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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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IBM and AWS Create a Path to Modernization Via Industry-Specific Solutions

CIO

Modernization journeys are complex and typically highly custom, dependent on an enterprise’s core business challenges and overall competitive goals. Yet one way to simplify transformation and accelerate the process is using an industry-specific approach. Consider the critical area of security controls, for example.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

With airlines such as United and American shifting content away from legacy Global Distribution System (GDS) channels towards their own platforms and NDC-enabled channels, businesses relying on traditional GDS systems face a challenge. Corporate travel management comes with its unique set of needs and challenges. Legacy GDS limitations.

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Streaming Analytics in the Real World

Cloudera

The data shelf life is decreasing,” said Marr. From leading banks, and insurance organizations to some of the largest telcos, manufacturers, retailers, healthcare and pharma, organizations across diverse verticals lead the way with real-time data and streaming analytics. This speed of change has enormous implications for businesses.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO

When Richard Ventre got an opportunity to move to India from the Netherlands, he latched on to it. “We 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

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Achieving Net Zero aviation will need rapid innovation. Digital engineering can deliver it

Capgemini

If one company were to create a breakthrough product, there would likely be a rush from airlines to acquire it. Companies cannot just buy PLM or design software off-the-shelf and slot it into their organisation. Achieving Net Zero aviation will need rapid innovation. And they want to get there fast.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

Altexsoft

For the record, the business developed into a global company operating its airline and dealing with multi-million revenue streams, went through a compulsory liquidation in 2019, and was relaunched as an online-only travel agency in 2020. Besides, a tour operator can own some of the package components, for example, run an airline or hotel.