Breaking big data into business sense
Ram Vaidyanathan sets out a step-by-step approach to extracting true value from big data. In the year 2002, Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta famously used the …
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AtScale updates platform to enable BI on Hadoop and big data
AtScale, which bills itself as bridging the gap between business users and their data, has expanded its self-service BI platform from BI on Hadoop to BI on Big …
Infosys tackles big data with TidalScale investment
Indian consulting and technology giant Infosys is investing in TidalScale, which offers software-defined servers that make it easier and more affordable for …
Big data does not make business smarter
Michael O’Connell argues that analytics and data science, rather than just big data, is what will provide businesses with the leverage they need for …
Accenture wins contract to deliver ABS data collection systems
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has awarded a $19.9 million contract to Accenture, for the delivery of new data collection systems to streamline its …
Lenovo streamlines supply chain management with big data solution
Lenovo has chosen Talend Data Fabric to streamline product and inventory data from suppliers, vendors, and manufacturing as well as repositories, warehouse, …
SAP acquires big data startup Altiscale
Big Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS) solution provider Altiscale is the latest company to be acquired by
See the signals before the competition
A data lab could help you make the most of the intelligence at your fingertips and get the edge on your competition, Rich Clayton writes. Thomas Edison, the …
What if intelligent machines could learn from each other?
Raja Jurdak discusses how devices connected via the Internet of Things could begin to interact and evolve over time. Take a look around and you’ll see …
Australian supermarkets’ use of customer loyalty data under spotlight
With privacy concerns about how businesses are using the consumer data they collect on the increase, Australian supermarkets have been put to the test, with …