Predictive analytics minimises risk associated with aging assets

Nov 13, 2015

It’s common knowledge that an aging asset infrastructure is of major concern in the power industry, and this infrastructure is even more stressed when you consider the growing populations and urbanisation trends that demand increased generation capacity, writes...

African businesses get serious about advanced data analytics

Nov 11, 2015

African businesses are starting to realise that advanced data analytics is no longer a nice to have but is crucial in helping them to increase productivity and competitiveness in the market, writes Razel Mavhungu Mushiana, GM for SAS Rest of Africa (ROA). That’s...

Leveraging the value of big data

Nov 5, 2015

The hype around big data and the benefits it can deliver for business is currently a hot topic, particularly for marketing departments, where big data promises to deliver deeper customer insight, better business decision-making and improved return on marketing...

Analytics gives banking a competitive edge

Oct 28, 2015

Differentiation and creating a competitive edge are critical to the success in today’s fast-paced, highly consumerised environment. However, achieving this can be a challenging task for any business, and the banking and financial services sector is no different,...

Big data isn’t the problem – data copies are

Oct 28, 2015

In an age where big data is the mantra and terabytes quickly become petabytes, the surge in data quantities is causing the complexity and cost of data management to skyrocket. But it doesn’t have to be like that, says Harold van Graan, sales director of Actifio...