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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

The last thing any CIO wants is to experience catastrophic operational issues during a peak season, but that’s exactly what executives at Southwest Airlines faced last week. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts. Even before the blizzard hit, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan acknowledged on Nov.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

CIO

Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight. Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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Proving your worth: Strategies to validate and elevate your IT service department

CIO

The TOPdesk dashboard streamlines this process , making it easier to justify investments, even when budget constraints are at play. KLM, a global airline , successfully automated reporting and tracking, enabling them to proactively manage their complex operational network. Managed IT Services

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO

We live in a world that is more global than ever before and it is important to experience different cultures, customs, and traditions,” he says. Oman offers a good work culture, lifestyle, and the salary is not taxed,” Pant says. “It Building trust becomes even more difficult in countries whose cultures differ widely from your own.

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Building a digital manufacturing foundation in the cloud

Capgemini

Less obvious is the role aerospace companies play as major parts suppliers to airlines around the world. Airlines cannot afford to have planes out of service, which means they cannot have parts out of stock. We also learned it was better to coach individuals instead of simply implementing the DevOps model across the technical teams.

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Christmas in the World: Christmas Tour Ideas for an Unforgettable Vacation

Altexsoft

The Finnish carrier Finnair has been “ an official airline of Santa Claus” since 1983, so if you get lucky with the flight, you might have Joulupukki (Finnish name for Santa) as your neighbor. The Finnish sauna culture is world-famous. European airlines also try to create a holiday experience for their passengers. Source: GNN.

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The Hidden Costs of Offshore Development

iTexico

The tricky thing about going offshore isn’t the apparent budget it’ll cost you, it’s the hidden costs. Cultural Affinity. Having so many cultures around the globe is a good thing, let’s start off with that. In the business sphere of things, cultural differences tend to stand as more of a challenge than an asset.