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ARE YOU READY FOR THE COGNITIVE ERA?Ian Wong writes about the key principles of cognitive, after attending IBM Industry Academy Forum in Armonk, New York.

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GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND APPLY FOR CSC TODAY!The Corporate Service Corps was launched in 2008 to help communities around the world solve critical problems while providing IBM employees unique leadership development opportunities. ibm.biz/Bd4LwY

CONGRATULATIONS TO ERIN NEVINS

A massive congratulations to Erin Nevins, Mid-Market Sales Executive, IBM A/NZ, who has been nominated for an ARN Emerging Leader Award.

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EMPOWERING INSIGHTS WITH WATSON AT WOODSIDEIBM’s Katrina Read shares a video about the impact IBM’s Watson has had at Woodside.

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YOU CAN’T SCALE YOUR ANALYTICS WITHOUT CLOUDMike Schuman discusses why cloud is the foundation for digital transformation at Woodside, and how iterative customer engagement provided better business outcomes at WA Police.

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#MayThe4thBeWithYou

IBM Watson read and analyzed the original Star Wars screen playsand used a personality test to provide insights about your favouritecharacters. How did Watson do?

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WHAT WHAT CAN WATSON TELL US ABOUT VOTERS FROM TWITTER Watson looks at the Australian federal election campaign: with a week to go, it reckons Malcolm Turnbull’s Twitter followers are feeling better about things than Bill Shorten’s.

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THE FUTURE OF ENERGYIBM’s Steve Hoy, Global Utility T&D Systems Leader at IBM, describes the new role that will lead energy companies forward.

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LISA WEIGHTMAN OPTIMAL ME APP VIDEOS RELEASED ON SOCIALLisa Weightman is harnessing training insights from data to find her Optimal Me ahead of Rio 2016.

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SIMON WEBB: JAWUN VOLUNTEER

We are proud to introduce Simon Webb, who participated in the Jawun program.

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IBM CREATES WORLD’S FIRST ARTIFICIAL PHASE-CHANGE NEURONSIn case you missed it, IBM Research in Zurich has created the world’s first artificial phase-change neurons. They behave like biological neurons, including low power usage and dense scaling.

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RACHAEL MILLMAN: SHADOW TECH CONFERENCE, NZ 2016ShadowTech is a day where female students from secondary schools around the Wellington region get to experience first-hand technology inside a business environment.

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THE NEW ERA OF VR GAMING

So, you think you’ve got game? Get ready for a new era of virtual reality gaming! Note: You won’t be needing a wired controller.

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GOVHACK SHOWCASES INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY Over the weekend, IBMer Alan Kan saw the convergence of coders, artists, storytellers, and others working with open government data to innovate and create solutions.

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WHAT DO IBM, IAG AND MOVIES HAVE IN COMMON? Hint: It’s not a bad punch line!

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ERIN NEVINS PROFILE PIECE

Erin has recently been nominated for an ARN Emerging Leaders Award, so in case you haven’t had a chance to ask, here’s a small piece of Erin’s story.

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WESTPAC IBM BLOCKHACK16 HITS THE MARKInnovative, inspirational and forward thinking were all themes for this year’s Westpac BlockHack 2016 at Barangaroo, Sydney.

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EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING

Australia’s fifth largest retail bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, will rely on cloud computing services from IBM.

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JACKSON: AN IBM DATA STORY

We’re using IBM Watson to lift the success rate of guide dog breeding by looking for insights from 30 years of breeding data.

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OUTTHINK MELANOMAIBM Research in Australia announces plans to undertake research with Melanoma Institute Australia, to help further advance the identification of melanoma using cognitive technology.

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WATSON: BRINGING BACK THE HUMAN ELEMENTWe were not designed to stare at a tiny screen and swipe away just to carry out everyday tasks. We can talk, listen, see and understand. Isn’t it time for the technology we use to reflect this?

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LISA WEIGHTMAN: AT HOME

Life is a juggling act for Lisa Weightman. She is a successful IBMer, a young mum and Rio 2016 competitor.

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WATSON HELPS UBANK INNOVATE

UBank attended our two-day hackathon and learned an important lesson: that innovation from within your company can have incredible results.

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ENTERPRISE MOBILITY WEBINAR

How to Manage Mobile Threats: Research shows that mobile has become the hackers’ new playground. The popularity of game apps such as Pokémon Go also prompts CISOs and CIOs to re-think their mobility management.

