Jul 6, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and advanced analytics have become hot buzzwords in the business world. But for many business analysts and business owners they are nothing more than that – just words. By Leandra Webb-Ray, data scientist at...
Jun 19, 2020
Since 2018, Gartner said that augmented analytics was set to change data analysis and business intelligence processes. Kevin Halkerd, senior IT risk and security analyst at e4, says that while he feels that the change had already begun, augmentation will bring about...
May 25, 2020
Data is being generated at an unprecedented pace, offering new opportunities for analysis and insight – but only if it can be managed effectively. By Johan Scheepers, country head at Commvault South Africa While we may be generating more data than ever, we also...
May 19, 2020
Changes in the way customers expect to engage with the financial services sector and increasing pressure from regulators is compelling financial services companies to come up with innovative ways to manage their data. By Carla Collett from Webber Wentzel Financial...
May 12, 2020
It’s true, business intelligence (BI) tools and hype slipped sadly into the Gartner Trough of Disillusionment in 2012. It is also true that BI overpromised and underdelivered in many expensive use cases. However, today what stands true is that BI has withstood...
May 7, 2020
With a proliferation of data emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, data visualisation offers a fantastic opportunity to present all this information in an easy-to-digest format, and its applications are broad, writes SAS senior associate systems engineer Melissa...