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  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Balancing the integration equation: Cloud, Big Data, and the datacentre

  The latest ARN Roundtable, held at Sydney's Bentley restaurant, saw representatives of businesses in the channel discuss issues surrounding the Cloud, Big Data and datacentres. They spoke about the need for transparent cost models, the purpose of having a consulting world in these industries, as well as the need for companies to alter their offerings to meet each individual customers' needs. The attendees also discussed data sovereignty, the growth of applications, and the quality of Australia's telco infrastructure. This roundtable was sponsored by Cisco, IBM and Ingram Micro. Photographs by Ian Sharp.

  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Balancing the integration equation: Cloud, Big Data, and the datacentre
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  In Pictures: How to do Big Data in healthcare

  Many healthcare organisations like to talk about data analytics. However, here are eight pieces of expert advice to help you actually do it.

  In Pictures: How to do Big Data in healthcare

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News about data analytics

• How to excel with data analytics

  Finding success with data analytics requires good tools, good data management, and good strategy

• What is process mining? Refining business processes with data analytics

  Process mining helps organisations gather insightful data to evaluate the reliability, efficiency and productivity of business processes throughout the company

• Splunk to buy SignalFx for $1 billion

  Deal to deliver customers a single platform to monitor the "entire enterprise application lifecycle."

• Invigor Group gains data insights deal with Retail Drinks Australia

  The solution will provide more visibility on store performance

• Skyfii lands deal with National Library of Australia

  Helps to provide valuable insights into customers and venue usage

• Skyfii wins 41-site deal with Australian property developer group

  23 locations already deployed, 18 to come

Features about data analytics

• ​Vendors search for “pockets of growth” amidst “volatile” spending economy

  “With the global economy entering a new and uncertain phase, IT spending will be heavily influenced by economic cycles and wild cards over the next ...

• IBM Watson bring cognitive computing to fantasy football

  Edge Up Sports is teaming up with IBM to create a new app powered by Watson that provides a one-stop shop for fantasy football managers.

• Opinion: Why Dell has a subtle, secret strategic advantage

  The company is more focused on fixing your problem than selling you a product

• How Big Data can improve marketing and customer service

  What matters in this world isn't so much the individual data points, but where they intersect. I

• Does Big Data spell the end of business intelligence as we know it?

  It's obvious that Hadoop, despite its obvious benefits, is not a business intelligence magic bullet.

• Big Data success is all in the analysis

  We're probably still a long way from understanding the promise of using this informatio