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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however.

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Gogo sells commercial in-flight internet business to bankrupt satellite provider

The Verge

Gogo, the in-flight internet provider, has found a buyer for its commercial airline business. The FCC is clearing out the C-band (4-8 GHz) to make space for 5G customers, and Intelsat is participating in the program that could net the company nearly $5 billion by selling airwave licenses it currently owns.

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Flight delayed? Blame a spaceship.

Vox

You can typically blame an airline flight delay on a handful of usual suspects, like bad weather, mechanical issues, and traffic on the tarmac. Typically, there’s about two weeks of advance notice before each launch, and during that time, air traffic controllers can develop alternative arrangements for the flights scheduled on that day.

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Tech Moves: Highspot adds executives; Blue Origin vets depart; Disney hires former Microsoft exec

GeekWire

He made his mark at Microsoft as the leader of the company’s intellectual property group, implementing a strategy of patent licensing and litigation. Before Red Hat, Whitehurst served as COO of Delta Airlines. Reliable Robotics develops autonomous aircraft systems. Former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst joined Kirkland, Wash.-based

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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO Business Intelligence

Here, we actually get a licensed frequency we don’t have to share with anyone, so there’s no interference,” he says. Independence through private 5G Because of this licensed frequency, network slicing offers from mobile operators were out of the question. So we’re not dependent on a carrier and their update plans.”

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The jobs Americans want

Vox

The number of people getting realtor’s licenses and joining realtors’ associations is way up since the pandemic,” Julia Pollak, chief economist at the job site ZipRecruiter, said. The rise in interest for jobs as airline pilots and flight attendants coincides with the return to travel and a bit of chaos in the air travel industry.

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Building Identity Systems on the Sovrin Network

Phil Windley

For example, I may have a credential representing my drivers license and one representing my employee ID. Yet, because they're based on a metasystem and use a common protocol, I could go to the bank and use those in concert to prove that I'm employed (employee ID) and my date of birth (drivers license) at the same time in one operation.

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