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Airlines Save Cash Using GE and Pivotal???s ???Data Lake??? Tech

Data Center Knowledge

Big Data Enterprise Internet of Things' Pilot Big Data analytics platform analyzes engine data from 15,000 flights.

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CIOs Struggle To Keep Their Airlines In The Air

The Accidental Successful CIO

Airlines run on their IT systems and CIOs have to keep these running. When we think about the person who has the CIO job, we think of someone who spends their time thinking about the importance of information technology including such things as cloud computing, building new data centers, and the arrival of the internet of things.

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SpaceX’s Starlink is in talks with ‘several’ airlines for in-flight Wi-Fi

The Verge

The team behind SpaceX’s growing satellite internet network Starlink is in talks with “several” airlines to beam internet to their airplanes, the project’s vice president said during a conference panel on Wednesday. Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.

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Alaska Airlines and Intelsat to roll out next-gen satellite WiFi on regional jets starting in 2024

GeekWire

An electronically steered antenna, the flat structure atop the fuselage of the jet in this photo, will connect with both geostationary and low-Earth orbit satellites to enable high-speed internet service on Alaska/Horizon regional jets. The system is expected to debut starting in 2024 on Alaska Airlines sister airline Horizon Air.

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The 4 pillars of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: Customers share their successes

CIO Business Intelligence

Pillar 3: Zero Trust connectivity Traditionally, organizations backhauled traffic destined for cloud applications or the internet to on-premises data centers. Plus, United Airlines customers can also enjoy a better internet experience both in flight and in terminals.

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

CIO Business Intelligence

Instead, the publicly held operator of Cathay Pacific Airlines and HK Express is shifting from migration to optimization mode in an effort to wrest additional benefits from its all-in cloud transformation. It will replace the standard MPLS network, he adds. The cloud has helped us to be more scalable and agile.”

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What it was like to fly — and land — in Alaska Airlines’ first commercial 737-MAX 9 flight

GeekWire

Sunrise as viewed from the Alaska Airlines Flight 482 in Seattle on a 737-MAX 9 flight, with Mount Rainier and an Amazon Prime cargo jet in the distance. As the first airline to bet on the 737 MAX’s return to service , Alaska has thrown its support behind Boeing, which manufactures planes in Everett and Renton, Wash. “We

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