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IBM & Ponemon Institute: Cost of a Data Breach Dropped 5 Percent in Australia in 2017 Study

Today IBM announced the Australian results of the global 2017 Ponemon Cost of Data Breach report.




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IBM Smarter Government Implementation To Help Reduce Reporting Burden For Australian Businesses

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful delivery of the Core Services IT platform that supports the Australian Federal Government’s Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative, which aims to save businesses time, money and effort through the provision of an online reporting capability.




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IBM to deliver essential business and operational support systems for NBN Co

IBM Australia (NYSE: IBM) has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract with NBN Co Limited to implement and manage the core business and operational support systems required to operate Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN).




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IBM Australia partners with Australia’s first Pride Centre to connect LGBTIQ community in Australia

IBM Australia partners with Australia’s first Pride Centre to connect LGBTIQ community in Australia




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The Good Guys launches new B2B Digital Portal using IBM Commerce Platform

Customer transaction and processing time reduced with the new digital engagement




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IBM Acquires Vivant Digital Business in Australia

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced its intention to acquire Vivant Digital business (Vivant), a boutique digital and innovation agency based here. This acquisition extends the strategy and design expertise of IBM iX, one of the world’s largest digital agencies and global business design partners, with Vivant talent and expertise to accelerate clients’ digital transformations.




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IBM brings technology expertise to Australia’s first Smart Transport Research Centre

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has partnered with academia, government and industry to launch the Smart Transport Research Centre (STRC) based at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), which is being opened today by the Minister for Transport, the honourable Annastacia Palasczuk. IBM will contribute its global consulting expertise and technology in developing smarter traffic solutions to help make Australia’s transportation infrastructure smarter, improve commuter experiences and reduce environmental impact.



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Australian cities not keeping up with commuter needs: IBM Commuter Pain Study

- The majority of Australians are stressed by their daily commute affecting health, lifestyles and Australia’s productivity - Accurate and timely information on road conditions key to reducing stress for Australians - National study highlights Australian commuter habits and frustrations



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IBM serves real time interactive data to fans at the Australian Open

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Tennis Australia today announced new and expanded data driven experiences that will enhance Australian Open 2015 for fans on site and around the world. IBM SlamTracker has been redesigned with new point-by-point data visualisations, commentary and statistics that include player and ball movement data for the first time ever at the Australian Open. IBM CrowdTracker, new for 2015, will provide fans with live match, venue and social information via ausopen.com and the official Australian Open apps.



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IBM Research and Thiess Use Data ‘Vital Signs’ to Predict Mining Equipment Health and Drive Business Performance

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new collaboration with Thiess, one of the world’s largest contract miners, to use Big Data to improve machine availability and operational productivity utilizing predictive analytics and modeling technologies. This initial collaboration focuses on Thiess’ Mining haul trucks and excavators, and will help unify asset management and business operations.




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IBM Research Announces Breakthrough in Protecting Personal Data using the Cloud

Today on Data Privacy Day, IBM is announcing an innovative cloud-based technology for developers to help consumers better protect their personal data online such as their date of birth, home address and credit card numbers. As cybersecurity threats and identity theft continue to threaten both consumers and businesses, IBM scientists have been developing a clever cryptographic algorithm which enables transactions to occur without involuntarily sharing any personal data.




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IBM announces two new partnerships with Melanoma Institute Australia and MoleMap to advance research in melanoma identification

IBM Research in Australia has announced plans to undertake research with Melanoma Institute Australia to help further advance the identification of melanoma using cognitive technology. This planned research builds on IBM’s existing research agreement with Molemap, which uses advanced visual analytics to analyse more than 40,000 data sets including images and text. IBM Research plans to analyse dermatological images of skin lesions to help identify specific clinical patterns in the early stages of melanoma1. The Australian research aims to help reduce unnecessary biopsies and help clinicians more accurately understand skin cancer, which could help to improve patient care.




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IBM Machine Vision Technology Advances Early Detection of Diabetic Eye Disease Using Deep Learning

The IBM Research findings achieve the highest recorded accuracy of 86 percent by using deep learning and pathology insights to identify the severity of diabetic retinopathy.




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Australian Federal Government signs a $1B five-year agreement with IBM

The Australian Federal Government today announced that it has awarded IBM (NYSE: IBM) a new AU$1B, five-year Whole of Government agreement to be a major technology partner with the Australian government.




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Australian Settlements Limited Taps IBM Cloud in Preparation for New Payments Platform

ASL to benefit from IBM Cloud and IBM PureApplication to deliver for secure real time payments for NPP Australia



  • Banking and Financial Services

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IBM delivers new IBM Cloud Container Service in Australia

IBM has announced the availability of its cloud container service in its Australian data centres, delivered out of Sydney and Melbourne, on IBM Cloud.



