Why companies are still battling to action analytics

If companies want to move forward in their digital transformation strategies, they need to free up the capacity of their IT teams, says JP Smith, director pre-sales emerging EMEA at Hitachi Vantara The latest spate of power cuts has left South Africans with a lot to...

AI and the birth of the next-generation data centre

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a leading driver of innovation, creating competitive advantages and new business opportunities. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware EMEA senior systems engineer The proliferation of data is enabling breakthroughs across...

For a successful AIOps integration, avoid these common problems

The explosion in operational data and machine-learning compute capacity is finally enabling AIOps — artificial intelligence for operations. But like many other technologies, AIOps fits within a larger organizational and systems context, and enterprises need to...

Intelligent automation unlocks business opportunities

The hysteria two decades ago surrounding the millennium bug, Y2K, highlights how since then business and people – both from personal and work standpoint – have changed their views and interactions with technology. This is according to Pommie Lutchman, CEO...

Automation, embedded AI drive CFO’s strategic value

The finance function in companies around the world is undergoing fundamental change due to digitisation. Technology developments are compelling finance teams to optimise resources in order to become a more value-add partner to the business. By Sarah George, ERP/EPM...

Data mining in Africa key to brand success

Given how data has been labelled the oil of the digital economy, no company can afford not to effectively mine it for information to inform critical business decisions. But are African organisations embracing this? By Jacques Kuhn, GM of Colony HQ Fundamentally, data...