Emirates Makes iPass Its Master Connection ManagerEmirates is headquartered in Dubai but with operations across the globe and is one of the most influential travel and tourism conglomerates. Formed in 1985 with just two aircraft, Emirates now operates a fleet of over 140 aircraft flying to more than 100 destinations in 60 countries. Some 700 Emirates flights depart Dubai each week which accounts for nearly 40 per cent of all flight movements in and out of Dubai International Airport. The Emirates group also includes an award-winning international cargo division, a destination management and leisure division, an international ground-handling division and an airline IT development group.
When it comes to mobility, like many airlines, Emirates’ non-flying staff requires constant access to email and corporate applications when on the move. With users connecting from around the world, Emirates wanted to simplify connectivity for mobile workers by giving end-users a straightforward remote connectivity option. From an IT perspective, they wanted to be able to control mobility costs, as well as secure remote employee connections by integrating their mobility solution with various corporate security components within the infrastructure, including the corporate firewall and VPN solutions.
Emirates implemented the iPass mobility management solution that resulted in simple and secure access to critical data for roaming workers, and significantly reduced connectivity costs and improved mobility management for around 1,400 employees when roaming internationally or travelling around the UAE.
Employees can remain productive wherever they happen to go on company business and have access to the iPass global Wi-Fi network now totalling over 140,000 locations.
Emirates now benefit from tighter control over enterprise mobility and its associated costs. Instead of employees running up sizeable expense claims for Wi-Fi subscriptions and 3G roaming charges, Emirates mobile workers now rely on iPass as their connection manager of choice, regardless of where they are in the world.
