How has IT changed the way the maritime industry operates or conducts business?
The maritime industry is a global business, and one which most of the time is outside of the public’s eye. The coal face for the industry is the vessel, which spends the majority of its time at sea. The key IT enabler for the industry has been without a doubt the introduction of data services over Inmarsat. With the introduction of ship-based e-mail in the early to mid-1990s, ship-shore process integration became possible. Over the years, the Inmarsat product offerings have improved this integration, and now with the introduction of FleetBroadband, it is possible to treat a PC or system onboard a vessel as if it was part of your terrestrial wide area network. Due to the global nature of the industry, the widespread adoption of the Internet has enabled the use of extranets and VPNs (virtual private networks) to reach all counter parties, from customers to suppliers. Remote offices have benefited from being able to cost-effectively access core group systems and with the adoption of XML b
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