation and modernization of existing services to meet the needs of future Airbus Commercial Aircraft and Helicopters. This takes into account private and public cloud services as well as the infrastructure already in place.
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Airbus wants to transition to a hybrid cloud in order to contribute to the deployment of new functionalities within its IT systems. Their ambition is to strengthen innovation at the service of production and supply chains “. To provide more flexibility to Airbus, Capgemini will offer its multi-hybrid cloud services under a “pay-as-you-go” model rather than a subscription system.
Focus on sustainable development
Capgemini, with nearly 340,000 employees in more than 50 countries, claims to be a global, multicultural and above all responsible leader. To meet Airbus’ expectations in terms of sustainable development, the company will follow a holistic approach called “sustainable design” whose ambition is to ” reduce the carbon impact of infrastructure across all service lines “.
Nive Bhagat, Director of Cloud Services & Enterprise Infrastructure precise that ” innovation and sustainability are top priorities for industry leaders today. We are fully mobilized to support Airbus’ existing and future programs for a sustainable and resilient aerospace industry in its operations. We will implement Capgemini’s expertise in cloud, transformation and innovation. »
With this partnership, Airbus seeks to turn to the sustainable cloud to enable its Airbus Commercial Aircraft and Helicopters activities to be carbon neutral by 2024. To see if the two partners will be up to the challenge.