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CIOs Struggle To Keep Their Airlines In The Air

The Accidental Successful CIO

Airlines run on their IT systems and CIOs have to keep these running. When we think about the person who has the CIO job, we think of someone who spends their time thinking about the importance of information technology including such things as cloud computing, building new data centers, and the arrival of the internet of things.

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Why CIOs Need to Understand Apache Cassandra

CIO

Split the data among multiple machines and create a distributed system. NoSQL (“Not only SQL”) databases were invented to cope with these new requirements of volume (capacity), velocity (throughput), and variety (format) of big data. Online banking services, airline booking systems, and popular retail apps.

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Top Technology News Ticker for 6 June 2016

CTOvision

Elon Musk is making a big mistake about the Apple Car - Business Insider. American Airlines signs contract with ViaSat for in-flight Wi-Fi on some of its planes, ending Gogo's exclusivity (Mike Freeman/Los Angeles Times). The stunning, heartwarming reason why people don't use Siri - CNET.

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Utilities, Strategic Investments, and the CIO

The Agile Manager

The rise of Big Data - the ability to store and analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured, internal and external data - promises to let companies react more nimbly than ever before. Airlines are pursuing new revenue streams with captive in-flight technology. Nor should they on a technology utility.

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Dreamforce 12: Live Blogging the Benioff Keynote

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

We’d have to focus on individuals, with greater alignment, and leadership than ever before. ” 10:45am: Now Mark is talking about Virgina America, a $1 billion airline with 2,500 employees. “Culture is something the other airlines can’t replicate. “We talk about leadership, passion, and hard work.

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