5 March 2013 | News

US County Analyses Big Data for Smarter Cities

Miami-Dade County in the state of Florida, USA, has undertaken a Smarter Cities initiative in partnership with IBM to improve services and share information among its 35 municipalities through Big Data analytics.

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13 February 2013 | News

US deploys supercomputer to help fight cancer

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, and WellPoint—health insurer have initiated a project with IBM to deploy its Watson supercomputer to work on fighting cancer.

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22 January 2013 | News

German City uses analytics to solve traffic jams

The City of Cologne, Germany on January 17 announced the completion of a smarter traffic pilot project to predict and manage traffic flow and road congestion in the city.

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12 November 2012 | News

Thailand to introduce smarter police manikins for traffic control

Police manikins with 3G and hidden CCTVs will be positioned across Bangkok this month for better control over traffic and remind road commuters not to violate traffic rules.

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20 September 2012 | News

Singapore Opens Business Analytics Centre

The Agency of Science, Technology and Research and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore yesterday opened a Business Analytics Translational Centre to help public and private sector leverage cutting-edge analytics tools for big data management.

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2 August 2012 | News

Aus boosts investment in health informatics

Australian Government utilises healthcare informatics to deliver integrated patient care.

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7 June 2012 | News

Singapore to Invest US$4.15 mil in Analytics Services

The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore—with its industry partners—has launched an initiative to provide business analytics via a shared services platform to local retailers and wholesalers.

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15 March 2012 | News

Australia uses "big data" analytics for geothermal energy

Australia’s search for alternative energy taps into big data analytics, replacing expensive drilling and exploration.

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9 March 2012 | News

Aus state spends US$11.7 million on Digital Futures Fund

The Victorian Government is allocating US$11.7 million to a new Digital Futures Fund to fast-track research and development into data mining, analytics, cloud computing and cyber-security.

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18 May 2011 | News

Government Efficiency Rankings: Hong Kong tops chart

A leading business school in Switzerland has released the results of its research in its “World Competitiveness Yearbook 2011”, which places Hong Kong at the top of government efficiency rankings, followed by Singapore and Switzerland.

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