Mar 9, 2016
Despite being the buzzword de jour for large enterprises, the concept of “Big Data” is still in its infancy with small businesses, writes David Smith, GM: worldwide SMB at Microsoft. This is because the process of capturing, storing, extracting and...
Mar 8, 2016
IT industry veteran Dan Sommer, the senior director: market intelligence lead at Qlik, says that companies need to move beyond traditional BI and embrace the endless possibilities that connecting people with data and ideas will bring. Sommer was in South Africa to...
Mar 7, 2016
Risk Benefit Solutions (RBS), one of the leading financial services advisory firms in southern Africa, has rolled out a QlikView based analytics solution with partner Decision Inc. The solution has given the organisation instant access to essential information which...
Mar 2, 2016
Today’s businesses are starting to understand that BI has more than one facet, and each facet of BI plays a crucial role in an organisation’s overall strategy. Moreover, different BI tools and methods need be used in synchronicity to drive efficiency and...
Feb 24, 2016
In this era of big data, there are increasing opportunities for collection, processing and analysis of vast and complex data sets, which can reveal insight for organisations into their customers; insight such as demography, behaviour, transaction trends, economics...
Feb 22, 2016
In today’s economy, more than ever before, a business needs to know exactly how it is performing based on real-time information available 24/7, delivered seamlessly on a mobile device and limited to the essentials, said Henri Hattingh, MD of AWCape, a company...
