Korean Air shifts IT to AWS cloud

Korean Air Lines has confirmed plans to shift its entire information-technology infrastructure to Amazon Web Services, running its website, loyalty programs, flight control systems and other key operations in the cloud, the airline said. The move, announced Tuesday, highlights Amazon’s continued draw with enterprise customers as a cloud-market frontrunner, even as Microsoft and other cloud rivals chip away at its outsized market share. Korean Air becomes the second major carrier to go “all in” with Amazon’s cloud unit in less than a year, following a similar move by Ryanair in May, according to an Amazon spokesman. The airline said that the move to AWS will enable the carrier to “quickly and flexibly respond to market changes and customer needs in ways that were not possible with our on-premise infrastructure.” <br/>