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• CIO50 2019: #25 Bradley Blyth, flybuys

  Since becoming an independent company, Australia’s largest and most diverse loyalty program, Flybuys has had a strong emphasis on investing in the business to support new opportunities.

• Australian Signals Directorate open sources data analysis tool

  The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has open sourced one of its in-house data visualisation and analysis tools. The ASD announced today that it had posted the source code for Constellation on GitHub.

• In pictures: CIO roundtable - Using AI to unlock powerful data insights

  Tech execs gathered at Aria in Sydney to discuss how they are using AI-powered search capabilities across their organisations.

• AI firm takes ‘Quantium’ leap in hyperconverged data space

  Over three years into the role and Quantium IT director, Craig Taylor, says he hasn’t got comfortable - and that’s a good thing considering the state of flux and constant change in the IT industry. In particular, the data science and AI realm that Taylor lives and breathes.

• Data boom creates demand for specialists

  In the age of the fourth industrial revolution, data science and analytics roles have emerged as pivotal as organisations use their data to gain a competitive edge.

• Interview: Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO, Software AG

  CIO Australia sat down with Software AG’s new CEO, Sanjay Brahmawar to discuss his plans for the 49-year-old German enterprise software giant.

• Australian companies suck at data analytics

  Australian organisations lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to extracting value from their data analytics efforts.

• Myer promotes digital chief to COO

  Myer’s digital and data chief, Mark Cripsey, has been promoted to chief operating officer at the retail group following a management restructure announced today.

• Why your best choice for a data analyst is a machine

  It's a machine, rather than a human analyst, that might be your best choice to deliver deeper data analysis.

• All ANZ staff encouraged to become 'their own little data scientist'

  ANZ bank's 48,000 global staff are each being encouraged to become "their own data scientist" and being provided with tools to draw value from the company's fast-growing data lake.

• Dominello: NSW Government agency funding to be data-driven

  The New South Wales government's new Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Victor Dominello MP, will use his place on the Expenditure Review Committee (ERC) to push for a data-driven approach to financing agencies, he said today.

• ​Qantas tapping data to improve flight efficiency

  Data scientists, engineers and software designers from Qantas and GE will analyse some of the 10 billion data points produced by the aviation sector annually to help the carrier cut fuel costs and carbon emissions.

• Splunk's ambition to weave machine data fabric through your entire business

  When Splunk CTO Snehal Antani walked on stage to deliver closing keynote at the seventh annual Splunk user conference in Orlando last week he carried with him a new addition to the company's line of funny slogan t-shirts. It bore a pun to sum up the company's new outlook: "Don't be a tool".

• CIO roundtable: Driving transformation through continuous delivery (Melbourne)

  Senior IT executives gathered at Melbourne's Vue De Monde restaurant to discuss how they are tapping their data to improve operational intelligence. The luncheon was sponsored by Splunk.

• CIO roundtable: Driving transformation through continuous delivery (Sydney)

  Senior IT executives gathered at Sydney's Aria restaurant to discuss how they are tapping their data to improve operational intelligence. The luncheon was sponsored by Splunk.