When the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wanted a system to disseminate their welfare and pension data to the public, they turned to WingArc Australia. DWP’s Stat-Xplore, which launched in early 2013, is powered by our SuperWEB2 platform. It provides the public with access to DWP benefit data, but rather than delivering information...
Our New Documentation Portal is Now Live
It’s easier than ever to learn how to use and configure our software At WingArc Australia we want to make it as easy as possible for customers to use our products. In direct response to your feedback, we’ve undertaken a major project to improve our documentation. We’ve completely rewritten many of our existing product manuals...
Stat Xplore: Reaping the Benefits of Open Data
How statistical software success put big data online at UK Department of Works and Pensions When the UK signed the G8 Open Data Charter in June 2013, it did so knowing its Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) had already got a jump start on the process. The government’s commitment to transparency was in fact...
Spotlight on Metadata
An old adage about economics says that ‘when America sneezes, the world catches a cold.’ Today the saying could just as easily be used to refer to technology, considering the domicile of most of the world’s biggest IT companies. In light of recent revelations – and speculation – about the US National Security Agency’s use...
DWP StatXplore Release
On the 15th of May DWP launched their SuperWEB2 (SW2)-based StatXplore application to external users. DWP has taken a leadership position in the use of machine readable formats for confidential data exchange. Stat-Explore enables DWP to take advantage of the data exchange standards such as Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) which is consistent with the...
NatStats Conference 2013
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will be hosting the third NatStats conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. NatStats 2013 will build on the enthusiasm and passion generated throughout previous NatStats conferences held in 2010 and 2008. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for key stakeholders from across the statistical community to help...
Business Analytics Conference 2013
Space Time Research is proud to announce that we will be exhibiting our products at the 2nd Annual Public Sector Finance Series Business Analytics Conference. At the Business Analytics Conference, there will be exciting opportunities to network and listen to presentations from Public Sector finance leaders at federal, state and local levels. The theme for...
Australia Tops Census Open Data Availability, UK Trails
18 February, 2013; Melbourne: As governments around the world wrestle with the enormous amount of census data they gather, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is already enabling organisations to dip into the multi-billion dollar opportunity it presents. Thanks to its TableBuilder platform, the ABS was able to not only publish its most recent census...
SuperSTAR 8.0 to bring Confidentiality and Survey Data Firsts
February 2013, Space Time Research is pleased to announce that version 8.0 of its SuperSTAR product suite will be available in February, with existing customers invited to sign up for a limited pre-release trial from the end of November 2012. Combining customer intelligence and the industry’s most skilled and innovative team of developers has been essential...
SuperSTAR is About To Get Easier
February 2013 – While we design our SuperSTAR suite to be as manageable as possible, it’s still good to get a little extra help sometimes. The right documentation can make all the difference. In February, to coincide with our new 8.0 release, we’ll be making available a new Installation Guide, Configuration Guide and Upgrade Guide. Following those...
Best wishes to Statisics New Zealand
The New Zealand earthquakes have affected everybody’s lives in the region including the cancellation of the census. Further details can be found at Statistics New Zealand. The staff at Space Time, would like to wish our colleagues at Statistics New Zealand a safe and rapid return to normalcy following the tragic events in Christchurch.
King Faisal Hospital Shares Saudi Disease Information
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is implementing the SuperSTAR analysis and dissemination software to allow research and public use of health care data about diseases such as Congenital Heart Defects and Diabetes. Researchers can gain insights from analysis of trends from confidentialized microdata records. The hospital can share...