Analytics

Pressure increases for digital transformation and strategic alignment
The 2018 State of the CIO report from IDG found that while strategic goals for CIOs have increased across the board, functional duties have all but vanished. This leaves today’s leaders to perform challenging balancing acts in order to accomplish work that’s both transformational and operational. Though the end game to transform,

Why being data-driven is a dangerous catch phrase
I was once asked by a CIO to help him present to his board, on why they wanted to become data-driven. After five minutes of my planned 10 minute presentation (that lasted about 30 mins) a board member and I concluded that based on what we had heard outside that

Meltwater opens up AI platform to developers and data scientists
Media intelligence firm Meltwater is opening up its AI platform, Fairhair.ai, to give developers and data scientists the tools to: Connect and organise internal and external data by a knowledge graph Access pre-trained, configurable AI models Create real-time insights to make forward-looking, data-driven decisions Fairhair.ai is an open data science

Five Foundational Practices to Maximise Your AI Investment
There is enormous hype these days about the promise of all things artificial intelligence (AI). As a marketer, a technologist, or both, you are no doubt under pressure to somehow tap into this new, magical capability and improve every aspect of the business. While AI and machine learning (ML) aren’t

James Cook University launches online data science course with SAS
James Cook University is now offering online training as a data scientist to help meet the growing demand for analytics professionals. JCU has partnered with data science leader and analytic software provider SAS to offer its Master of Data Science program with SAS advanced analytics modules and the Teradata University

A.T. Kearney study demonstrates impact of analytics on profit
Improving your data analytics capability can boost profits by as much as 60 per cent, but only if it is done in a strategic way. That’s according to new research from Melbourne Business School and consulting firm A.T. Kearney which analysed the analytics programs of more than 400 companies across

UNSW Big Data Analysis of Medicare Claims Reveals GP Trends
A team of researchers from the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at UNSW Sydney has used big data analytics to explore how general practice in Australia has changed over two decades. The Australian-first study analysed millions of Medicare claims to gain insights into Australian general practice and the

Taming the Data Deluge
While the term “Big Data” has been in common use for almost a decade, organisations are still struggling to deal with the concept as a more waves of information descend upon them in the age of connected supply chains, online customers and the Internet of Things. Enterprises are well aware

Profile: IAPA Analytics Leader Sandra Hogan Group Head, Customer Analytics, Origin Energy
Late last month, IAPA, the peak body for analytics professionals in Australia, revealed the country’s top analytics leaders as part of its IAPA Top 25 Analytics Leaders program. Today we profile the inaugural #2 ranked Analytics Leader, Sandra Hogan Group Head, Customer Analytics, Origin Energy. Building analytics teams that deliver

PwC Chief Data Scientist Matt Kuperholz, Australia’s Top Ranked Analytics Leader
Late last month, IAPA, the peak body for analytics professionals in Australia, revealed the country’s top analytics leaders as part of its IAPA Top 25 Analytics Leaders program. Today we profile the inaugural #1 ranked Analytics Leader, Chief Data Scientist Matt Kuperholz. Kuperholz delivers analytics insights to the PwC organisation