N3 Toll Concession improves incident tracking

Infotech Business Solutions (IBS) has implemented its Intelligen tracking, fleet management, and dispatching platform as well as mobile applications at the N3 Toll Concession (N3TC) to assist in accurately managing and capturing incident information on the N3 Toll...

Where does SA stand on machine learning?

While the South African market has become more aware of machine learning – as well as its capabilities and the value it can add to a business – machine learning uptake and local industry development lags behind several developed markets (not by months, but...

Adcorp drives innovation with Decision Inc

Bolstered by a R1-million prize, C-suite backing, and a portal developed by Decision Inc, Adcorp’s Dragons’ Den initiative has harnessed the innovative ideas of its South African employees to generate an expected profit of R300-million over the next five...

Data quality helps to optimise cash flow

Effective cash flow is essential for business survival, as it promotes liquidity and enables an organisation to meet its short-term debt or credit demands. Although it is often perceived to be a finance issue, the reality is that cash flow optimisation is an...

Big data requires NoSQL

The history of information technology in business has been accompanied by the success and the continued growth of relational databases. Put simply, relational databases made it easy for businesses to store and retrieve information in a tabular structure, writes Barry...

How public sector benefit from big data

Now that the dust around the local elections has settled, the spotlight will be on the various municipalities to prove that they are worthy of the public’s votes, writes Gary de Menezes, NetApp country manager for southern Africa. Enhanced service delivery will...