Feb 2, 2016
It has been a couple of years now that big data has been part of every single conversation of business leaders, IT decision makers and public stakeholders, writes Gary de Menezes, country manager southern Africa at NetApp. But big data is much more than a buzzword or...
Jan 28, 2016
Some four years ago major analyst firms began predicting that by 2017 chief marketing officers (CMOs) would be spending increased capital on ICT. As we enter 2016, we can already see this forecast ringing true, and the major reason behind this investment is clear. The...
Jan 19, 2016
With the New Year upon us, financial institutions and businesses will be looking to leverage big data analytics as one of the means to overcome the current tough economic conditions. Yudhvir Seetharam, head of analytics at FNB Business, says the use of big data has...
Jan 12, 2016
Desktop analytics is booming. This is according to Ebrahim Dinat, chief operating officer at South African contact centre solutions provider, Ocular Technologies. “So much so that it will be a game changer in 2016,” he adds. Saddletree Research estimates...
Dec 18, 2015
Bricks and mortar businesses have long been a thing of the past in markets, and in tomorrow’s world the most prized asset in commerce – knowledge – will be housed in progressive, digital and data driven environments run by people that promote...
Dec 11, 2015
Thore Rabe, vice-president EMC Isilon EMEA, examines what needs to happen for big data to reach a tipping point. For the past five or so years there has been a considerable amount of hype around the ‘big data revolution’. However, as any vendor can tell...
