Sep 1, 2020
From laptops and PCs to mobile phones and tablets, wearables to smart TVs, the number of connected devices has grown exponentially – and this is only on the consumer side. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies There is also a plethora of sensors in...
Aug 27, 2020
In the modern world, data is regarded as the lifeblood of an organisation. Consequently, cyberthreats have taught us that a reactive response to a data breach, regardless of the magnitude of the event, is no longer adequate. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at...
Aug 4, 2020
Data is key in helping to deal with the impact of Covid-19 and intelligent systems can help organisations allocate resources more efficiently. By Akesh Lalla, SAS country manager This pandemic has impacted the world, affecting multiple sectors on a global scale. Being...
Aug 4, 2020
If data is the oil of the digital age, then analytics is the electricity that delivers the current, giving the insights necessary to affect change. By Paul Morgan, business unit lead for data, planning and analytics at Altron Karabina Just like oil, unrefined data is...
Jul 30, 2020
Big data has been a hot topic for years now, with predictions about its impact ranging from organisations being able to provide services specifically tailored to individuals, to “big brother” governments having and in-depth view into every aspect of a...
Jul 28, 2020
By Tshilidzi Marwala – Not long ago, I asked one of my doctoral students a pertinent question about the validity of models developed by the vociferous personalities in the artificial intelligence (AI) community in South Africa as we battle the coronavirus...
