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Tighter budgets but airlines still focus on IT
News Some airlines focus on tech to improve passengers' travel experience, while IT-based onboard merchandising offers carriers another revenue source.
Tags: Music devices, Business development/management, Airline, TV, Semiconductor Industry Association, aircraft, entertainment, phone, monitoring, Web
Jetstar CIO: Downtime risk saves money
News Airline's "doing it for a dollar less" mentality means accepting risk network might not always be up in exchange for cheaper services, says CIO Stephen Tame.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Airport, Australia, Broadband, Environment, Server, CIO, Hardware, network, desktop
IT security spared from budget cuts
News Companies like Malaysia Airlines, are still dishing out money to strengthen their IT security framework. But, product evaluation process is now more rigorous.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Forrester Research Inc., Security, IT Budget, IT Security, Information Security, Information And Communication Technology, CEO
Virtual meetings to ground 2 million airline seats
News Videoconferencing tech, and online worlds such as Second Life, will increase in usage as organizations reconsider whether face-to-face meetings are essential, says Gartner.
Tags: Video, VoIP/IP telephony, Forecasting, Airline, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Gartner Inc., Forecasting, Worker
Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
News Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation expert.
Tags: MP3 players, Mobile platforms/communications, Smart phones, Digital media, Airline, Media Player, Storage, wireless Web, entertainment, Digital media
Qantas plans slimmer, friendlier IT dept
News Qantas CTO David Hall's vision for a more streamlined IT department, may save the the airline US$83 million over the next financial year.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Supplier, Australia, Qantas Airways Ltd., CEO, Fujitsu Ltd., financial
US govt probes IBM's mainframe business
News The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into IBM's mainframe business for anticompetitive behavior, according to reports.
Tags: Mainframes, Legal, Mainframe, ATM, IBM Corp., Computer, Supplier, U.S. Department Of Justice, Associated Press, Computer & Communications Industry Association
British Airways won't retrofit for mobile communications
News Airline is planning to launch a mobile e-mail, Web browsing and texting service on two new Airbus A318 planes this fall. But retrofitting old planes is too costly, CEO says.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Budgeting/cost control, Mobile, mobile communication, Telecommunications, aircraft, CIO, British Airways Plc., GPRS
Facebook fights Virginia's demand for user data, photos
News The state of Virginia has abandoned its US$200-a-day-fine aimed at forcing Facebook to divulge the complete contents of a user's account to settle a dispute over workers' compensation, narrowly avoiding a high-profile privacy battle in federal court.
Tags: Web 2.0, Insurance Company, User Data, attorney, Compensation, Virginia, photograph, accident, Facebook, Web 2.0
IBM defends its Big Iron
News Mainframe computer sales are sliding, but Big Blue appoints a new manager to keep the powerful machines relevant with new software.
Tags: Personal Computers, Mainframe, IBM Corp., computer, programming language, revenue, analyst, Personal Computers
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News Your mobile phone could become your holiday concierge, reminding you to check-in the minute you arrive at the airport or automatically ordering a taxi for you when your plane lands.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Smart phones, Business applications, Digital media, Web services, App, Mobile, Smart Phone, Workforce, GPS
In-flight broadband 'to take off this year'
News The fledgling in-flight broadband market is set for serious growth this year, with the number of Web-enabled aeroplanes to surge from 25 in 2008 to 800 by year's end.
Tags: Business broadband, Smart Phone, wireless service, Broadband, handheld, British Airways Plc., SMS, handheld device, analyst, accounting
Fujitsu buys Aust SAP consultancy firm
News Fujitsu has made its second Australian acquisition in two months, buying Australian SAP consultancy, Supply Chain Consulting.
Tags: Acquisitions, SAP AG, IT Services, Philippines, Consulting, Qantas Airways Ltd., Telstra Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., supply chain, desktop
Oracle has customers over a barrel
News As CEO Larry Ellison tries to extend the company's reach into hardware, more corporate clients fret about its high prices and tough tactics.
Tags: Databases, Customer resource management (CRM), Cost control, Customer support, software company, Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., Customer, audit, Oracle Corp.
UK pilots to bail out on ID cards
News A survey of 10,000 pilots by the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) found 60 percent were opposed to ID cards. Balpa has pledged to battle the rollout of the cards to pilots "with every lawful means at our disposal".
Tags: Biometrics, Security, Survey, Card, ID Card, Manchester, Worker, job, U.K., spokesman
