Determining data’s net asset value en route to marketing automation

With many organisations increasingly turning to technology and data to unlock value, it is becoming more important to have a clear understanding of the liabilities and risks associated with data harvesting and data ownership. By JD Engelbrecht, MD of Everlytic The...

Decision-making has been transformed by Covid-19

The time to step away from instinctual decision-making is now. Today, a scientific, fact-based approach, leveraging insight derived from an organisation’s data, is critical to the navigation of the current business world. So says Shakeel Jhazbhay, GM: digital...

AI casts light on the Shadow Pandemic?

South Africa went into mourning from 25 November and 29 November, to honour those who have lost their lives to Covid-19, gender-based violence (GBV), and femicide, and to mark the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children. By Joanne Van der Walt,...

Innovate for growth with data analysis

Analytics help companies harness their data and use it to identify new opportunities, writes Paul Morgan, business unit lead for data, planning and analytics at Altron Karabina. An international survey has found that 96% of respondents believe analytics will become...

Break out of the endless data integration cycle

Traditional master data management (MDM) projects have tended to be cumbersome, complex and never-ending. By Gary Alleman, MD of Master Data Management Although MDM purports many benefits, the reality is that projects have typically become centred on data integration,...

Help your employees thrive as remote workers

A lot can be said about 2020, but one of its most defining features is how well we’ve been able to adapt to the ‘Now Normal’. Businesses worldwide have implemented remote working, allowing employees to work from the comfort and safety of their own...