The strategic role of technology in today’s economy

The strategic role of technology in today’s economy

In an era of economic uncertainty and persistent market volatility, businesses are under immense pressure to manage costs while maintaining operational effectiveness. By CG Selva Ganesh, vice-president and CEO South Africa of In2IT Technologies The role of chief...

The future of synthetic data

Data is a fundamental, core component of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). However, obtaining large, diverse, and high-quality datasets comes with challenges such as privacy concerns, cost implications, and regulatory constraints. According to...
Unlock the hidden treasures in your data

Unlock the hidden treasures in your data

If you asked any CEO today what their organisation’s most important asset is, a common response would be their people, and rightly so. By James Fisher, chief strategy officer at Qlik But if you asked them which is the asset that helped their company create an ‘unfair...
Unlock the hidden treasures in your data

DeepSeek AI a turning point for the industry

Tech headlines over the past few weeks have been dominated by DeepSeek AI, which recently launched its groundbreaking R1 model. What’s most remarkable about DeepSeek is the reported development cost of just under $6-million, writes James Fisher, chief strategy officer...

Data and technology trends set to impact business

The new year has dawned and, with artificial intelligence (AI) still dominating chatter about the future, the data and analytics landscape is poised for more transformative growth. Experts from PBT Group highlight several of the data and technology trends that they...

People before patterns

Demographic segmentation is useful. But it has its limitations. How can we go beyond its aggregated patterns and neat categorisations? Cezanne Joynt, client services manager at Achievement Awards Group, explores the question By using data to get really personal. By...