Railways on Wednesday launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost. Cloud computing is an emerging technology for faster and on demand commensurate deployment of server resources which results in reduced cost.<br/><br/>Launching the initiative in New Delhi today, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu said, the technology enables maximising the usage of available server and storage resulting in accommodation of bigger data and more applications within same server space. He said, currently all IT applications have separate servers which increase the cost of operations and purchases.

Railways on Wednesday launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost. Cloud computing is an emerging technology for faster and on demand commensurate deployment of server resources which results in reduced cost.<br/><br/>Launching the initiative in New Delhi today, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu said, the technology enables maximising the usage of available server and storage resulting in accommodation of bigger data and more applications within same server space. He said, currently all IT applications have separate servers which increase the cost of operations and purchases.