Avis Australia

Australia

Avis entered the Australian market in 1955 and is now the largest car rental company in the country. With a market share of over 33% across the nation’s airports, Avis Australia has 1000 staff in 240 metropolitan, regional and remote locations.

Avis Australia recognised they had a problem. It was facing ever increasing communication and support costs and was running two overlapping networks. The main reservation system was reliant on IBM’s SNA and DDS networks, while the newer applications required an IP network. The objective was to identify a solution which offered the functionality of the IBM SNA terminals, but ran in the contemporary Ethernet / IP environment.

“Using Wyse thin clients, we’ve managed to control spiralling network costs without the requirement of purchasing and managing hundreds of additional PCs,” explained Duddy. “As we approach 3 years of use, the signs are promising.”

Solution Architecture

• Wyse 3150SE Thin Clients 
• Applications: 'Wizard', Emulation IBM 3270
• Servers: IBM Mainframe
• Network: Private IP

“So many IT projects get blown out of control, but this one couldn’t have been simpler. We’ve implemented thin clients from Wyse at service desks in 150 airports and branch outlets across Australia. Keeping it simple was definitely the right choice.”

Nick Duddy
Technical Services Manager
Avis Australia

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