CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Windows systems at hospitals, airline flight reservation centers, emergency response centers, and public transportation services were among those affected by the outage. Meanwhile, Delta Airlines filed a $500 million lawsuit against CrowdStrike and Microsoft and reconsidered its use of Microsoft products.
Forrester IT
JUNE 15, 2017
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. Business continuity.
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CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 22, 2024
In response to recent disruptions affecting our critical operations, we have proactively updated our Business Continuity Plan to address unexpected downtimes and minimize the impact on productivity and service delivery,” said Shivkumar Borade, founder and CMD of Mytek Innovations, a victim of the BSOD effect.
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 26, 2024
Parametrix claims that there was only $146 million in direct loss to the airline industry,” he said. But several airlines experienced multiple days of outage (Delta was finally cleared up and running on Wednesday this week).
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 26, 2023
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from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems.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.
ComputerWorld IT Management
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
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?
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 6, 2024
This prepares businesses for a range of disruptions and ensures that contingency plans are in place. Had the CrowdStrike scenario been considered by airlines and hospitals, the impacts would likely have been mitigated. This knowledge can inform your own risk management and business continuity strategies.
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