KPMG Australia calls on IBM's Watson
29 June, 2016KPMG Australia will apply IBM Watson cognitive computing technology to its audit and assurance services.
UQ researchers get $7m grant for big data medicine research
03 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingResearchers from the University of Queensland have secured $7m in grant funding for a five-year project to apply big data to the use of personalised medicine.
Changing mindsets the key to competitiveness
24 February, 2016 by Branko Bugarski, General Manager, HPE Software, HPE South PacificWith big data analytics, the trick is to persuade as well as predict, in order to deliver real-time, holistic intelligence that can influence a customer's next action.
Rapid and efficient big data analytics
25 January, 2016With 9 TB of raw data needing to be loaded and processed daily, containing a rolling 25 months' worth of information, Yellow Pages needed a strong analytics system to serve its customers.
7 golden rules for big data projects
12 January, 2016Most organisations are now running big data projects. Why? They lead to smarter business decisions, increased efficiency and greater profits. There are a number of critical building blocks, however, that must be put in place if your data project is to be a success.
The benefits of fostering a data culture
02 December, 2015 by Poornima Ramaswamy, AVP, Enterprise Information Management, CognizantBy educating the workforce on novel ways to identify and use data, CDOs can help their organisations to manage it as a strategic asset.
ME Bank appoints GM for data
18 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingIndustry super-fund-owned bank ME has selected analytics expert Annie South as its new GM for data as part of a technology-focused leadership overhaul.
Big data expert to present lecture for UTS
02 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOxford academic and big data expert Viktor Mayer-Schönberger will deliver a lecture at the Powerhouse Museum on 5 November about the expected impact of the technology on Australian businesses.
Harmonise amorphic data and tame the deluge
26 October, 2015 by Ganesh Moorthy, Apprentice Leader, Mu SigmaBusinesses can benefit tremendously by harmonising the myriad structured and unstructured data in their purview by garnering the right ecosystem of people, processes and platforms.
Data analytics to drive Myer's $600m transformation
02 September, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMyer is using data analytics to address the major challenges facing brick-and-mortar retailers, embarking on a $600m transformation drive focused on productivity, omni-channel retailing and the customer experience.
WA government releases Open Data Policy
07 July, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe WA cabinet has used GovHack 2015, the nationwide competition to design innovative apps and services using public sector data, to announce a whole-of-government Open Data Policy.
Big data software market to grow sixfold by 2019
07 July, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingBig data and business intelligence are among the fastest-growing segments of the overall information management software market, Ovum estimates.
Big data reaches tipping point in Australia
22 June, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOne in four Australian companies are planning to increase their big data investments this year, with the technology gaining traction across verticals, research shows.
Melbourne hosts international big data conference
27 May, 2015More than 600 academics and professionals from across the globe, with expertise in areas such as big data, data mining, social networks and databases, are expected at the five-day 2015 ACM SIGMOD/PODS conference.
XENON Systems to build research HPC for UQ
29 April, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingXENON Systems has secured a contract to build a high-performance research computer designed by a University of Queensland professor.
