Cultivate a culture of data quality in the data management lifecycle
As it is in the natural world, data also experiences a lifecycle, from gestation through birth, metamorphosis, maturity and eventual death. Just as a young bird needs to be taught to fly and a lion cub must be taught to hunt, data also needs care and direction from...
AI modelling boosts next-gen AI systems
Imagine a scenario where you need to contact a call centre regarding a complex billing issue, writes Chris Wiggett, head: data and analytics at NTT Data in Middle East and Africa. But first, an AI agent immediately analyses your query, finds relevant information in...
Why you need to know your stuff in a world with AI
We now see daily reports indicating that an increasing number of workers across various sectors are using AI tools to support their job functions, writes By Dr Chris Jardine, group CEO of Tsebo Solutions Group. In a recently published article by the Harvard Business...
Qlik Answers offers insights from unstructured data
Qlik has announced the general availability of Qlik Answers, a self-service AI solution designed to help organisations remove the risk, embrace the complexity, and scale the impact of AI. Qlik Answers transforms unstructured data into actionable results through...
How unstructured data can help companies thrive in the AI era
Every organisation is racing to unlock the power of AI to improve its sales and service experiences. But great AI requires data. By Linda Saunders, director of Solutions Engineering Africa Traditionally, companies have handled data that is found in structured formats,...
Cloud Fundis slashes analytics processing costs by 50%
Data is the lifeblood of the digital age, and the ability to quickly and accurately analyse ever-increasing volumes of data is often what sets organisations apart from their competition. The sheer volume of data, coming from various different modern and legacy...
How AI is fuelling data democratisation
Data democratisation has emerged as a key data trend for 2024. With many companies incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into the data lifecycle and the use of it starting to grow exponentially, there is potential to combine these two components and transform how...
Data quality KPIs critical in driving business success
Data is gold in our increasingly digitised world, just as the value of gold is only realised in the refinement process. Data needs to be refined to unlock its real value. Unrefined data can damage businesses, their competitiveness and ability to capitalise on...
Keys to chief AI officer success
It is no surprise that businesses and governments around the world are racing to keep pace on AI as it quickly becomes table-stakes technology. Organisations are strategising how they can accelerate and coordinate their adoption of the latest and greatest technology....
What comes next for AI?
In 1980, the Digital Equipment Corporation launched XCON, the first commercial AI, used to optimally select components of computer orders. In 2023, more than 40 years after XCON, generative AI brought computer intelligence into the mainstream. AI has already been...
AI strategies should start with data strategies
As the hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to gather steam, companies of all sizes and from all sectors are investing in the technology. By Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings According to a Forbes Advisor survey, more than half of businesses are using...
Qlik gains Gartner Magic Quadrant for 14th year
Qlik has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. This marks the fourteenth consecutive year Qlik has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant, based on its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute....