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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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Next Generation Storefront for Airlines and Travel Sales Channels: Building a Consistent Shopping Display

Altexsoft

When IATA introduced New Distribution Capability (NDC) in 2015, airlines rejoiced. So four years later, ATPCO offered a solution – Next Generation Storefront or NGS – a new standard for airline data presentation. These tools together with an airline ancillaries aggregator Routehappy are boosting airline merchandising.

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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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Airline Loyalty Programs: Main Aspects, Types, and a Technological Perspective

Altexsoft

A few years ago, Joe DeNardi, a Stifel analyst, published a sensational report that contained estimated values of some of the biggest US airlines’ loyalty programs. According to it, American Airlines’ AAdvantage was worth $37.6 All these impressive numbers unveil the hidden power behind airlines’ loyalty programs. Those include.

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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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