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SAP and Concur - The $8 Billion Question

In one of the bigger software deals of 2014, SAP agreed to buy Concur Technologies for $US8.3 billion. The purchase provided the German ERP software giant with an entry into AP Automation and travel-related software for hotels and tourism services. On a recent visit to Australia, IDM asked AG Lambert, Concur’s VP, Product Management and Strategy, how the merger was progressing.

Understanding Text - the next data challenge

Data Analytics and Natural Language Processing are emerging as potential lifesavers for modern organisations at risk of drowning in rivers of unstructured data. ABBYY is one of a number of leading enterprise software developers to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to the task of transforming the rushing torrent into intelligent and actionable information, via a technology known as Compreno. IDM asked Yury Koryukin, Managing Director of ABBYY Australia, to explain how semantic understanding of natural language can help organisations keep their head above water.

Drought of data scientists hurting business

Australian organisations may be missing out on opportunities to improve their business decision-making by not considering to hire a data scientist. The recent Teradata Data Analysis Index revealed that 88 per cent of companies use analytics to make decisions based on data but nearly the same percentage (86 per cent) have no plans to hire a data scientist.

eHealth delays threaten new Royal Adelaide Hospital

Promised as a flagbearer for the brave new world of eHealth when it opens in April 2016, the $1.85 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital (nRAH) will instead have to cope with a “hybrid” environment including paper records and workflow due to delays in a decade long program to implement a state-wide electronic health record.

Putting people ahead of process with decentralised data capture

Behavioural change is hard. Really hard. There are two key reasons why. Firstly, change is hard. Secondly, people only change when they can see it is in their best interest to do so. This fundamental fact lies behind the failure of many attempts to move to a decentralised capture solution and get users involved in record-keeping.

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