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GO FOUNDATION

We’re cheering on the AFL’s Sir Douglas Nicholls Indigenous Round that kicked off in Sydney last night. In its honour, we wanted to share IBMer James Gallichan’s story.

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COULD IBM’S RESEARCH MEAN THE END OF THE COMMON COLD?Meet IBM’s Macromolecule: The future of modern medicine.

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COGNITIVE ADVERTISING HAS ARRIVED

The IBM-owned business has already inked deals with three global brand giants for its new Watson Ads offering, which allow consumers to interact through voice and text.

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ING DIRECT TAKES CUSTOMER CENTRICITY TO HEARTHow is ING Direct becoming one of Australia’s most relevant customer centric banks?

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JOANNA BATSTONE WOWS CEBIT AUS

IBM’s Dr Joanna Batstone spoke at the CeBIT Australia conference, delivering a keynote around the future of cognitive and how it could change the future of health care forever.

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NZ HEALTHCARE CONGRESSStefan Harrer speaking earlier at NZhealthcarecongress on ultra-low power neuromorphic computing: TrueNorth chip

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NZ HI-TECH AWARDS HONOUR INDUSTRY’S BEST AND BRIGHTESTIBM’s Rob Lee wraps up the NZ Hi-Tech Awards.

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WATSON GOES TO CYBER SECURITY SCHOOL IBM announced how it’s working with leading universities to train Watson in the language of cybersecurity, helping to address a growing cybersecurity skills shortage.

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A.I - NOT AS SCARY AS YOU THINK

As we move into the Cognitive Era, it’s time to determine the fact from fiction.

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UNLOCKING THE POSSIBLE WITH CBA

With so much data at our disposal and time constraints to process and act on it, the solution comes with automated decision making-enter Watson.

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COGNITIVE DRESS SHINES AT MET GALA

Karolina Kurkova shone-literally-on the red carpet of the 2016 Met Gala, wearing a cognitive dress that was designed with the assistance of Watson.

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SUBARU ENLISTS IBM WATSON An accident free future in your lifetime could be possible, thanks to IBM Watson and Subaru.

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KEVIN ZUCCATO: THINK FORUMSome of you may have noticed from the change in job title that I’ve recently taken a new role with IBM - leading our new National Cyber Security Centre in Canberra (NCSC).

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AUSSIE SHOPPERS AREN’T HAPPY WITH DIGITAL EXPERIENCEAccording to IBM’s recent Consumer Experience Index, Australian’s are unsatisfied with their online and mobile shopping experiences.

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TODAY S WEATHER WARNING BROUGHT TO YOU BY WATSONThe Weather Company will leverage IBM’s Watson IoT platform to provide critical weather data to governments in under privileged areas to better prepare for impending natural disasters.

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CHARLOTTE RHODY AND RYDER’S “MAGICAL” COGNITIVE JOURNEYWhat’s a boy to do when his teacher asks him to to do some research on cognitive computing?

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WHAT DO CSIRO HAVE TO SAY ABOUT BLOCKCHAIN?CSIRO’s Data61 is embarking on a review of blockchain in collaboration with Australian government agencies.

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GLEN GOODING: CYBER SECURITY

When IBM announced Watson for Cyber Security this week, it surely sent shudders down the spines of cybercriminals around the world.

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IBM AND CISCO INK IOT DEAL

IBM has inked a deal with Cisco to bring Watson IoT technology into Cisco’s architecture, specifically aimed at providing analytics services for networks of autonomous and unmanned connected devices. ibm.biz/Bd4wRE

WINTER IS COMING WATSON

Watson read and analysed the Game of Thrones books, providing insights into your favorite characters. Was Watson right?

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IBM CYBER SECURITY CENTREIBM today announced the IBM National Cyber Security Centre in Canberra (NCSC). The NCSC aims to foster greater collaboration with government and business aligned to Australia’s new national Cyber Security Strategy.

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WOULD YOU TRUST WATSON TO LEAD YOU ACROSS A DESERT?Imagine running four marathons in a row without being able to see. That’s what blind ultra-marathon runner Simon Wheatcroft recently achieved.

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HOW IS YOUR POKER FACE WATSON

Two IBMer’s have been teaching robots to play poker using IBM Bluemix. The aim is to give the robots the necessary cognitive abilities to play against a human player. How did they go?

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BLOCKCHAIN WILL TRANSFORM INDUSTRIESIan Renwood shares his expertise on how blockchain will change many industries and his view on the future impact: that it will have “the most dramatic impact on society since the Internet”.

