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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however.

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Navigating the aftermath: Strategic actions to restore customer experience and drive growth

CIO

Airlines, banks, healthcare companies, and others must take decisive and strategic actions to repair their customer experience promises, regain customer trust, and drive business growth. Redundant Systems and Backup Plans: Implementing redundant systems and backup plans is critical to maintaining service continuity during a crisis.

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Protecting your business from unforeseen outages: Lessons from the recent CrowdStrike incident

CIO

Had the CrowdStrike scenario been considered by airlines and hospitals, the impacts would likely have been mitigated. Implement redundant systems: Establishing redundant systems and data backups is essential for maintaining continuity. This prepares businesses for a range of disruptions and ensures that contingency plans are in place.

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Update On The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Consular Consolidated Database: A system that touches the entire nation

CTOvision

The 2015 outage was due to hardware failure with a recovery process compounded by both the production system and backup being impacted. Opinions: Outages occur in complex systems (like the 8 July NYSE and United Airlines outages). There is no indication that either outage was caused by hostile actors.

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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

CTOvision

All United Airlines flights in US grounded: Computer “glitch” cited as cause CTOvision (Today) - The entire U.S. However, more recent network information going back to late May could be. NYSE Trading Halted Due To Technical Issue TechCrunch (Today) - NYSE trading was halted about 30 minutes ago due to a technical issue. The transparency.

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Oracle October 2022 Critical Patch Update Addresses 179 CVEs

Tenable

Oracle did not include security patches for five product families: Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model. Oracle Airlines Data Model.

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Would Uber be so intriguing if we thought of it as the next American Airlines?

The Agile Manager

Suppose that we get autonomous self-driving cars that don't require a human operator backup. The fleet owners - firms like International Lease Finance - are asset-heavy companies that buy and insure aircraft from manufacturers (Boeing, Bombardier, Airbus) and lease them to airlines who operate them to deliver people and parcels.