Mar 2, 2017
Rockwell Automation has combined professional services, powerful machine-learning algorithms and predictive analytics software to offer predictive and prescriptive maintenance. With these new capabilities, industrial operators can predict maintenance needs and perform...
Feb 24, 2017
Wipro is delivering analytics-based insights for specific industries with the Data Discovery Platform, its newest big data analytics-as-a-service solution. Built with IBM BigInsights and IBM dashDB and developed on Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform, the solution...
Feb 23, 2017
KPMG in South Africa, a member firm of KPMG International, was named a winner of a 2017 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Cognitive Solution on Cloud. This honour is awarded to select IBM Business Partners that deliver outstanding solutions across IBM’s broad...
Feb 2, 2017
The cognitive age is clearly upon us. More than $1-billion (R13-billion) in venture capital funding was put aside for cognitive technologies in 2014 and 2015. As more businesses introduce cognitive technology, spend on solutions is expected to exceed $60-billion...
Feb 1, 2017
As demand across organisations grows for predictive analytics to help improve decision making, it is becoming increasingly apparent there is a shortage of these competencies today. Africa Data Forum is hosting a three-day event from 22-24 February, aimed at providing...
Jan 18, 2017
Qlik has acquired Idevio, a provider of geographical-related software and services and a Sweden-based Qlik partner. This acquisition not only extends Qlik’s current mapping capabilities, but also moves its offerings beyond visualisation with support for a broad...
