Big data giants form open source industry group
18 February, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA group of major big data vendors has formed the Open Data Platform, an industry body focused on developing and promoting big data technologies based on open source standards.
Make your big data fast for immediate business benefits
13 February, 2015Big data helps you to make clever decisions but is your big data fast enough to help you to gain and retain a competitive advantage in the rapidly changing environment we live in?
IP Australia to evaluate IBM Watson
11 February, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGovernment agency IP Australia is joining the cognitive computing era, entering a deal to evaluate using IBM's Watson to help transform interactions with Australian innovators.
Surviving and benefiting from the big data deluge
09 February, 2015In 2015, big data management and facilitating analytics will become expected core competencies for data professionals. Enterprises will need ways to easily and rapidly deploy high-value analytic processes. Combining a modern platform and a data discovery methodology can make this happen.
Tech Insights: Interview with Alec Gardner, Teradata
09 February, 2015In our new Tech Insights series, we speak with industry leaders to get their views of what the year ahead holds for the IT world. Today's expert is Alec Gardner, general manager, advanced analytics for Teradata.
Don't let little data become a big hassle
28 January, 2015 by Lawrence Garvin* and Thomas LaRock^Little data may become more valuable to your business than big data. But how do you gather it efficiently and securely, and what should you do with it?
Big data's key drivers in 2015
27 January, 2015 by Dr Roger Kermode, Practice Principal, Analytics & Data Management, Enterprise Services, HP South PacificHow Australian organisations approach the challenges of big data will be key to their success. There are five areas business leaders should watch in 2015, says HP's Dr Roger Kermode.
How do you handle human-generated big data?
19 December, 2014Human-generated files such as emails, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and audio and video files not only take over our storage space - even more so as we tend to keep them for extended periods of time - but they also produce a much more overwhelming amount of metadata.
What makes a good data scientist?
09 December, 2014 by Ross Farrelly*Building a successful team of data scientists requires being aware of the range of requisite skills and hiring to maintain a balance of skills across the team, says Teradata's Ross Farrelly.
QUT researchers to use big data to map G20
10 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingScientists from the QUT will use geotagged tweets and Instagram photos to build an interactive map of Brisbane residents' reactions to the weekend's G20 Leaders' Summit.
Big data skills to pay the big data bills
27 October, 2014 by Andrew CollinsAs the amount of machine-generated data begins to outstrip human-generated data, the availability of skilled big data experts is not keeping up. How should enterprises tackle the growing skills gap?
Australian companies less satisfied with big data
21 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian business leaders are significantly less likely than the global average to believe big data provides significant value, and to be satisfied with the results of their initiatives, a survey indicates.
Arcitecta to supply Mediaflux platform for RDSI
20 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingArcitecta has announced a deal to supply a data management platform for the Research Data Storage Infrastructure, a project to build a national database for Australian researchers.
Big data architecture provides a 360° view
30 September, 2014Most companies already use some kind of data collection and analysis tools to receive insight into the behaviour of their customers.
Who owns big data in your business?
29 September, 2014 by Angus Dorney, Director and General Manager, Rackspace ANZBig data can deliver benefits across all departments in your business, but it is vital to ensure that you know who is leading the big data push, and that they have a suitable strategy in place.
