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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) with a 20-percent increase in IT spending this year, said Tan Chee Hong, General Manager, Information Services and Development Thursday. "The economic downturn is a right time for us to speed upimplementation and system upgrades," said Tan. "It's easier to havedowntime approval because air cargo throughput has dropped." He addedthat it's also a time when more tech talents are available. Data from Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, that air cargothroughput on Hong Kong fell 26.9 percent in January and Februaryyear-on-year, global demand for Asian goods disappeared. In February, throughput increased by 22 percent from a year ago, increasing from 30.9 percent fall in January. The data also showedthat air cargo volumes through Hong Kong in January and Februarytotaled 276,378 tons. As a cargo throughput volume dives, Cathay Pacific Services hasdeferred the completion of the new cargo terminal with a maximum of 24months until mid-2013. Hactl operates at the Super Terminal 1 Hong Kong International Airport for more than 90 airlines and 1,000 freight forwarders.The 1 billion U.S. Dollar investments, Hactl said, is the largest air cargo terminal in the world of international cargo with a potentialcapacity of 3.5 million tons per year. In 2008, the operator hancled 2.53 million tonnes of cargo, more than 70 percent of air cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport. Future Projects According to Tan, future projects will serverconsolidation and virtualization, the adoption of ITSM / ITIL, and wireless network upgrade. He added that the company wants to be in business intelligence to 52 TB of data useful. While the average amount of data, achieved 20 percent growth in thepast few years, Tan said the company expects the growth rate decline 3to 5 percent in 2009. Recently Hactl begins with the use of Symantec Managed Security servicesfor protect their networks and data. Thomas Lee, IT Operations managerat Hactl said that the company is already a user of the products, including storage andsecurity Veritas Storage Foundation software andNetBackup and Veritas Cluster Server for five years. Despite competitors Asia Airfreight Terminal, the use of RFID-based truck control since the end of 2006, Hactl's Lee said the company has no plan to follow. "We are not on truck thinkRFID control is helpful," said Lee. "You will be notified whichtruck dock they are assigned, if they hand in the necessaryimport / export documents. This process works fine without RFID." The company previously RFID study for the Air Cargo, but Lee saidtags on liquids are difficult to detect metallic objects during interferewith RFID devices. Comments Please login to post comments or replies.