3 Critical elements of an OPEN Communication Hub

AvFinity’s Open Communication Hub solution set offers airlines these three components that provide them with unprecedented control of their communications:

IP VPN Networks:

· Enables the customer to connect to multiple IP-based VPN’s via a single connection

· Enables the customer to reduce the number of legacy connections through direct host-to-host communications.

AvFinity AIRS^TM:

· Enables the customer to communicate with any device regardless of communication interface, host-to-host (H2H) and host-to-application (H2A) access

· Enables the customer to switch data and application at the hub

· Enables the customer to access airline databases & applications

· Enables the customer to create and deploy applications on open standard platforms using AvFinity supplied ASMS^TM software:

o Connectivity communications (Legacy protocol to IP connectivity)

o Business Rules (application logic)

o Parsing (creating data records from legacy applications)

o Scripting (rapid development languages)

o Remote hardware and software management

o Remote software installation and configuration

SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Applications:

· Enables the customer to create and deploy applications on open standard platforms (Cisco or servers) within the network

· Enables network based Business Rules (application logic)

· Enables peer-to-peer application management e.g. APIS segment conformance

OPEN Communication Hub Creates Communities

With the OPEN Communication Hub, AvFinity creates a communications ecosystem using AIRS where all airlines that must message one another can interact with each other and a central hub.

The benefits of this interconnected network among members who share common goals are immense. Here are just a few:

• Flight-critical communications become more efficient.
• Communications are controlled by the airline and its members so that the quality of information is assured without the filter of a third-party vendor.
• Changes, which are a constant in aviation, are performed immediately by AIRS without having to hire a team of developers that will spend six months figuring out a solution.
• New airline partners become communications-ready with established airline members immediately upon installing AIRS regardless of their IT datacenter expertise.
• AIRS integrates into back-end systems so that data are accessed without human intervention.
• AIRS handles all data, regardless of format, and sends and receives them regardless of communications protocol or transport media.