Mar 6, 2014
With companies embracing digital to improve and differentiate their business, the power of social media in brand building and reputation management is increasingly being accepted, giving credence to emergence of a new job role: the social media managers. And now,...
Mar 6, 2014
Most companies have heard about big data, and are vaguely aware of the benefits. Unfortunately, it remains a “nice idea” but one whose benefits are not well understood. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of Logikal Consulting, takes a look at some of the very real...
Feb 21, 2014
As mobility, big data and mobile broadband continue to grow in significance, they are changing the personal and enterprise computing landscape. At the same time, data monetisation is emerging as a major topic of discussion, because each of these trends has potential...
Feb 13, 2014
Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, official representatives of SoftExpert in South Africa and Arkady Maydanchik, a recognised leader and innovator in the fields of data quality and information integration, offer advice on how to steer clear of common...
Feb 12, 2014
The annual Teradata User Group conference hosted by Bytes Universal Systems (BUS) took place in Johannesburg last week. BUS is the sole local distributor of Teradata’s products in sub-Saharan Africa. The fifth of its kind, this year’s conference brought a number...
Feb 11, 2014
Chances are that you have heard about big data, perhaps even worked with it, and even tried to make sense of it in a business context. And when it comes to business intelligence (BI) and relational databases, the ability to make realtime decisions is critical. Now...
