Mar 24, 2017
Explosion of data, computing power and the rise of the information activists, are the top three distinctive and challenging trends in the business intelligence (BI) space in 2017, says Adam Barrie-Smith Cape Town branch manager and expert services llead at South...
Mar 22, 2017
In an increasingly competitive market, insurers must use business intelligence (BI) to differentiate themselves in the digital age. But how best can the effectiveness of such a solution be measured? Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, discusses how...
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...