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THE JAWUN PROGRAM

Through our partnership with Jawun, Simon Webb, Ashlyn Mclean & Sandro Aiello have moved to an Indigenous community for the next six weeks.

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IBM DEPLOYS $7M CISCO NETWORK FOR VICTORIAN SCHOOLSIBM has won a contract of $7.8 millon with the DoET of Victoriato provide networking hardware to 1,500 Victorian governmentschools.

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BBC FUTURE: WORLD-CHANGING IDEAS SUMMITExcited to announce our NAB partnership to bring the World Changing Ideas Summit to Sydney!

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IBM AND PFIZER TAKE ON PARKINSON’S

Pfizer and IBM are working on a first-of-its-kind research collaboration to develop innovative remote monitoring solutions, transforming how clinicians deliver care to patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. ibm.biz/Bd4NX5

LISA WEIGHTMAN ON SUNRISE

IBM’s Lisa Weightman appears on Sunrise ahead of the Rio Olympics.

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WHAT’S COOKING IN THE CLOUD?Let Sean O’Donnell take you through our digital kitchen and clear any confusion over what’s been hanging over our heads.

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COGNITIVE HEALTH ARTICLE IN AFR

Klaus Boehncke shares Australia’s opportunity for more personalised patient care.

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WATSON ENTERS THE WORLD OF WEDDING PLANNINGA Brazilian startup has created the first virtual assistant for weddings supported by IBM Global Entrepreneur and Watson.

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IBM SERVES AN ACE FOR THE #FRENCHOPENWith the French Open well underway, keeping up to date just became a whole lot easier with the official Roland-Garros App, thanks to IBM.

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WHEN WATSON MET STEPHEN KING

It’s a dark and ominous Friday the 13th. Find out what happened when IBM’s Watson met Stephen King.

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ANALYTICS AND COGNITIVE AGENDA

Global and regional analytics gurus touched down in Auckland for the IBM Analytics and Cognitive Agenda.

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THE FUTURE OF WORK

Rise of the Machines? Should we be scared of the robotised workplace? Ross Dawson reflects in Boss magazines June issue.

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MARATHON RUNNER LISA WEIGHTMAN’S SECRET WEAPONHuffington Post Australia spoke to IBMer Lisa Weightman on her IBM-developed training app for Rio 2016.

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COGNITIVE ERA SUPERCHARGING HUMAN CABABILITYTurn @FinancialReview BOSS over today to learn how the #CognitiveEra is supercharging human capability!

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ASHLYN MCLEAN: JAWUN VOLUNTEER

Jawun, meaning ‘friend’ in the Kuku Yalanji language of Mossman Gorge, is a not-for-profit organisation that supports Indigenous groups in achieving their own development goals.

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THE SECRETS OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR’S FUTURE COMPETITIVENESSAn industry insight into how cognitive computing is shaping the future of the financial sector from expert Mark Boyle, our financial services industry leader.

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GENOMIC TECHNOLOGY FOR A HEALTHIER FUTUREThe last decade has seen breathtaking advances in genomics. Our R&D team is determined to identify breakthroughs for a healthier community.

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IBM AT THE WESTPAC HACKATHON

The hackathon brought together a room full of bright minds who worked together to tackle problems by leveraging IBM Blockchain and IBM Bluemix technologies.

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IAN RENWOOD: BLOCKCHAIN HOW TO APPROACH A PROOF OF CONCEPTOur very own Ian Renwood writes about the future of Blockchain.

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SMILING MINDS (VIDEO)

Why do we need mindfulness in the workplace? Mindfulness fosters positive emotions, increasing concentration, focus and a greater sense of resiliency.

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CAN WE OUTTHINK NATURAL DISASTERS?

At IBM, our researchers are applying science and technology to tackle problems like predicting which areas and properties are most at risk of bushfires.

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COGNITIVE AND THE FILM INDUSTRY

Joanna Peña-Bickley writes about the role of cognitive in shapingthe jobs of the future, in particular, the film industry.

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MEET OLLIThe future of driving is here, thanks to IBM Watson and Local Motors.

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IBM DOING GREAT THINGS FOR GOOD GUYSThe Good Guys have announced a new online portal, streamlining the business customer experience on their digital platforms.

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POLICE OFFICER FOR A DAYIBMer David Jones got the rare chance to see life through a policeman’s lens recently, as part of NSW Police Force’s 14th annual Community Awareness of Policing Program (CAPP).

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QUANTAM COMPUTING IS NOW MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN YOU THINKThe results of more than 35 years of IBM Quantum Computing research are now available for exploration.

