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December 28, 2008 By Chad Vander Veen
Imagine being the CIO of a city of 200,000 people. Now imagine the city's demographics change every day, there's never downtime and the IT that keeps the city running hasn't been upgraded in 20 years. That's the situation Dominic Nessi faced in 2006 when he was named CIO of Los Angeles World Airports, the organization that oversees Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and three other Southern California airports.
Nessi and his staff are working on several projects simultaneously, such as laying new fiber throughout the airport, building a new wing of the international terminal, and moving into a new data center.
The Los Angeles airport CIO wanted to show off the good work his team is doing. But he wasn't shy about showing us the sorry shape some of the airport's IT is in. In these videos, Nessi takes us to parts of LAX the public never sees. From data centers to baggage handling, this is rebuilding the IT of LAX.
Part 1: CIO Dominic Nessi and his staff take us behind the scenes of the IT that runs LAX and discuss their plans to overhaul it.
Part 2: Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) is undergoing an upgrade. CIO Dominic Nessi and his staff show how IT makes it possible.
Part 3: Nessi's staff explains how they plan to upgrade baggage handling and telecom at LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Part 4: A behind-the-scenes look at the IT that oversees passengers and baggage at LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal.
Part 5: Upgrading lawa.org, the airport's Web site, has been in progress for a year and incorporates many Web 2.0 techniques.
Part 6: Handling the automotive traffic at LAX is almost as challenging as air traffic
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