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done our best to make sure the implemen- systems and PMS (such as Protel, Micros-
tation of the new service is performed in a Fidelio, GASTRodat), plus storage and
way that is inconspicuous for our clients.” registration of telecommunications data
When talking about paid Internet ac- in accordance with the Union’s Directive
cess, one cannot omit the Swiss telecom- 2006/24/EC.
munications operator Swisscom which of- The system also allows real Plug & Play,
fers its services to the global hotel industry. so there is no need to configure software for
Although Directive 2006/24/EC is already a the destination device and the security of
binding standard, Leo Brand, Swisscom CEO, clients surfing the web.
says: “Compliance with the directive is not
just retaining certain data, but also caring In compliance with the directive
for the security of users, and their privacy. At Among all the solutions registering
each stage of cooperation with our clients and archiving data in compliance with the
we try to explain the significance of these European Union’s retention directive, there
factors, especially for business clients.” are two which really stand out: Hitachi Con-
tent Archive Platform, the connected ef-
Internet from an electrical socket forts of Hitachi Data Systems and File Tek,
Sometimes the construction of a buil- and the data retention module Verax OSS/
ding or its architecture makes creating a BSS Suite, from Verax Systems.
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wireless network extremely costly or even The Hitachi Content Archive Plat-
impossible. In such cases Creatio offers a ly interesting Internet solution for hotels. The for concentric cables, 400m for telephone form 2.0 offers specific content manage-
system based on PLC technology which technology is created by HomePlug Power- cables and 200m for electrical cables. ment services with which clients can fulfil
uses existing electrical installations for Inter- line Alliance, an organisation that brings “Such a solution was used by Lindner the requirements associated with long-term
net distribution and is very quick and easy to together many companies involved in tele- Hotels & Resorts, in 590 rooms of their Ger- storage, calibration, retention and safe-
install (eg. in a 40-room hotel with two con- communications and computer manu- man properties, and functioned without any guarding of data imposed by the Union
ference rooms and a restaurant, installation facturing. Its installation is simple and quick, interruption during the installation process. regulations. It is the first solution allowing fully
takes four hours). It enables Internet distribu- and requires no laying of new cables or buil- The situation was similar in the four-star Hotel independent calibration of archiving server
tion throughout the whole building, where ding modification, as HomePlug uses the Bottcherhof in Ham- nodes and storage ca-
each electrical socket becomes the sour- property’s inner infrastructure (concentric burg, where Inter- Easy way pacity. Other archiving
ce of web connection. The system is used cable, power supply and telephone cable). net was installed in
of retaining data
solutions’ mass memory
as an alternative to a wireless network or its The network offers data transfer of up 155 rooms,” explains calibration require ad-
supplement, when circumstances prevent to 200 Mbps, which is ideal for broadband Grzegorz Jaksim of ditional servers and ad-
guests from using Wi-Fi systems. multimedia applications. It ensures safe data devolo AG. ditional processing capacity, while Hitachi
HomePlug technology, provided by encryption AES 128 bit, remote administrati- A billing module assures registration Content Archive Platform V 2.0 lowers the
devolo AG, seems to be a similar and equal- on dLAN 200 AVpro manager, 1500m range in 19 languages, wide support of payment number of required server nodes. This solu-
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