Accenture is looking to strengthen its data game with the acquisition of Analytics8, a privately held Australian big data and analytics consultancy specialising in data management, reporting and visualisation, data science and analytics services.

​Brands need to strike the right balance between personalisation and privacy, and nowhere is this more acute than in the home, according to a new report from Accenture Research. The Putting the Human First in the Future Home report looks at Australian’s attitudes towards smart home technology and finds a tension between helpfulness and intrusiveness.

“Focus on your customers”, Warren Buffet reportedly said. Savvy marketers take note: The renowned investor’s advice is borne out by the latest CX research from Forrester. According to the analyst firm’s 2018 Australian Customer Experience Index, emotion has a bigger impact on brand loyalty than ease or effectiveness and is the critical piece in becoming a standout CX leader.

At a time of an ever demanding consumer and more data than we know what to do with, just 17 per cent of global marketers have been extremely successful at delivering highly relevant customer experiences, a report released today said.

Forrester has named its top Global Digital Business Transformation Accelerators for the first quarter of the year, with EY, McKinsey & Company, Accenture, Publicis Sapient, IBM, and PwC leading the way.

ThinkTV, on behalf of its shareholders Foxtel/MCN, Network Ten, Nine, and Seven West Media, want the creation of a media briefing portal that makes it simpler for advertisers and their agencies to buy TV inventory.

​ Artificial intelligence is the new user interface, workplace hierarchies are disappearing and technology design decisions must be made by humans for humans in order to realise desired outcomes, according to the latest Accenture technology trends report.

Accenture says it is committing a significant portion of its global research and development to artificial intelligence and is opening a new Accenture Technology Lab and Centre for Innovation in Dublin, Ireland.

Australian organisations are chasing digital opportunities but failing to respond quickly enough to always-on consumers, raising the risk of customer churn, a new report claims.

Adobe has signed two new global services partnerships aimed at improving consultancy services around its Marketing Cloud platform.

Accenture has acquired Australian digital agency, Reactive Media, in a bid to strengthen its digital marketing and technology services capabilities.

Australian organisations are overwhelmingly satisfied with their big data activities, yet are lagging behind international counterparts when it comes to seeing data as a significant source of value, a new report claims.

Big data analytics is not about replacing intuition; it’s there to give business leaders and staff the tools to ask smarter questions and be more creative.

The lines between IT and marketing are blurring in the age of digital marketing. For that reason, it's more important than ever that CIOs and CMO communicate consistently and effectively. To examine this evolving relationship as it pertains to big data in particular, CIO.com partnered with CMO.com to produce this report.

If you want to find out how the so-called Internet of things is shaking up the tech industry, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place to be this week.

CIOs must encourage data scientists to solve real business problems, not just play with data.

Cultural acceptance of data analytics insights is one of the biggest barriers for organisations looking to utilise big data to drive competitive advantage, Accenture Australia’s analytics chief claims.

Delivering a dynamic and engaging mobile experience is becoming essential to retailers, and big data marketing applications company BloomReach believes that its new big data application is the key.