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  • NICTA launches $12 million big data project

    National ICT Australia (NICTA) has unveiled a $12 million, three-year research project which will use big data to deliver biodiversity and ecological insights for scientists.

  • Ninemsn takes targeted approach to big data

    Running a news website that is solely dependent on advertising for revenue means that ninemsn owner Mi9 has to mine customer data to engage in behavioural targeting.

  • Translational Research Institute upgrades storage for medical research

    Brisbane-based Translational Research Institute (TRI) has implemented a new high performance computing (HPC) storage system to help with medical research into cancer and HIV treatment.

  • Echo Entertainment Group gambles on big data

    Helping customers to find their favourite gaming machine and knowing when VIP players are at the casino without compromising privacy or “being creepy” is the goal for Echo Entertainment Group.

  • Data brings banks closer to customers

    Banks are seeking closer relationships with customers through greater use of customer data and new technologies, according to banking and telecom officials at the CeBIT Financial Tech conference in Sydney.

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    Big data is BS: Obama campaign CTO

    Big data, according to Harper Reed, is "bullshit". It's a surprising sentiment from the man, who as chief technology officer of the Obama for America campaign helped head up the tech side of re-electing the US president in what was widely hailed as a political coming of age for big data.

  • 4 steps to decoding data analytics

    Data analytics is often hailed as the best method to gain the intelligence – using fact-based conclusions and quantifiable insights – that is required to make better business decisions.

  • IBM's Watson: From game shows to game changer in the enterprise

    IBM's Watson artificial intelligence technology – perhaps most famous for its 2011 victory in US game show Jeopardy! – will be used by ANZ Bank to deliver faster financial recommendations to customers.

  • Sportsbet reduces pain of PCI compliance

    PCI compliance – the body of regulations applying to businesses that process credit and debit card payments – "absolutely annoys the living crap" out of Scott Rosicka.

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    eBay bids on big data challenge

    Trying to make sense of the estimated 100 terabytes of new data received every day led eBay to start using big data platforms.

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