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  • Google's BigQuery offers infrastructure to crunch Big Data

    Few companies in the world have access to datasets as large as Google does, and, unsurprisingly, Google is one of the companies at the forefront of Big Data analytics. Now Google plans to share the wealth by giving others access to its data crunching infrastructure with its new Google BigQuery Service.

    Written by Thor Olavsrud • 02 May 12 06:55
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    Top six BI trends for 2012

    Following Gartner’s BIIM Summit in Sydney, Conrad Bates and Cameron Wall, managing partners of C3 Business Solutions, share the top six business intelligence trends they believe will drive the industry in 2012.

    Written by Conrad Bates and Cameron Wall • 17 April 12 13:19

  • Hungry Jack’s tucks into customer data for improved BI

    National fast food chain, Hungry Jack’s, has begun maximising its investment in in-store wi-fi networks through capturing customer data and pushing targeted offers to patrons.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 11 April 12 10:30
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    Mobility, BI top priorities for ANZ CIOs: Gartner

    Australia and New Zealand chief information officers are set to increase mobile technologies and business intelligence (BI) implementations in 2012 as enterprise use of tablets and analytics increases, according to an annual global Gartner survey.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 04 April 12 11:07

  • Retail Prodigy Group charts Nike growth using BI

    Nike Australia master franchise owner, Retail Prodigy Group, has been able to track sales and staff performance through the implementation of business intelligence (BI).

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 14 March 12 11:49

  • Using business intelligence to create better health decisions

    Senior VP and CIO Doug Porter and President and CEO Scott Serota discuss Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's business intelligence tools.

    Written by CIO Executive Council • 29 Feb. 12 04:01

  • The challenges of business intelligence: Gartner BI summit

    Business intelligence (BI) investment will continue to be driven by IT in the future, but finding people with the right BI skills will be an ongoing challenge, according to a Gartner BI and Information Management Summit panel discussion.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 23 Feb. 12 12:02
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    ING Direct Australia shares 12 BI tips

    Implementing business intelligence (BI) can be a process fraught with pitfalls but avoiding this is easy if companies follow certain processes, advises financial services company, ING Direct Australia.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 22 Feb. 12 15:34
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    Toyota Australia puts BI in top gear

    Budget blowouts and delays were hampering IT projects at Toyota Australia until the car manufacturer rolled out a new business intelligence (BI) model.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 22 Feb. 12 11:25

  • Mirus Australia creates aged care BI

    In a bid to provide better patient data to care providers, aged care services firm, Mirus Australia, has developed an Aged Care Metrics (ACM) system which utilises business intelligence (BI).

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 21 Feb. 12 15:42

  • Gartner BI Summit: The future of analytics

    Business analytics need to become easier to use in the future as Australia is faced with an analytics skills shortage that will not go away, according to a Gartner Business Intelligence (BI) and Information Management Summit panel discussion.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 21 Feb. 12 12:18

  • IT leaders continue to juggle multiple priorities in 2012

    Analytics and business intelligence has moved back to the top of the technology priority list for CIOs, according to the latest Gartner research into CIO priorities, followed by mobile technologies and Cloud computing — but the pressure is as IT leaders juggle multiple priorities.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 19 Jan. 12 12:14

  • Oracle reveals pricing for its SAP HANA rival Exalytics, signaling imminent release

    Oracle made a splash on Tuesday when it announced the general availability of its Big Data Appliance, but the company also quietly released pricing information for Exalytics, another new member in its family of specialized hardware-software appliances and a likely competitor to SAP's HANA product, suggesting that a general-availability announcement for that product is imminent.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 12 Jan. 12 08:37

  • Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group saves $200,000 on data warehousing costs

    The Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) has saved $200,000 a year after moving its data warehousing from Oracle to Microsoft.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 16 Nov. 11 10:41

  • Monday Grok: Groupon is a crock

    For the record, and so you can hold him to account in future, long after others have stopped caring, Grok thinks Groupon is a crock.

    Written by Andrew Birmingham • 07 Nov. 11 10:17

  • Next Generation IT Platform (NGP) value will come: NAB

    National Australia Bank (NAB) chief executive, Cameron Clyne, has sought to reassure shareholders that the benefits of the company’s Next Generation IT Platform (NGP) will come.

    Written by Tim Lohman • 27 Oct. 11 12:00

  • IBM IOD 2011: Business analytics to replace market research

    Business analytics will render the traditional format of market research almost obsolete in the future as companies use the technology to track market sentiment.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 27 Oct. 11 05:15

  • IBM IOD 2011: IBM launches Watson-like software for healthcare

    IBM has released new predictive analytics software for the management of patient data in the healthcare industry, following the company's Watson supercomputer partnership with American health insurance company WellPoint.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 26 Oct. 11 18:35

  • IBM IOD 2011: CIOs must look to real-time analytics for 'big data'

    CIOs faced with the encroaching issue of ‘big data’ should look to investing in real-time platforms in order to remain competitive in the future, according to IBM chief scientist, Jeff Jonas.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 26 Oct. 11 17:32

  • Commonwealth Bank rolls out iPhone app, CIO touts real-time platform

    The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new mobile app which allows users to transfer funds to friends via their Facebook accounts or mobile device.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 25 Oct. 11 13:18
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