Business intelligence: waste of time or way of the future?

Imagine a company where the CEO walks into his office at 8am and spends just 30 minutes on his strategic dashboard. Imagine that in these mere 30 minutes he is able to know exactly what sales are in the pipeline; what problems there are in the factory; where HR is in...

AI is in your hands

Artificial intelligence is usually associated with futuristic sci-fi movies and the rise of the machines against humanity. What many people don’t realise is that it’s commonplace today, and something you’ve probably not noticed has become a critical...

Big data: a secret weapon for SMEs?

According to Forbes magazine, 89% of business leaders believe big data will revolutionise business operations in the same way the Internet did. Naturally this does not only refer to big business, as small and medium sized companies are becoming more significant daily....

Cognitive analytics: from hindsight, to insight, to foresight

As organisations progress through the analytics maturity curve – from descriptive, to diagnostic, to predictive, to prescriptive – they can build the systems to enable rapid transformation. Gavin Holme, country manager: Africa at Wipro, and Rudraksh...

Network analytics: creating harmony from chaos

With the developments of technology and the rapid rate that employees are adapting to these, enterprises need to ensure that they are keeping up to date with communication advancements. From the BYOD phenomenon, as well as mobility and the move to the cloud,...

Big data: DIY or buy?

Choosing how to implement your big data capabilities is critical; buying a complete solution could reap rewards, writes Vicky Falconer, big data solutions lead at Oracle Australia. Building your own big data capabilities from scratch does seem tempting to many...