Mar 16, 2017
Big data has been relatively slow to take off in South Africa. Despite the hype, many organisations are only now beginning to experiment with technologies such as Hadoop. Big data is often still seen as the domain of the IT department, or the chief data officer, and...
Mar 9, 2017
Gustav Piater, sales and marketing director of AIGS, points out that, as organisations strive to become more data-driven, the challenge is to give more organisational role players access to the data they need at the point of decision-making. Unfortunately, this is...
Mar 2, 2017
Inefficiencies in the insurance industry are costing consumers millions each year, while the industry continues to grow. The needs of consumers don’t always seem to be a top priority, which is a deep concern during the current global economic climate. Bradley...
Mar 1, 2017
Across Africa, business culture is shifting from total autocracy – where only EXCO had access to business intelligence data – to a democracy, where the entire workforce works together, with the correct information at hand, to improve performance and...
Feb 1, 2017
There will be substantial shifts in data platform technologies and methodologies over the next few years, writes Paul Morgan, chief technology officer of Decision Inc. A number of trends are set to change the data landscape, with significant impact on organisations....
Jan 18, 2017
Today’s business environment is constantly being disrupted by new market entrants using innovative technology, writes Rick Parry, chairman and CEO of AIGS. There are the usual headline examples: The Uber app coordinates citizen drivers in a fleet-less taxi model...