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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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Bliki: TeamTopologies

Martin Fowler

But for many products there is no single off-the-shelf platform to use, a team is going to have to find and integrate several platforms. But for many products there is no single off-the-shelf platform to use, a team is going to have to find and integrate several platforms. But what makes an effective digital platform?

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Lessons Learnt From Airline Retail Programs

Coforge

Dr Schlitz’s views on airline ecommerce programs would prove insightful. Instead, pretty much everyone involved in the business of flying passengers - airlines, agents, regulators, intermediaries, and suppliers - collectively have decided they want to be part of an Amazon-like retail experience. They dream for the collective.”.

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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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Travel Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

Altexsoft

Without this software component, you can neither sell nor buy airline tickets or hotel reservations through the Internet. The key systems on the suppliers’ side are: Global Distribution Systems ( GDSs ), bed banks , airline consolidator databases, hotel property management systems ( PMSs ), and. airline reservation systems ( ARSs ).

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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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