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In 2016, global technology analyst Gartner pessimistically predicted that 60% of the world’s data initiatives would fail. By the end of last year, this number had been revised up to 85%.While it’s important to fail fast, no one wants to fail often....
Article - 07/21/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
When you consider the assets that any council builds, owns and manages, it’s easy to focus on the bricks and mortar, the parks, gardens, roads and fleet. But there is an invisible asset that is arguably more valuable than those physical assets: data...
Article - 07/21/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
Is the planning profession ready for the future? This question was asked at the New Zealand Planning Institute’s event in Wellington on 21 June where panel speakers engaged with members and the institute’s board about future technology and urban...
Article - 07/04/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Built environment, Analytics, Data management
Behind the scenes of the smart city, often hidden away out of plain sight, is the backbone infrastructure that keeps it all together – the data centre. At the Council, we refer to the core functions of the smart city as being collect, communicate...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
I don’t want to diminish the importance of the other smart cities enablers. But truth be told, analytics is a super enabler. Analytics takes massive quantities of data and turns it into actionable intelligence that enhances liveability, workability...
Article - 05/16/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
As we say at the Council – “data is good, intelligence is great”. In this article Professor Chris Pettit of University of NSW puts his finger on the issue many of us are thinking: do we really know how our cities are performing?Having a situational...
Article - 04/04/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management