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How Southwest’s CIO modernized the airline through turbulent times

CIO Business Intelligence

Taking the helm as CIO is a major transition for any IT leader, but Lauren Woods’ experience at Southwest Airlines stands apart. I ended up leaning on my partners in the business and learning so much from them about how our airline worked and what it was like on the operational side,” she says. We’re a better airline for it,” she says.

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NASCO data breach exposes 800k users

Dataconomy

Understanding the MOVEit hack and its widespread impact This security breach was carried out through a zero-day exploit, a cyberattack taking advantage of a vulnerability unknown to software developers or antivirus providers. This exploit allows attackers to spot and exploit system vulnerabilities before they are addressed.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Reliable computing Trustworthy systems have always been the goal for developers but lately some high-profile events are convincing some IT managers that better architectures and practices are necessary. Developers are re-evaluating their microservice and massive monolayers with an eye toward understanding how and when they collapse.

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Two Reasons Why Apache Cassandra Is the Database for Real-Time Applications

CIO Business Intelligence

Think of the modern applications and workloads that have to be reliable, like online banking services, or those that operate at huge, distributed scale, such as airline booking systems or popular retail apps. If acting quickly on business data is where an organization needs to be, then Cassandra can help get there.