As foreshadowed on Twitter yesterday, a new R Consortium of major vendors launched today aimed at "strengthen[ing] both the technical and user communities," according to a Linux Foundation announcement.
On the heels of Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) closing on its acquisition of data integration specialist Pentaho last week, Pentaho today released an update to its platform that adds integration for Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) and SAP HANA.
Drawing on a history of more than 50,000 analytics-focused client engagements, IBM has debuted 20 new behaviour-based predictive analytics solutions tailored to address 12 industries and use cases within those industries.
A network of seven motion sensor buoys, located several kilometres off the NSW coastline, is helping to determine onshore wave conditions and identify associated coastal hazards.
MapR Technologies updated its Hadoop distribution today to support self-service SQL analytics.
SAS chief, Dr Jim Goodnight, discusses what people are doing wrong with Hadoop, and why paying some teachers more money and improving education for preschoolers from low income families could help with the skills crisis.
Around 40 years worth of Cricket World Cup data is being mined to produce insights that enhance the viewer's experience at this year's tournament.
Sales representatives at LinkedIn are using data from the professional social media website to help customers with hiring and marketing.
The Taxi Services Commission (TSC) of Victoria is using a data warehouse to access the data of more than 100 million trips made by taxi drivers in the state over the past 2.5 years.
Mobile provider Amaysim needed to develop a business intelligence (BI) strategy but didn’t want to subject its management team to static PowerPoint presentations about BI.
Suncorp and Helloworld see their digital strategies as critical to survival in an increasingly data-driven world, according to executives from each company.
Urban commuting pretty much sucks, no matter where you go: No matter the promise of high-speed trains, light rail and efficient bus routes, public transit always ends up feeling like the crammed-in people-mover tubes from Futurama.
Traditional business intelligence and analytic models are being disturbed as the balance of power shifts from IT to the business, according to Gartner.
Data analytics is driving a raft of operational improvements and new digital products and services at the 2015 Australian Open.
IT leaders gathered at Sydney's Aria restaurant to discuss the best ways to assess the cost and effectiveness of IT products and services across their businesses. The luncheon was sponsored by ET Business Solutions.