Microsoft to improve efficiency of Indian Railways

[iMav]

Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the umbrella organization for all computer activities on Indian Railways, along with Microsoft, has come out with a unique system for effectively monitoring the movement of trains operated by the Indian Railways.

Built on Windows Vista, the Control Office application (COA) will ensure that the 17 million passengers who travel by the Indian Railways every day and users of its freight services will get real time information on the exact location and arrival and departure times of all trains on their phones. “We have completed the integration of COA with our interactive voice response system and our website in the 26 control rooms it has been deployed so far,” said the spokesperson of CRIS.

Source: WinVistaClub via Time Of India

 

[dreamcatcher]

Yea..more system crashes and more train delays..great news..Indian railways probably running on 512 mb ddr.. lol

 

[casanova]

Great. Lage raho

 

[mrbgupta]

.Indian railways probably running on 512 mb ddr.. lol

For people like you railways means ticket counter! lol.

 

[kumarmohit]

Arey ham keh raha hoon Ballmer bhaiya se ham baat kiya hun. Uu bilkul hamare jaise hai! tabhi na ham ee sab kiya hai!

-- Laloo Bhaiya!

 

[FilledVoid]

I would love to see these features rolled out regardless of what the platform uses.

 

[confused!!]

^+1

 

[chesss]

The application, developed with an investment of Rs 83 crore,

What the phuck??
83 Crores for an application?? WOuld it include deployment/hardware costs or only development of software

 

[slugger]

well India wudnt b the first country whose railway is adopting Win for its operation

it is being used in faar more critical places [consequences unknown]

Top Ten Worst Uses for Windows

 

[FilledVoid]

What the phuck??
83 Crores for an application?? WOuld it include deployment/hardware costs or only development of software

Most companies quote software Applications charges from Analysis all the way too Implementation and Maintenance.

 

[narangz]

Most companies quote software Applications charges from Analysis all the way too Implementation and Maintenance.

Exactly. Even if they used FOSS system the analysis, implementation & maintainance costs are quoted.

 

[Faun]

lol...this is cracking me up

 

[narangz]

^^ Dude tell Laloo about the cracks in the tracks

 

[iMav]

I knew you would post that

 

[din]

On a second thought, no, I think I should not break my 'resolution'

Deleted the post.

 

[narangz]

I knew you would post that

Who? Me? What? How?

Err... Were you talking about Din uncle? He might have posted that LCD pic?

 

[iMav]

Not you, din had posted link to his post where he caught a LCD at the railway station suffering from a BSoD He deleted his post now

 

[din]

@narangz

That was meant for me. You missed a post that I deleted so fast. Thought that may lead to another war, so deleted it.

 

[narangz]

Not you, din had posted link to his post where he caught a LCD at the railway station suffering from a BSoD He deleted his post now

LOL! I edited my post as it came to my mind. Check out my post again

 

[din]

Offtopic :

LOL

You guys are faster than me