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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

CIO Business Intelligence

At the center of this shift is increasing acknowledgement that to support AI workloads and to contain costs, enterprises long-term will land on a hybrid mix of public and private cloud. Such private cloud solutions eliminate the risks of multitenancy data leakage, for example, a key CIO concern with AI.

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Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks

The Verge

The Register reports that security researchers at Pen Test Partners recently got access to a British Airways 747, after the airline decided to retire its fleet following a plummet in travel during the coronavirus pandemic. The tour is part of this year’s virtual Def Con conference, the US’ largest hacker conference.

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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. Delta’s foray into the cloud began in earnest about two years ago as the pandemic brought travel to a virtual halt, Cincera says. It has also been exploiting services aimed at enhancing customer service and experience.

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What Went Wrong At Delta?

The Accidental Successful CIO

carrier, Delta airlines, suffered a major melt down when their headquarters experienced a power outage. A critical power control module at the airline’s technology command center malfunctioned, causing a surge to the transformer and a loss of power. Delta Airlines runs a complex operation.

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Fountainhead: The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail. Although Im not a Big Data aficionado, Id recently been struck by a few statistics from the IDC Digital Universe study: It is estimated that in 2011, 1.8 Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

A number of high-profile software failures at companies like Southwest Airlines or EasyJet show how code that runs well most of the time can also fail spectacularly. Main constituency: Businesses like airlines that can’t live without their technology.

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VMworld 2014 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

Poonen talks about how United Airlines is transforming their operations uses mobile devices (supported by Apple devices and AirWatch by VMware). Colbert next dives into more detail on Project Fargo, which enables vastly faster provisioning of virtual desktops by via cloning process. That’s nice, and will be quite useful I think.

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