The Federal government has announced that its border security portal is now online, triggering the alarm of privacy advocates who believe that poor data quality could lead to cases of mistaken identity.
A revamped data warehouse is helping Victoria Police to reduce crime rates and has delivered AU$2 million in productivity benefits, despite a lack of initial budget planning which threatened to derail the project early on.
The blame for poor quality data is too often laid at IT's door, when it should be the business taking responsibility, according to analysts.
Software giant Oracle's acquisition of business intelligence vendor Hyperion is no great shakes, according to three of Hyperion's largest competitors.
Telstra has signed a multi-million dollar licence agreement for data integrity software as part of its IT transformation project.
Boeing's Australian manufacturing subsidiary Hawker de Havilland has turned to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to help it meet the challenge of producing key components for the forthcoming 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft.
Australian government agencies are working on a single sign-on approach to deliver e-government services, according to the newly released e-government strategy.
An audit reveals embarassing errors in the agency's database.
Industry analysts are falling over themselves to highlight 2005 as the year when business intelligence hits the mainstream. But those looking to implement business intelligence solutions may find their efforts hampered by vast silos of generally incorrect data.
Telstra said today it would extend ADSL broadband availability to an additional 400,000 telephone services across Australia by the end of March.
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Oracle's chief executive says it's alright for companies to use Oracle's business system in conjunction with those from rivals Siebel Systems and SAP, and Oracle will even help them to do it.
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The principle of CRM is to reduce costs, increase revenues, and boost customer loyalty. But what if your data is dirty?
Getting executive sponsorship for any kind of data clean-up project isn't easy. If careful reasoning, detailed budget plans and a touch of blackmail don't work, then there may be a simpler solution: arson.
Coming up with a business case for a data mining strategy might be a tricky business but if it generated AU$118 million in additional revenue, then it would probably be something of a no-brainer.
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