Articles by James Cook University

Big data -- a term used with increasing frequency -- refers to the rafts of data that businesses collect on a day-to-day basis, both advertently and inadvertently. The number of avenues that data can be gathered from is always growing and becoming easier to access. By 2025, more than 150 trillion gigabytes of data will need analysis. But it's not the volume that matters, it's how businesses process and use the data that's important. ...

The very first online purchase occurred on 11 August 1994: a copy of Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales CD. Since then 'e-commerce' the term used to describe transactions conducted over the internet has exploded. Many of us interact with e-commerce businesses on a daily basis, whether it's purchasing physical goods, digital goods, or online services S...