The 7 biggest computer hacks
Maybe the other 9% don’t use navigation computers?
http://m.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/91-airlines-preparing-to-investcyber-security_6977341.html
91% airlines preparing to invest in cyber security
A whopping 91 percent of the airlines globally are
planning to invest in cyber security programmes over the next three years, a
survey conducted by airline solutions and technology provider SITA has said.
The SITA Airline IT Trends 2016 Survey on the world's top
200 airlines has inferred "that the cyber security in airlines is
progressing".
Three years ago, 47 percent of the airlines had said that
they were making advanced preparations to manage cyber risks.
… The focus on
cyber security also reflects the move to the 'Internet of Things'(IoT), in
which a vast number of physical objects will become connected to the internet,
thus enabling tracking, data collection, analysis and control, which
necessitates more security, the survey said.
"The initiatives to realise the IoT include smart bag
tagging to enable continuous tracking, which is planned by 61 percent of the
airlines by 2019," Pickford said.
Nearly half the airlines are also planning IT programmes
for single token travel for passenger identification, he added.
Another trend is more software development in-house and
the shift to outsource IT operations. In
the future, a growing proportion of airlines' IT budgets is likely to be spent
on innovation rather than service continuity, with innovation rising to 36
percent of IT and telecommunications spend in 2016, the survey said.
"Providing passenger services via smartphones
continues to be a key area of investment for airlines. Seventy nine percent of them are planning
major investments over the nextthree years while a further 17 percent are
planning a pilot programme or R&D in this area," it added.
An interesting strategic move. Find a technology innovator (preferably one
with a monopoly in the industry), buy it, deny everyone else access to the
technology. (I bet they control a bunch
of patents too)
How Amazon Triggered a Robot Arms Race
An Amazon warehouse is a flurry of activity. Workers jog around a manmade
cavern plopping items into yellow and black crates. Towering hydraulic arms lift heavy boxes toward
the rafters. And an army of stubby
orange robots slide along the floor like giant, sentient hockey pucks,
piled high with towers of consumer gratification ranging
from bestsellers to kitchenware.
Those are Kiva robots, once the marvel of warehouses
everywhere. Amazon whipped out its
wallet and threw down $775 million to purchase these robot legions in
2012. The acquisition effectively gave
Jeff Bezos, its 52-year-old chief executive, command of
an entire industry. He decided
to use the robots for Amazon and Amazon alone, ending the sale of Kiva's
products to warehouse operators and retailers that had come to rely on them. As contracts expired, they had to find
other options to keep up with an ever-increasing consumer need for
speed. The only problem was that there
were no other options. Kiva was pretty
much it.
For my students.
ComputerWorld – Best Places to Work in IT 2016
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jul 3, 2016
“Find the top employer that best suits your needs. Sort
the Best Places to Work by key criteria,
such as training days, and add filters by region and/or organization size. Note that the more filters you add, the fewer
organizations will be listed.” This list
also includes related articles on the respective top large firm, mid size firm,
and small firm that was ranked best in class.
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