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The origins of SABRE in the industry

In this article, the author discusses many different ways to help a business reduce their risk for cyber attacks. The article touches on a statistic about cybersecurity, stating "During the first half of 2021 alone, over 118 million people were impacted by data breaches". There is quick talk about how the policies that a business implements is the make or break of the cybersecurity for your business. For example, one of the main tips to reduce cyber attacks in your business is to make sure your data is encrypted. "Saving your data in normal-text format only makes it easy for hackers to access. Data encryption, on the other hand, limits data access to parties that have the encryption key". Another tip to prevent cyberattacks highlighted in the article is to keep all your employees educated and informed about malicious emails. Conducting regular employee trainings about the dangers of these types of emails could save your business. These types of emails are known to send links that could hack the system, as well as pretend to be higher-up employees in the company asking for personal data or financial information. The article is extremely educational to every business, as well as just the everyday consumer. Keeping your confidential information as confidential as physically possible is very much doable, as long as you make sure you follow these 10 simple tips.

Highlights: 1.Risk of data confidentiality 2. Depends on internet connection 3. The level of security 4. Compliance 5. Vulnerable in the event of an attack 6. Data Mobility 7. Technical problem 8. Low Connection 9. The future of cloud computing will be more sophisticated and better management. 10. First essential thing you need to do is finding the best cloud service is before moving to the cloud. 11.Overcome the shortcomings in cloud computing is to find service providers who want to provide your business needs and ensure the security of your server. 12. Inadequate infrastructure is one of the problems that is often experienced.

Summary: As we learned that there are many advantages of cloud computing, there are several disadvantages as well. The disadvantages to include risk of data confidentiality, strong dependance on internet connection, insufficient level of security, vulnerable in the event of an attack. That being said, these disadvantages can be overcome by finding reputable service providers that caters to the need of the business as well as ensuring the security of the server. For example, a big business cooperation should invest is a more expensive and capable cloud computing software due to the amount of data involved. Whereas, a small business might just need a less sophisticated cloud computing software or store the data locally. In my opinion, due to the risks involved in cloud computing, all businesses should also have a back up of data locally.

This is a very interesting article. It discusses the journey of Genesys, a global cloud leader as they join forces with Indian Hotel Company Limited in digital transformation. Genesys Mullticloud CXTM is an omnichannel solution. It helps companies provide a consistent customer experience across all channels. It can access real-time customer data from any channel and connect with customers on any channel through automation.

This article outlines some of the benefits of cloud computing. I would have liked this article more if they touched on some of the downsides of cloud computing as well. This article talked about the low investment costs and rapid ROI. It also brought up the high level of security, the ability to access info from anywhere in the world with internet connection and minimum operating costs.

In the very competitive sports landscape, the Dallas Mavericks have to find ways to separate themselves from the football crazed area. The Mavericks created a mural in Downtown Dallas with augmented reality that also provides fans an opportunity to "shoot the shot." It is another way sports and entertainment have looked to engage with fans.

As the need for a one-stop-shopping experience increase does the demand from the lodging industry for a system that can simplify the process for marketing, reservations, check in, check out and just follow up. The Property Management System (PMS) is designed to do just that, simply the management, administration, reservation and booking. This article speaks about a cloud-based system called Cloudbeds that provides, among other things, Property Management Software for the lodging industry.This PMS is advertised as a way to simplify the reservation process as well as maintaining correct room inventory, rates and availability, housekeeping room status, and ease of retaining guest preferences. The PMS system also sends real-time availability to all online channels. Cloudbeds promise is to "Reduce errors and save time by automatically updating room inventory across all distribution channels with a click". According their website, "Cloudbeds PMS helps you deliver an exceptional guest experience while avoiding costly errors by automating repetitive, manual tasks." The PMS offers: -A Calendar - Reservations tool for direct bookings - Rates and availability Matrix - Reports

" It is a reasonable argument that the only reason millions of workers have been able to successfully work remotely over the past year is because cloud computing has reached a level of maturity that now makes working without the cloud unthinkable. Microsoft 365 is arguably the most widely used. Cloud computing is no longer a choice, but rather the default position of any organization that wants to remain competitive. The number of ShareGate desktop users performing on-premises SharePoint upgrades decreased by 19.7 percent in 2020. On-premises operations decreased by 60.63 percent. Operations to migrate from on-premises to the cloud increased by 37.2 percent. Cloud-based operations jumped by 50.1 percent. Cloud-to-cloud migrations increased by 67.9 percent and included the transfer of 144 percent more terabytes of data in 2020 versus 2019. Microsoft also made significant investments in industry specific certifications in financial services, energy, health and manufacturing to meet the stringent requirements of these heavily regulated environments, making it an even more attractive option for enterprise clients. He pointed out that companies that need extreme low-latency transactions, have geographical proximity restrictions or highly secure data handling needs should consider traditional methods as well as the cloud While security is improving, some old and new attack vectors remain for cloud-based applications. That threat landscape will continue to grow as the market for cloud and SaaS networks and platforms expands and bad actors follow the money. The cloud service providers are asking businesses to trade off convenience for control. That will never happen. Further, there is only one cross-cloud provider standard, K8. The other area in need of standardization is security notification. Every cloud provider reports security events to customers separately, with different languages and syntax. Cloud consumption is linear but cloud security notification is exponential.

Here is a very informative and interesting blog on how Hospitality Tech can be upscaled with AR.