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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

CIO

More than 70% of IHG’s hotels — a portfolio that includes InterContinental, Kimpton Hotels, and Holiday Inn — are franchises, making parent company IHG in essence a technology product development company that bolsters the occupancy rates and revenues for the 6,100 hotels owned by franchisees. The company’s Speech AI managed more than 3.6

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How to gain a five star security reputation in hospitality

CIO

Considering the complexity of debit and credit card use cases in the hospitality industry, finding the right approach for transitioning to PCI DSS v4.0 These payment evolutions impacting the hospitality industry require special PCI DSS v4.0 In the hospitality industry, hotels are either corporate or franchise entities.

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Health check on Tech: CK Birla Hospitals CIO Mitali Biswas on moving the needle towards innovation

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They emerged triumphant, not only by providing vital assistance to patients who rely on the system, but also by moving the needle in technology and innovation. Mitali Biswas, CIO of CK Birla Hospitals, was hired at the cusp of COVID and plunged headlong into the action. The demand from technology saw a sudden and unpredictable spike.

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Managing the ‘H’ out of AI

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To wit: A consultant operating in the travel and hospitality vertical declaims that “AI is the most technologically important shift since fire and the wheel.” I begin the AI hysteria detox with a series of exercises trying to place the technology moment in which we find ourselves in historical context.

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RN Coders Can Improve Hospital Data Strategies

Smart Data Collective

Healthcare providers are investing more heavily in big data technology, as they strive to deal with growing challenges such as declining operating margins and an increasingly complex regulatory environment. However, many healthcare providers lack the technology or knowledge to use data prudently.

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How digital humans can make healthcare technology more patient-centric

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Studies reveal a link between staffing shortages and poor patient outcomes due to, for example, inpatient surgical mortality rates, patient falls and hospital-acquired infections. Several technologies are used to create digital humans. That’s why one source calls the healthcare staffing shortage a public health crisis.

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The Importance of Identity Management in Security

CIO

And while all organizations work hard to prevent attacks through traditional security measures such as multi-factor authentication, patching, training, and more, the bad guys increasingly find their way in through poorly thought-out, scattered access and identity management practices. PAM takes many forms.

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