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How NTT DATA CIO Barry Shurkey takes a people-first approach to IT success

CIO Business Intelligence

Can you talk about what internal mobility does for the organization and share some of the things you do to foster career mobility? Encouraging career mobility helps the organization grow new fresh ideas and ensure diversity of thought. It was about being more social. And that other one was made during afternoon tea.’

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What Can A CIO Do About The Problem Of Airline Overbooking?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Times have been tough for United airlines in the past. There was that event where a passenger was removed from a flight forcibly and everyone filmed it and put it on social media. A bit before that the airline had had to delay 500 of their flights because of a second glitch in two weeks of the computer systems that run the airline.

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Ciara joins board of Seattle startup Amperity to help guide corporate social responsibility efforts

GeekWire

The Seattle-based customer data platform announced Thursday that Grammy-winning singer Ciara will head up corporate social responsibility efforts, serving as an advocate and advisor on Amperity’s community initiatives. Amperity is adding some more star power to its board of directors.

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Changing Times Cause CIOs To Change Their Priorities

The Accidental Successful CIO

Another example of a person with CIO job who did a pivot can be found at United Airlines. The airlines stopped every project it was working on in order to determine which were the most critical. These machines let passengers print out luggage tags by scanning the boarding passes on their mobile phones at the kiosks.

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United transforms travel experience with Agent on Demand

CIO Business Intelligence

For that reason, United Airlines developed “Agent on Demand,” an initiative that harnesses technology to deliver a live human being over United’s AWS cloud in times of trouble, earning the airlines a CIO 100 Award for innovation and leadership. When there’s a storm, there are never enough people. You see it at the airport.

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Initial election results show support for Seattle social housing tax opposed by Amazon, Microsoft

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(GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle voters are showing support for a new tax on big business that would fund a social housing developer. The money would go toward a public development authority created to develop, own, and maintain social housing in Seattle. and Arlington, Va.

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KKR-backed customer feedback company Alchemer acquires Seattle startup Apptentive

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based survey software platform, acquired Apptentive , a Seattle startup that helps mobile app-makers gather customer feedback. Apptentive helps clients like Alaska Airlines, Safeway, and CNN power in-app surveys and rating/review prompts. Apptentive CEO Robi Ganguly. Apptentive Photo). Alchemer , a Louisville, Colo.-based

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