"Jet, Set, Go: Race on to Slash Airfares" Websites crash and IndiGo, GoAir follow suit as flyers scramble for discounted Jet tickets." Is the new on the first page of today's Economic Times - Mumbai Websites crawling is not new to Indians but website crashing is a new phenomenon. As Airlines globally crash or survive by mergers or filing bankruptcy it is time for them to cut flab in their technology costs. Airlines for one can start porting their booking portals to the cloud, this will at least ensure that the crashes in their websites are reduced with better infrastructure though the risk of poor design and coding can also bring down their websites. Let us assume that the design and coding are good, then the best way to prevent denial of service is a resilient and rapidly scale-able infrastructure for the airlines computing. Cloud Computing can also add on more security and reliability and help the airlines to meet thei...
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