  • Banking and Financial Services

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Bendigo Bank focuses on being Australia's most connected Bank with the help of IBM Solutions for Marketers

IBM Watson Customer Engagement tools help extend the Bank’s leadership in customer experience.



  • Banking and Financial Services

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IBM Green Data Centre To Save Victoria University Thousands in Power Costs

IBM today announced that Victoria University has selected IBM to design and build the university’s first green data centre.



  • Global Technology Services

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【テレビ】NHK BS8K/プレミアム 2020年4月.5月放送予定『宝塚スペシャルラウンジ』・雪組公演『壬生義士伝』『Music Revolution!』月組公演 『夢現無双』『クルンテープ 天使の都』

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【テレビ】NHKBSプレミアム 雪組公演『壬生義士伝』『Music Revolution!』2020年5月7日(木)午前0:45〜

発売しました 今度は本当です。ただの勘違いでした…すみません。 【テレビ】 2020年5月7日(木)午前0時45分〜午前3時25分 NHKBSプレミアム 雪組公演「壬生義士伝」「Music Revolution!」 宝塚歌劇 雪組公演「壬生義士伝」「Music Rev...




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UBank Unveils RoboChat, Australia's First Virtual Assistant for Home Loan Applications Integrated with IBM Watson

One of Australia’s leading digital banks taps cognitive technology to simplify the home loan application process with innovative virtual assistan




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IBM Watson Health announces Australian-first collaboration with Icon Group to transform oncology care.

Icon Group first in Australia to adopt world-leading technology as part of its comprehensive cancer care offering




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Australian Start-Up Lingmo beats Global Competitors in race to market for AI Translation Earpiece

Lingmo’s Translate One2One uses IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence technology to translate in natural language.




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Australian Start-Up Oovvuu taps IBM Watson to deliver video on demand news

New advertising streams for global news organisations uncovered by AI




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AI technology helps customers get back on the road sooner

Leading Australian insurer Suncorp today announced it has successfully integrated IBM (NYSE: IBM) Watson artificial intelligence technology into its online claims process.




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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre publishes results from study using IBM Watson for Clinical Trial Matching

A Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre study has demonstrated the potential for artificial intelligence to help reduce the time for clinicians to match lung cancer patients to relevant clinical trials.




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Innovation activity slows in Australia according to Innovation Index

IBM Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, today announced the launch of the IBM-Melbourne Institute 'Innovation Index of Australian Industry’ second edition. The Study revealed that the annual increase in the rate of innovative activity in Australia in 2006 was only 0.7 percent, with only four industries experiencing an increase in the annual rate of innovation in that period: communication services; mining; finance; and the insurance industry.



  • Energy & Utilities

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Speech: Innovation for a sustainable future

My topic today is innovation for a sustainable future. This raises two questions:



  • Energy & Utilities

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EnergyAustralia and IBM unite for large-scale smart network implementation

EnergyAustralia, the country’s largest electricity distribution network, today announced an agreement with IBM for the implementation of an energy network monitoring and control solution.



  • Energy & Utilities

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IBM Announces Natural Resources Solution Centre for Mining, LNG & Petroleum Industries

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it will establish a Natural Resources Solution Centre (NRSC) in Perth to help mining, LNG and petroleum companies accelerate the development and adoption of innovative technologies and business strategies.



  • Energy & Utilities

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Energy Australia Selects IBM For Smart Grid, Smart City Initiative

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced its role as the systems integration partner for the $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City initiative led by the EnergyAustralia consortium. IBM will play a pivotal role, as a member of the consortium, in the development of Australia’s first smart grid network, following the formal contract signing of the deal between EnergyAustralia and the Australian Government.



  • Energy & Utilities

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IBM addresses gap in industry around knowledge and expertise of Smart Grids

IBM collaborates with academia and industry to educate and prepare IT professionals, telecommunications engineers, and electrical power engineers for the electricity networks of the future



  • Energy & Utilities

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IBM Smarter Water Solution Enables Yarra Valley Water to Use Analytics to Improve Customer Outcomes

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a business consulting and technology partnership with Yarra Valley Water to enhance the management and functionality of its assets and customer service to over 1.7 million people and 50,000 businesses throughout Melbourne now and in the future. Through this partnership Yarra Valley Water will gain access to critical insights to maximise asset performance and improve customer service outcomes across its operations.



  • Energy & Utilities

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Bathhouses in Budapest

Daily Photo – Bathhouses in Budapest There are different old Turkish baths all over Budapest. This particular one had about seven different pools, and this was the most ornate. I’m not 100% sure, but I think the roof can partially retract too. I can imagine that a century earlier it would have probably been the […]




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Synergy Plus Wins IBM Beacon Award for Leadership in Optimizing IT Infrastructure

Hyro Limited group company, Synergy Plus Pty Ltd (“Synergy”) has been named winner of the award for “Leadership in Optimizing IT Infrastructure” in the annual IBM Beacon Awards competition, honoring IBM Business Partners for their ingenuity, innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing business solutions.




