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IBM today said it was rolling out software that will help doctors and insurance companies reduce costs by better analyzing and managing huge amount of patient data.

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

IBM Corporation has launched a number of new software platforms in an attempt to address the multitude of issues companies have had managing 'big data'

IBM is taking its business analytics capabilities down a new path by making them available to IT organizations to monitor and predict issues with systems and processes.

A “dodgy” Access database lacking key features required by a growing company led Swisse Vitamins ICT and BI manger, Andrew Millingen, to recognise the need for a fresh start.

Oracle unveiled the Big Data Appliance, the newest addition to its line of products that combine software and hardware, during the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Monday.

Microstrategy is hoping to get its BI (business intelligence) software in front of people looking to get more out of Microsoft Excel with a new service, Cloud Personal, that is being offered at no charge.

From Q1 next year Actian Corporation, formerly known as Ingres, will offer Australian customers access to a Cloud platform for developing business intelligence apps for smartphones.

Business is full of dramatic narratives, from CEOs with unique personalities to soaring sales and market crashes to cutthroat competition. Inside a company's massive storehouse of business data, you'll often find nuggets that foreshadow what's coming-that is, if you look hard enough and can make sense of it all.

The new buildings come equipped with a range of technology to encourage mobility and a flexible, paperless culture of working

IBM has continued its push into the business analytics space, announcing in July that it had assigned 200 researchers to work across its customers’ business systems.

Business intelligence vendor, QlikTech, will add social capabilities to its QlikView Business Discovery platform, using Chatter Connect from Salesforce.com to up its collaborative credentials. The idea is to allow users to share information within workgroups and teams.

The use of business intelligence (BI) has improved sales for home improvement and paint specialists, Dulux Group, but now the company faces a tablet dilemma.

SAP is planning to connect its analytics software with Google's Maps and Earth software, allowing users to mine insights from plotting business data against locations around the world, the companies announced Wednesday.

Companies of every kind are beginning to focus more on consumers and engaging with them on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. But the successful businesses, the ones that want to really make their social media efforts sing, are going beyond just gaining that simple visibility.

To help businesses get smarter and stronger, business intelligence (BI) systems analyse and synthesise huge pools of corporate data to create terabytes of performance-enhancing information for enterprises of all sizes.

Organisations looking to promote their brand through social media channels like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn should manage it with internal resources to avoid outsourcing the public image of the company, according to representatives from Facebook and Telstra.

Gartner recently reported that investment in business intelligence (BI) jumped 13.4 per cent in 2010, with enterprises looking to increase efficiency and competitiveness. One Australian-based business investing in BI is alternative energy company Infigen Energy (ASX: IFN). Infigen rolled out BI software to manage the large amounts of data generated by wind farms spread across three continents.

Sensing a greater need in big-data analysis tools, IBM will invest $US100 million to research advanced large-scale analytics, the company announced Friday.

IBM interviewed 3018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries for its Global CIO Study