RubiBlue’s crowdsourcing data platform delivers African insights
Intelligent business solutions provider RubiBlue has developed and launched DataSight, a crowdsourcing data platform targeting consumers in LSMs 4-7. DataSight is an easy to download application that rewards customers for providing insights into their brand...
Experian launches new analytics solution
Experian has launched a powerful new analytics solution across its Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) to help businesses make faster, more reliable and better-informed decisions. Experian Ascend Analytics on Demand is a fully integrated big data and...
Hyland in Content Services Platform magic quadrant
Hyland has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms. Now in its second year, the report is an evolution of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, which had consecutively named Hyland as a leader for seven...
Artificial intelligence: threat or saviour ?
Most new technologies tend to see people react with scepticism, suspicion and fear, with some even becoming alarmist and broadcasting extreme negative scenarios up to and including some pending cataclysm. And this has certainly been the case for artificial...
AI need not steal your finance job
Job loss is one of the biggest issues related to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, neural networks, deep learning, and robots. By Gerrit Olivier, CEO of About IT People routinely fear that companies will automate using these areas of technology to become...
AI is here to stay
Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be the new kid on the block. Everybody is talking about it, and there is a flood of IT products that feature some variety of AI, from machine learning (ML) algorithms to neural networks and deep learning. By Brendan McAravey,...
Could Joburg be the AI hub Africa needs?
When one thinks of artificial intelligence (AI), major corporations working out of leading tech hubs like Silicon Valley and - with a growing presence - London come to mind. Africa, on the other hand, hasn't yet taken a seat at the solution-driven AI table, with...
Increase sales and productivity with data cleaning
Up to 32% of any company's data is inaccurate, according to recent research, leading to revenue losses of up to 23%. This is because data quality has a direct impact on the conversion rate from lead to customer, says Louise Robinson, MD of specialist lead generation...
Overcoming misconceptions around BI, MIS
Whether it is business intelligence (BI) or management information systems (MIS), local organisations need to find a way of evolving their approach to be more reflective of current technological innovations. By Duncan McKay, business development manager at PBT Group...
In pursuit of insight from analytics
Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are hard pressed to innovate, cut costs and utilise value driving tools to streamline their operations. In a digital world, achieving this requires the ability to draw real insights from data analytics; and this in turn requires...
Forrester names SAP as a leader
SAP has been named by Forrester Research as a leader in its report "The Forrester Wave: Specialised Insights Service Providers, Q3 2018". The report says the analytics and insights services offering from SAP, part of SAP Digital Business Services, "effectively...
CA adds autonomous AI for operations
CA Technologies has announced that CA Digital Experience Insights is now combined with CA Operational Intelligence and CA Automic Service Orchestration. Together they form the new CA Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) platform, to enable IT teams to...