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Hi there,
My inbox today, like yours no doubt, is flooded with Black Friday sales. On top of Singles Day (aka 11/11), Click Frenzy and Cyber Monday…November is now e-commerce month.
The good news is that Australian retailers are also eagerly anticipating higher holiday season sales this year. But their optimism may be slightly misplaced, at least according to Deloitte, which is warning that the Amazon impact could still bite.
In other news:
- Taxi Co among many requesting your telco metadata
- Calls amplify for regulatory control over IoT
- AI + BI + NLP = Spotfire X’s acronym soup
- First flush of success for bathroom IoT
The Catholic Church may be archaic in some respects, but when it comes to looking after the insurance and worker compensation needs of its flock, a new claims portal for CCI blew away its less divine competition.
Happy reading,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au
Are e-retailers too complacent about Christmas?
Judging by the buoyant mood you could be forgiven for thinking Amazon’s retail revolution has been called off. But not so fast...
What a difference a year makes. This time last year retailers, particularly in Australia, were making grim predictions based on Amazon’s recent touchdown in the country.
“As we head into Amazon’s second Christmas in Australia it might be unwise to imagine the threat gone.”
Why does the Taxi Service Commission need your metadata?
80 organisations make metadata requests, but is that a concern?..
In October 2015, data retention laws saw Australian telcos being legally obliged to monitor and record customer activity, storing metadata for two years.
“What could Australia Post, local councils, and the Taxi Services Commission possibly want with metadata?”
Is it time for an IoT crack down?
Security vendors will always find something to make us paranoid, but for IoT, some sort of policy framework is surely the order of the day...
There’s a growing chorus of voices warning that governments needs to take a good, hard look at IoT’s future – and start taking regulatory action.
“Central Government has many tools and methods through which it can promote the development of IoT.”
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TIBCO brings AI to BI
Acronyms abound!..
TIBCO is finally lifting the covers off its new analytics and data visualisation platform which is designed to use both real-time and historical data in the same environment.
“While AI is not replacing BI, BI tools that infuse AI functionality will displace those that don’t."
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Excuse me: IoT in the bathroom
The results are in, and the benefits go beyond water efficiency...
A new report highlights just how far IoT is infiltrating our lives –with the bathroom becoming the new playground for sensors.
"Innovation in our industry has lagged behind other critical resources, such as electricity and lighting.”
Putting superior user experience at the heart of transformation
Empired helps create industry-leading workers' compensation portal...
Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) has provided insurance and workers compensation for more than 100 years, making it one of the oldest insurance companies in Australia.
“Some have said they’ve never seen a portal as good as this one even at the larger insurance companies.”
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