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AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH GINNI

In this interview, Ginni talks to us about her first day at IBM, why she wanted to be an engineer and about the future of our company.

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REMEMBER WHEN WE SOLD THINKPAD?

We went back in time and reminisced the days IBM sold ThinkPad. As ThinkPad changed computing, Watson is helping usher in the cognitive era.

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LISA WEIGHTMAN RECEIVES LINE HONOURS AT SMH HALF MARATHONAustralian Olympian and Rio medal hopeful Lisa Weightman took line honors in the race, crossing in 1 hour 3 mins 59 seconds.

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EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT AI IS WRONGAs A.I technology develops, it’s becoming clear how much it can enhance our lives.

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CAN I SCAN THAT FOR YOU?

On June 26, 1974, the first swipe was done at a Marsh’s supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product swiped was a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum.

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HOW TO SECURE BLOCKCHAIN IN THE CLOUD#Blockchain is disrupting Australian industries. Find out more about how we’re empowering developers to design blockchain applications anywhere.

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COGNITIVE INDUSTRIES: PUBLIC SECTOR

Our government industry expert, Sreemam Visvanathan, gives an insightful cognitive point-of-view. He discusses the potential of cognitive for governments around the world.

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HIGH SPIRITS AT LAW AWARDS

They didn’t win but that didn’t stop these members of Dominic Keegan’s team from enjoying themselves at last night’s Australasian Law Awards.

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MARKETING IN THE COGNITIVE ERA

In a world which is time-poor & tech-rich, how do marketers capture the attention of a moving market.

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MEET THE BOSS: TAMMY EVANS OF IBM

“In the past it was all about stewardship, auditing, compliance and financial reporting,” says the CFO of IBM in Australia and New Zealand, Tammy Evans.

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MEET THE CHANNEL MANAGER: RHODY BURTONYesterday you met our CFO. Today meet our “Channel Chief”, Rhody Burton.

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THINK FORUM

“I believe the most transformative era is in front of you – it’s the era of cognitive.” -Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO

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NASA STEPS INTO THE COGNITIVE ERA

‘Virtual reality’ and ‘cognitive computing’ have become the trends to watch in the tech industry in recent years. In many ways, the excitement makes sense.

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LISA WEIGHTMAN: TRAINING WITH TECHNOLOGYLisa Weightman is harnessing training insights from data to find her Optimal Me ahead of Rio 2016.

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THE NATION DECIDESCongrats to new members of parliament-hope your offices are better equipped than old Parliament House #AusVote

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CONGRATULATIONS DR JOANNA BATSTONE

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We are very proud of Dr Joanna Batstone, for her appointment as an Enterprise Professor at the University of Melbourne.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE FLOPPY DISK CAME FROM?Let’s take you back to the 70’s, when your software update wouldn’t come from the app store or an automatic alert, but from an 8 inch IBM floppy disk.

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THE LAUNCH OF IBM XFORCE RED

Our new security testing team works to limit the risks of a cyberattack. The new division will focus on finding and fixing vulnerabilities before cyberattackers do.

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KPMG DEPLOYS WATSON

KPMG plans to use IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology for its professional services in Australia.

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COGNITIVE BUILD GLOBAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

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#Here4u, a cognitive chat agent for teenagers in need of emotional support takes out the Cognitive Build Challenge.

COGNITION IS THE NEXT BIG BUSINESS DISTRUPTORGinni is joined by Myer CEO and NAB CEO to debate the role of machine learning and cognitive systems in business, innovation and customer experience.

SMILING GOVERNMENTS ARE USING BIG DATA TO BUILD BETTER CITIESOver recent years, Australia has had one of the fastest population growth rates in the developed world. How can we adapt our cities to cope?

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RONNIE CHAN: DATA SCIENTIST

Ronnie Chan was one of the volunteers working with Lisa Weightman. His role as a Data Scientist was to find key insights from Lisa’s training data and make recommendations to help her reach her optimal performance. ibm.biz/Bdre9c

A STANDARDISED IT SYSTEM TO HELP THE NGARRINDJERI PEOPLESandro Aiello worked on finding a standardised IT system to help the Ngarrindjeri people collaborate and better understand their customers.

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DOES THE SECURITY INDUSTRY HAVE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM PROBLEM?How can we enhance the immunity of our Cyber Security?

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LISA WEIGHTMAN: TRAINING FOR RIO

With Rio 2016 just around the corner, IBM is helping Aussie hopeful Lisa Weightman find her optimal me.

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