Software, AI and IT insights
Writing from PicNet's engineers on AI, software, cloud and the systems Australian organisations run on.
Motion: Social media addiction is a productivity killer
A - For the motion John Boitnott (inc.com) goes to say: "Social media updates are similar to eating French fries. If you're like most people, you can't have just one." Furthermore he says: "social media addiction is a…
Are we getting poorer? Our productivity numbers indicate so.
I began to study and write about Productivity back in 2011 at the pick of the mining boom in Australia. Although our national wealth increased during that time, our productivity has been declining from even earlier than…
Machine Learning for the FMCG Industry
The unique characteristics of the FMCG industry make it an ideal candidate for Machine Learning and associated technologies. These characteristics include very large volumes of transactions and data, and a large number…
PicNet's PredictBench set to go global
__ PredictBench has been selected as a participant in the Elevate61 program - a program backed by KPMG Australia and Advance. Elevate61 is a is a unique program designed to enable high performing Australian businesses…
PredictBench set to go global
The official announcement of the Elevate 61 participants was release today. We are very proud to be included in this list. Our latest offering "PredictBench" has been recognised as being innovative and exciting enough…
Offshoring to countries with rates at slave levels and repatriating profits to tax havens…. Our kid's future is bleak . A bit of reflection before XMAS.
Just a bit of a XMAS reflection… Offshoring to slave rates countries and repatriating profits to tax havens…. Our kid's future is bleak A good friend of mine called me to see if my company could provide his son with…