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Lessons Learned From The Recent British Airways Outage

Forrester IT

It might take the airline a few quarters to recover fully. BA execs will get to the root-cause analysis soon, but the event (and historical failures at airlines in general) provides a bonanza of lessons for execs everywhere who want to better equip their organizations to handle such exigencies. Disaster recovery.

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Outages at Delta and Southwest Airlines hold valuable management lessons

ComputerWorld IT Management

Both airlines’ outages were massive, requiring days to fully recover. Because airlines are highly dependent on IT, both companies undoubtedly had a disaster recovery plan (DRP) and a business continuity plan (BCP.) What can your company learn from their unfortunate experiences?

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Every problem is a teachable moment, of course, and we hope these disasters can serve as cautionary tales as you try to navigate your own potential IT troubles in 2024. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Generative AI, IT Strategy

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IBM and AWS Create a Path to Modernization Via Industry-Specific Solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

United Airlines took to the cloud to modernize its Revenue Management system to reduce costs, but also to land on a platform that didn’t limit its ability to apply modern revenue management processes. United’s Revenue Management Modernization Takes Flight. Next stop: Migrating a complex forecasting module planned for later in 2022.

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Delta System Failure Marks Wake-Up Call for Airline Industry

Data Center Knowledge

Each major US carrier sustained disruptions during the last year due to outdated information systems Read More.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Pujari has over 25 years of experience across sectors including BFSI, manufacturing, consulting, publishing, airlines, and healthcare. Previously, he led the design, planning, implementation and delivery of IT managed services, cloud and security services, data centre and disaster recovery services at NTT. January 2022.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO Business Intelligence

Since joining, Purdy has had the chance to host events and run a Tech Spotlight event with BUiLT’s North Texas sponsor, American Airlines. For Purdy, the “promise of forging deeper connections within the Black tech community” was a big draw of joining BUiLT, he says.

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