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IBM Australia signs volume distributor agreement with Synnex

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced it has selected Synnex, one of Australia’s largest IT distribution companies, as a new IBM System and Technology Group (STG) distributor. The strategic agreement enables IBM to capture a larger share of the lucrative small and medium business IT marketplace with its IBM Express volume hardware products.




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Australian Bureau of Statistics Adopts IBM Social Software to Boost Employee Collaboration

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is adopting IBM social software to support the way thousands of employees connect and interact.




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Study Reveals Australian Office Workers Stressed by Irrelevant Email Overload

Study Reveals Australian Office Workers Stressed by Irrelevant Email Overload




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IBM’s New Virtual Desktop Offering Available in Australia

IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced the local availability of the Virtual Desktop for Smart Business, a new workforce mobility solution offering anytime, anywhere, access to corporate data from mobile devices, such as tablets or laptops on the move.




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Zoo and Aquarium Association Uses IBM Technology to Support Endangered Species Programme

Zoo and Aquarium Association Uses IBM Technology to Support Endangered Species Programme




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Foundation for Young Australians builds smarter research with IBM

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the Foundation for Young Australians has successfully integrated IBM’s SPSS analytics platform into its research capabilities, resulting in significant boosts to the organisation’s reputation as a national leader in its field.




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IBM helps Ausgrid implement first-of-a-kind smart grid technology

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful implementation of a first of its kind smart grid data management platform, designed and built with Ausgrid to give the utility more data from part of its electricity distribution grid.



  • Services and solutions

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IBM helps Australian Bureau of Statistics break records with the 2011 eCensus

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today announced that more than 2.6 million households across Australia submitting Census forms via the web-based eCensus solution. This represents a significant jump from the 2006 Census, when 778,000 (9.1 per cent) of Australian households completed their forms online.



  • Services and solutions

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Australian Research Report Shows Global Expansion Main Driver for Business Process Outsourcing

IBM Australia (NYSE: IBM) and The Sauce, today published the first Australian BPO Report 2012 (ABPO Report), which investigates the current state of business process outsourcing in Australia and points to future trends. Global expansion is seen to be the key driver and benefit of outsourcing decisions amongst 71 percent of organisations surveyed. The report also showed significant anticipated growth in business process outsourcing activity among large organisations with between 1,000 to 5,000 employees (this constituted one-third of all respondents). This group of Australian organisations is expecting an increase of 20 percent over the next two years.



  • Services and solutions

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IBM study finds majority of Australian shoppers “apathetic” towards retailers, hungry for multi-channel innovation

An IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of 26,000 consumers from 14 countries -- including almost 2,000 Australians.-- found that over 60% of Australian consumers identify themselves as “apathetic” in their choice of primary retailer – almost double those who see themselves as advocates of a particular retailer. As such Australian retailers have a significant opportunity to capture shopper loyalty, but they need to capitalise on existing investments in multi-channel and accelerate customer engagement across all channels, including mobile devices and social media platforms in order to win in this globally competitive sector.



  • Services and solutions

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Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Selects IBM to Secure Australia’s Borders

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) has implemented an advanced passenger analysis solution with IBM to improve border security.



  • Services and solutions

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Localz wins IBM SmartCamp Australia 2015 with innovative micro-location technology

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced Melbourne start-up Localz as the winner of IBM SmartCamp Australia 2015, a global competition that brings together entrepreneurs, investors and experienced mentors. Localz provides software that connects the digital and physical worlds for enterprise, using the latest micro-location technology to enhance customer’s in-store experience, improve asset and inventory tracking and provide frictionless mobile payments, at scale. One of the key differentiators of the solution is that it works across different technologies (iBeacons, Bluetoth Low Energy, GPS or even QR Codes).




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INPEX selects IBM to manage operation critical apps in Australia

INPEX selects IBM to manage operation critical apps in Australia




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IBM Customer Experience Index Shows Aussie Retailers Missing Omni-Channel Opportunity

IBM, (NYSE: IBM) today announced the findings of its 2016 Global Customer Experience Index (CEI) Study, which showed that Australia is above the global average when it comes to providing a good shopping experience for consumers, with a CEI rating of 43 percent compared with 40 percent globally. The results provided a snapshot of the Australian retail sector, revealing that some businesses are still struggling to provide a seamless cross-channel experience, personalisation and convenience for customers.




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IBM appoints David La Rose as the new Managing Director, IBM Australia and New Zealand

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the appointment of David La Rose as Managing Director of IBM Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). He replaces Kerry Purcell, who will return to a senior leadership role in IBM Japan.