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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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Understanding the Dynamics of Custom Software Development

The Crazy Programmer

Compared to commercial off-the-shelf software products (COTS), custom-developed software is built to meet a narrow, specific set of requirements. Commercial off-the-shelf products are obviously designed to appeal to the masses as they are commercially marketed and distributed. Why Choose Custom Software Development?

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Revolutionizing Business Operations with Future-Fit Software

Tandem

Future-fit software — whether off-the-shelf or domain-specific and custom built to solve a particular business problem or enable a new workflow — must be considered transformative through evolution rather than with a “big bag” mentality. Swift reconfiguration necessitates a shift in mindset and culture.

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Challenges and Checklists While Migrating COTS Application to Cloud

Dzone - DevOps

to COTS ( commercial off-the-shelf ) applications. to COTS ( commercial off-the-shelf ) applications. The world is moving rapidly towards digitization with a cloud-native approach. The first step towards this journey is migrating the applications to the cloud, preferably with re-host and re-platform disposition.

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Top 6 advantages of software as a service

CircleCI

SaaS applications are available off the shelf from vendors with many subscribers. Of the many challenges faced by modern enterprises, managing a remote workforce is near the top of the list. Keeping distributed teams organized, engaged, and happy is crucial in today’s highly competitive and globalized business environment.

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Technology Consulting and Solutions: Types and Why It Matters

Openxcell

To facilitate team collaboration, IT consultants use DevOps to automate critical business processes and technical workflows. Recently, technology has transformed the business world to make it more successful. However, today’s market is seeing unprecedented growth in IT solutions. Data is readily available for modern organizations.

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The State of Tech: 4 Trends to Watch in 2022

Mentormate

Custom and off-the-shelf microservices cover the complexity of security, scalability, and data isolation and integrate into complex workflows through orchestration. Where Did All the People Go? While the technology labor shortage is hardly new, we’ve never seen such broad and deep demand for all talent across all specialties.