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...
Jan 2, 2017
Graham Schwikkard of Datta Burton & Associates, asks whether mines are keeping on top of their data. John, a new GM of an underground platinum mine, slumped down at his desk. He was baffled by the persistent underperformance of operations. His team struggled to...
Dec 15, 2016
Over the past 12 months we’ve seen an explosion of data, an increase in processing it and a move towards information activism. This means the number of employees actively able to work with – and master – the huge amounts of information available,...
Dec 13, 2016
Massive forces are at work in the world of global communications that are driving, and will continue to drive, an explosion in data. According to John Biebelhausen, senior OEM marketing manager at Mellanox Technologies – a leading supplier of high-performance,...
Dec 1, 2016
There’s no business too small to benefit from data analytics, writes Ravi Bhat, Microsoft South Africa’s cloud and enterprise business group lead Let’s set a quick scenario. Kevin is an entrepreneur who owns a kiosk selling locally brewed beers....
