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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

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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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Understanding Digital Interactions in Real-Time

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But this glittering prize might cause some organizations to overlook something significantly more important: constructing the kind of event-driven data architecture that supports robust real-time analytics. We can, in the semantics of the software world, refer to digitally mediated business activities asreal-time events.

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It’s Time to Demystify Hybrid Clouds

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That’s the vision at Canada Jetlines , a startup airline that began with a cloud-native strategy. Looking specifically at Canada, Megha Kumar, IDC Canada research vice president for software and cloud services, will drill into the state of adoption of public clouds services within the country’s organizations.

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How Southwest’s CIO modernized the airline through turbulent times

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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. “It

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

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CIOs must watch for the next generation of emerging technologies because new software can go from the dreams of some clever coder to an essential part of every IT shop in the blink of an eye. Some of the newer architectures such as microservices and serverless designs offer better protections but often come with troubles of their own.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

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He experienced a high propensity for bespoke developments outside Australia. “While other global airlines used Amadeus or Sabre, Emirates had built its own ticketing and reservation system. I am not the expert in cyber, architecture, cloud, project delivery, or data, nor should I be.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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Pujari has over 25 years of experience across sectors including BFSI, manufacturing, consulting, publishing, airlines, and healthcare. He has also worked with Reliance Communications, Global Tele-Systems, Mahindra Consulting, and Microtech Software and Consultants. January 2022. November 2021. Hemal Savla joins RR Kabel as CIO.