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• Splunk to buy cloud software firm SignalFx in US$1 billion deal

  "The acquisition of SignalFx squarely puts Splunk in position as a leader in monitoring and observability at massive scale," said Splunk's Chief Executive Officer Doug Merrit

• DXC launches programme to help people on the autism spectrum build ICT careers

  In Australia, the DXC Dandelion employees work in cybersecurity, data analytics, software testing and systems monitoring and automation

• Data integration and analytics in the cloud: Kiwi consulting firm BRANZ shares lessons

  Our project managers can focus on their work without worrying about how the IT systems are working together, says Dr Chris Litten, general manager of industry research.

• The Warehouse Group CIO reveals ‘why the best place for a business technologist is in retail’

  Through serendipity, all of Simon Kennedy’s career has been in retail - from selling sausages in London, through to global management consultant roles and now CIO.

• Why machine learning is the new BI

  Get ready for artificial intelligence and automation that helps you make business decisions rather than just understanding what happened in the past.

• 7-Eleven takes a big gulp of customer data

  The ubiquitous convenience store chain updates its loyalty program from punch cards to a mobile app for super-frequent patrons
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• How Apple's privacy stance could give Google an AI edge

  "We at Apple reject the idea that our customers should have to make tradeoffs between privacy and security," said Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier this month during an Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) event where he was honored for corporate leadership. "We can and we must provide both in equal measure."

• How IBM Serves Up Data to Tennis Fans at U.S. Open

  There is a festival atmosphere here at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament as hundreds of thousands of fans gather to see tennis stars and up-and-comers alike vie for prize at the last Grand Slam competition of the tennis year.

• 8 Ways Big Data and Analytics Will Change Sports

  The leading minds in sports convened in Boston last week at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference to share ideas about how big data will be a game-changer for fans, players, coaches, officials and front-office personnel.

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