SAS Retrieval Agent Manager supercharges generative and agentic AI
More than 80% of enterprise data is in unstructured formats such as text and images, and this huge amount of data is growing 50% – 60% annually. Unlocking its value is one of the most significant challenges – and opportunities – for GenAI. Too often, however, current...
Qlik named an IDC MarketScape leader
Qlik has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 2025 Vendor Assessment. According to the IDC MarketScape, “Organisations constantly seek to be "data driven" or wish for "decision velocity" to better respond...
Exabeam delivers configurable peer benchmarking
Exabeam has announced security posture benchmarking for proactive security within Exabeam Nova, a core agentic AI component of the New-Scale Security Operations Platform. For the first time, security leaders can anonymously compare their security posture against...
Slack powers secure, context-aware AI apps, agents
Thousands of companies are racing to build agents, but most run into the same obstacle: how to make them actually useful in the day-to-day flow of work. Agents run on data, but what makes them powerful is context, and the richest context comes from conversations....
Qlik showcases practical strategies for transforming data, analytics, AI
Qlik continued its global Qlik AI Reality Tour recently in Johannesburg, representing the Africa leg of this annual series of business presentations to an audience of C-Suite executives and AI decision makers. “Last year’s discussion addressed AI hype; this year it’s...
Building financial bridges to empower Kasi businesses
Kasipreneurship – otherwise known as Kasi businesses – represents a vital yet virtually untapped economy across South Africa's townships, where cash remains king and small businesses are excluded from formal financial inclusion due to traditional and outdated views of...
Africa’s data future lies in ownership, access, accountability
Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic decision-making have reinforced data as the new currency of economic and social power. Dhesen Ramsamy, group chief technology and data officer at Old Mutual, talks data, value, governance and citizen trust. AI’s reliance on...
Qlik AI Reality Tour returns to SA
Qlik has launched its 2025 AI Reality Tour, a global tour designed to help organisations transform AI strategy into measurable business outcomes. A recent Qlik study found that 92% of South African organisations deemed AI as either “absolutely essential” or “very...
The evolution of corporate reporting and strategic decision-making
In the dynamic world of corporate reporting and planning, the terminology we use often reflects deeper shifts in strategy and technology. Over the years, we've witnessed the rise and fall of buzzwords like corporate performance management (CPM) and enterprise...
Why businesses must rethink their data lakes
While businesses are racing to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI), many overlook a critical factor in success: the quality and structure of the data feeding these models. The reality is that a model is only as good as the data it is trained on. This is according...
Qlik Answers bridges the AI gap
Qli has announced growing enterprise adoption of Qlik Answers, as companies across sectors move beyond AI prototypes and into business-critical deployment. Built for real-world complexity, Qlik Answers allows organisations to extract intelligence from unstructured...
Is communication the next frontier in data science?
As data becomes increasingly central to the business strategy, the expectations of data teams are shifting. They’re no longer just enablers; they’re expected to influence, initiate and lead. But influence doesn't come from being right; it comes from being heard. And...