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• Modest salary growth expected for CIOs and CTOs in 2016

  CIOs and CTOs in Adelaide and Brisbane can expect a potential modest pay rise this year, while Melbourne IT leaders to see similar payment schemes to 2015.

• Tennis Australia shares the data analytics and technology driving Australian Open 2016

  A combination of data-driven insights, digital platform upgrades and cloud-based infrastructure is helping Tennis Australia improve fan engagement and operational excellence at this year’s Australian Open.

• Businesses turn to the sciences for answers in analytics

  What do scientists know about everyday business challenges? A lot more than you think, according to a new report. Deloitte Analytics Trends 2016 report has found data analytics in the science world can help solve business problems.

• 5 key things to make big data analytics work in any business

  It’s one thing to understand the principles of big data analytics, but it’s another to ensure projects are successful.

• Why Microsoft’s data chief thinks current machine learning tools are like tailored shirts

  When Microsoft's data and machine learning chief thinks about the future, he sees a world where developers create applications that are built to leverage machine learning and predictive analytics without needing the help of a data scientist.

• This analytics startup just emerged from stealth to help SMBs get a grip on unstructured data

  Signals is a new textual analytics platform that aims to help users in businesses of any size crunch a wide variety of data without having to rely on highly trained data scientists or IT experts for help.

• OpenText pitches big data service, the first in a planned series for analytics

  Analytics and the cloud increasingly go hand in hand, and OpenText has provided the latest example with its Big Data Analytics service announced on Wednesday.

• Firms failing to cut out paper payments

  Many Australian organisations have failed to make the switch to card and digital payments despite them being touted as cheaper than traditional paper-based ordering processes.
  

• Defence Bank introduces video calling

  Defence Bank has unveiled a mobile app that enables its 90,000 customers to make video calls with bank staff.
  

• NSW to see Australia's first government data analytics centre

  The New South Wales Government has announced plans to establish Australia’s first whole-of-government data analytics centre to limit bureaucracy and improve regulation and innovation efforts.

• How SAP plans to bring analytics to soccer

  In what SAP and City Football Group (CFG) call a "groundbreaking event" for the sport of soccer, the two companies today announced a global, multi-year marketing and technology partnership that will provide CFG and its four international football clubs with analytics for business operations, fan engagement and player and team performance.

• The data and digitally driven CIO

  Samir Mahir reflects on his career following his departure as CIO of Tennis Australia, an organisation that is hungry for technology innovation.
  

• Virgin Australian acquires analytics firm Torque Data

  Virgin Australia has announced its acquisition of Australian data analytics firm Torque Data with plans to integrate it with Virgin’s customer loyalty business, the Velocity Frequent Flyer program.

• Innovation centre to address one of Australia's biggest failings

  A new innovation centre at Curtin University in Perth is attempting to address an area Australia struggles with – connecting academia and industry.
  

• R Consortium aims to strengthen data analysis

  The Linux Foundation today announced the formation of the R Consortium, intended to strengthen the technical and user communities around the R language, a specialized programming language for statistical data analysis.