QlikView improves CareCross efficiencies

The CareCross Health Group is a diversified South African healthcare group with the aim of providing quality care to all South Africans, regardless of means. To achieve this, the group leverages synergies between its healthcare provision, insurance risk management,...

BI: thinking inside the box

The landscape of business intelligence (BI) is shifting. More and more companies are looking for a rapid implementation of a BI solution. While the request to see a return on investment in a solution as quickly as possible is not unfounded, organisations are starting...

Mobile BI grows business, revenue

Advanced BI solutions allow retailers to easily integrate and analyse data, from numerous sources, to deliver an accurate, comprehensive, realtime view of the organisation. This in turn allows them to identify where growth potential lies and how it can be converted...

Self-service key for big data analytics

Big data is not a silver bullet; however, when applied to appropriate use cases, it can bring significant value to banks and insurance companies. This was the core message from the 2014 Big Data in Financial Services conference that was chaired by Gary Allemann, MD of...

Future of self-service BI defined

Information Builders, the supplier of business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity and integration solutions, has launched InfoApps, a self-service BI solution that delivers an “app store” experience with interactive, business-focused...

Analytics is changing fraud prevention

A recent report from Gartner has stated that organisations that use predictive analytics will increase their profitability by 20% by 2017. There is a great deal of focus placed on the benefit of analytics for improving profitability. Less commented on, but no less...