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An Australian university is using big data and Amazon Web Services to create an innovation centre for social good

Cec Busby - May 7, 2019 2 MIN READ

Centre will pursue solutions for real world challenges Students to work with industry leaders to achieve social impact Intelligent data-driven health systems to improve support for patients Swinburne University of Technology has announced the launch of the Data for Social Good Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC), powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Centre will leverage… Read more »

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How to leverage big data to drive your small business forward

Gina Baldassarre - December 8, 2017 3 MIN READ

The tech sector loves a good buzzword, and up there with ‘virtual reality’ and ‘Blockchain’ as one of the buzzwords du jour is ‘big data’. Though Blockchain and virtual reality may not yet be mainstream, data on the other hand touches the average consumer every day – because they are creating it. According to statistics… Read more »

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Auckland-based startup Thematic raises US$1.2 million round led by Airtree Ventures

Mat Beeche - November 29, 2017 2 MIN READ

Auckland-based SaaS platform Thematic today announced it has raised US$1.22 million in seed funding to continue its international growth.

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The future retail sector is cashless, mobile first, and data-driven

Mat Beeche - July 31, 2017 2 MIN READ

As usage of ATMs falls, most experts are forecasting the full transition to a cashless society will take place somewhere between 2020 and 2022.

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Invigor acquires Singapore-based shopper engagement startup Sprooki

Gina Baldassarre - April 27, 2017 2 MIN READ

ASX-listed data intelligence platform Invigor has announced today its acquisition of Singapore-based Sprooki in an all-scrip – or all-shares – deal worth a total consideration of $10 million.

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BuiltWith is perhaps one of Australia’s most profitable online companies and has zero staff

Mat Beeche - September 30, 2015 4 MIN READ

The idea for BuiltWith came in 2007, when Gary Brewer was visiting a lot of random sites, looking at their source code and discovering what platforms they were built with. He was researching elements like the writing of code on the site by viewing the source, seeing if they were made in PHP or if the company was using Windows and similar information in that arena.