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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. While weather may have been the root cause, the 16,000 flights canceled between Dec. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts.

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10 things keeping IT leaders up at night

CIO

That’s not to say they’re looking to ditch their roles or smash machines, as the real Luddites had. The Society for Information Management (SIM) recently conducted its annual trends study and found that nearly a quarter of the IT leaders polled listed AI and machine learning as an area of concern, says SIM CEO Mark Taylor.

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Buying advice for CIOs as low-code/no-code spending rises

CIO

A broad spectrum of tools has arisen to facilitate software development in the enterprise, from no-code platforms like Bubble and low-code drag-and-drop tools , both stand-alone and integrated into enterprise applications, to intelligent tools that use machine learning to suggest lines of code to professional developers as they work.

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Should you build or buy generative AI?

CIO

In the shaper model, you’re leveraging existing foundational models, off the shelf, but retraining them with your own data.” Whether it’s text, images, video or, more likely, a combination of multiple models and services, taking advantage of generative AI is a ‘when, not if’ question for organizations.

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Off the Shelf vs Custom Software: Making the Right Choice for Your Business

Trigent

Here’s all that you need to make an informed choice on off the shelf vs custom software. While doing so, they have two choices – to buy a ready-made off-the-shelf solution created for the mass market or get a custom software designed and developed to serve their specific needs and requirements.

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What are The key Factors To Determine Whether To Build Or Buy Custom Software?

Sunflower Lab

But, it depends on various factors which will determine whether to build custom software or buy pre-built software (off-the-shelf software) from the market. Custom software allows a lot of flexibility when it comes to integration with existing systems but, is costly as compared to off-the-shelf software.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

Corporate travel managers must consider factors like travel policies, preferred vendors, traveler safety, budget constraints, and approval workflows. .” It has become an integral tool, ensuring the travelers’ comfort and the operations’ cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Legacy GDS limitations. Different booking flow.

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