Oct 9, 2014
“Big data” may no longer be a buzzword – the concept of big data, creating big data stores and analysing against these effectively is common practice, says Ryan Naudé, Entelect manager: Data Solutions. However, “big data”, is still a bit of a “fuzzword”, as I like to...
Oct 7, 2014
With benefits of flexibility, streamlined processes and reduced costs, cloud computing continues to be a key technology being looked into by businesses in 2014. In fact, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, overall the cloud computing market in Africa,...
Oct 5, 2014
Businesses need data in analytics systems and processes in order to make business decisions but two of the biggest challenges they face are timeliness and agility, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics. It can take too long to get the data...
Sep 23, 2014
Local QlikView partner Decision Inc. has enabled steel, tube and pipe manufacturer and solutions provider, Robor, to consolidate its reporting and improve its analytical capabilities to gain insight into key business areas across its business units. “The main...
Sep 19, 2014
The majority of capital markets firms do not have big data strategies in place even though some are investing in big data for specific functional areas, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics. Those investments to date have typically focused on...
Sep 18, 2014
Speech analytics delivers priceless customer information. The technology has been around for some time, yet is now gaining greater status in the contact centre due to smarter apps being developed in response to other current and major IT trends, in particular big...
