Flights are getting more expensive as airlines scale back growth plans

Flights are getting more expensive as airlines scale back growth plans

Delta Airlines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.  Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Airlines are reporting better unit revenues for the tail end of summer, a sign customers will continue to have to shell out more to fly in the coming months. Alaska Airlines on Thursday … Read more

UK labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cybersecurity

UK labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cybersecurity

Data centers today are crucial computing infrastructure that power the modern-day internet. In Pictures Ltd | Andrew Aitchison | Corbis News | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. on Thursday said it now classes data centers as critical infrastructure, in a move that is expected to boost cybersecurity in the country and help operators of … Read more

Dell and Palantir to join S&P 500; shares of both jump

Dell and Palantir to join S&P 500; shares of both jump

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2023. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Dell and Palantir both jumped about 7% in extended trading Friday after S&P Global announced that the companies would join the S&P 500 index. Software maker Palantir will take the place of American … Read more

Microsoft plans September cybersecurity event after CrowdStrike outage

Microsoft plans September cybersecurity event after CrowdStrike outage

A Delta technician works on a set of screens displaying a blue page and reading “Recovery” in Terminal 2, Delta Airlines, at Los Angeles airport, on July 19, 2024. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. … Read more

Delta chief operations officer departing for another company

Delta chief operations officer departing for another company

Delta Air Lines planes sit parked at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2024. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ chief operating officer is leaving at the end of the month, the company said in a securities filing Friday. CEO Ed Bastian said in an employee memo that Chief Operating … Read more

Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it $550 million

Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it 0 million

A Delta Airlines Airbus A319-114 aircraft taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Las Vegas on May 5, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images Delta Air Lines on Thursday said last month’s CrowdStrike outage and subsequent mass flight cancellations cost it some $550 million and reiterated that it is … Read more

What is the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act? DORA, explained

What is the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act? DORA, explained

Traffic_analyzer | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Financial services companies and their digital technology suppliers are under intense pressure to achieve compliance with strict new rules from the EU that require them to boost their cyber resilience. By the start of next year, financial services firms and their technology suppliers will have to make sure … Read more

Microsoft fires back at Delta after outage, says airline declined help

Microsoft fires back at Delta after outage, says airline declined help

Delta Air Lines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Microsoft fired back at Delta Air Lines on Tuesday accusing the carrier of not modernizing its technology before it canceled thousands of flights in the wake of last month’s global massive IT … Read more

CrowdStrike says it isn’t to blame for Delta’s flight cancellations after July outage

CrowdStrike says it isn’t to blame for Delta’s flight cancellations after July outage

Travelers wait in line, as a flight board shows delays, on the check-in floor of the Delta Air Lines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images CrowdStrike on Sunday said Delta Air Lines had rejected onsite help during last month’s massive outage … Read more

Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos

Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos

Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2020. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Friday offered employees two free travel passes to thank staff members who were caught in massive disruptions last month sparked … Read more