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American Airlines takes flight with analytics transformation

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines have struggled with bad weather, fewer air traffic controllers, and a shortage of pilots, all leading to an unprecedented number of cancelations in 2022. This was a huge change for our teams. Leibman notes that American Airlines operates every hour of every day.

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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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United Airlines sets its flight plan for gen AI success

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CIO Jason Birnbaum has ambitious plans for generative AI at United Airlines. With the core architectural backbone of the airlines gen AI roadmap in place, including United Data Hub and an AI and ML platform dubbed Mars, Birnbaum has released a handful of models into production use for employees and customers alike.

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As mainframe application development grows, so does the security risk

CIO

Mainframe systems process a vast amount of vital transactions daily—that includes everything from the swipe of a credit card at the grocery store to purchasing an airline ticket online or accessing sensitive healthcare information. But that doesn’t mean IT leaders need to face those complexities alone.

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Multiplayer fintech, and the muddled world of startup data

TechCrunch

The good news is that the government is also in the dark about funding data; the bad news is that without good tracking, we don’t know how progress is being made. TechCrunch covered favorites from Techstars’ three Demo Days, which were focused on Chicago, Boston and workforce development. Image Credits: Amazon / Microsoft.

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Ditto raises $45M to help companies keep their data in sync

TechCrunch

Ditto provides a distributed database that runs “practically anywhere,” according to Fish and Alexander, enabling data distribution even in areas with limited or poor internet connectivity. Developers can use it to subscribe to data that they need or want to see. billion by 2026, according to Technavio.

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Revenue Integrity in Airlines: How to Solve Revenue Leakage Problems

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Even before the pandemic, the industry was going through a crisis, so airlines fought hard to track down and close every loophole. Often created by travel agents and customers (both accidentally and not), these holes account for about 3 percent of the airline’s revenue. Airline revenue leakage. Couldn’t be more relevant, right?

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