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Delta takes off with modernized blend of mainframes and cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

When it comes to IT, Delta Airlines is climbing higher into the clouds even as it keeps its footing on solid ground. In partnership with AWS, the airlines started migrating many front-end applications and distributed applications that “marry” themselves well to the cloud while retaining traditional back-end workloads on the mainframe. “The

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Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight

GeekWire

An American Airlines 737 MAX 8 jet takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tulsa, Okla., American Airlines Photo). The incidents led to months of investigation, focusing on an automated flight control system that was found to be vulnerable to software glitches. In the weeks ahead, other U.S.

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12 most popular AI use cases in the enterprise today

CIO Business Intelligence

Meanwhile, companies such as Pentagon Credit Union (PenFed) are using chatbots and conversational AI to help customers get answers to common questions faster, reducing the load on customer service reps. million job applications each year, partnered with Pymetrics to build an online platform that can assess candidates over video software.

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Five Rules That CIOs Have Learned About Working From Home

The Accidental Successful CIO

The reason is because whatever people bought for their home offices doesn’t make up for what businesses didn’t buy, amid huge drops in demand in many industries, from airlines and hospitality to heavy industry, manufacturing and retail. s Amazon Web Services all offer desktop as a service. Microsoft Corp.,

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Bezos and the Bills (a.k.a., the three B’s): A Seattle Business Story

GeekWire

But there will be a new CEO starting in the third quarter: Andy Jassy, the long-serving leader of Amazon Web Services. Flying a Boeing plane, working on a device that uses Microsoft software, or having products delivered through Amazon are simply part of the fabric of the customer’s life all across the world today.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

It was one of the first software startups in Austin and the U.S., Icertis background: The Seattle-area startup creates software for contract management. ” Syndio background : Its software helps businesses eliminate gaps in pay disparity. How have you applied that experience to what you do at your company today? “I

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Tech Moves: AWS names first head of space policy; WeWork Labs leader joins Alexa Fund; Moz co-founder leaves board

GeekWire

Peter Marquez has joined Amazon Web Services as the first head of space policy. At Axon, Fluegel will work for Jeff Kunins, the CPO and EVP of software development who joined the company from Amazon last fall. Hyde previously spent six years at Alaska Airlines as managing director for community relations. Peter Marquez.