Entries open for FICO awards
FICO has opened entries into its seventh annual awards, which aim to honour organisations that have achieved outstanding results using analytics and decision management solutions from FICO. The awards shine a spotlight on business leaders who are driving their...
Fujitsu, NVidia empower students with advanced AI
The use of high-performance computing (HPC) platforms has been instrumental in accelerating deep learning, which is a vital part of any AI - but can require specialized computing facilities. To address this potential bottleneck the companies are introducing a joint...
Building credibility in the ICT sector
Attending one of the many, many ICT industry events that pack the sector's collective calendar every year, I was taken aback by a sudden realisation. By Steve Briggs, chief commercial officer at Seacom The event had been pitched as a digital networking event for ICT...
AI startup takes aim at business problems
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the way business leaders address age-old problems. Not solely the for the world's leading technology companies anymore, AI solutions that are accessible and cost-effective can be implemented to sustainably improve...
Thoughtonomy and DigiBlu offer intelligent SaaS
DigiBlu, a leader in digital workforce implementation across Africa, and Thoughtonomy have signed a partnership to deliver the first SaaS-based Intelligent Automation solution in Africa. Amongst the first organisations to be taking advantage of the new partnership is...
Harness AI to benefit your business
Job loss. Depersonalisation. Irrelevance to certain industries. When it comes to discussions around the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) and automation on business, the popular narrative tends to be negative. By Rob Lith, business development director at...
Techno Brain partners with Zap
Techno Brain Group has signed a major distribution contract with ZAP for sales and channel partnerships of its data management and analytics software across Middle East and Africa. Techno Brain will deliver ZAP Data Hub, pre-packaged data management and analytics...
Lenovo, Mark III demo AI in manufacturing
Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved out of the realm of scary sci-fi movies and into our homes and offices. It has implications for every industry, and smart organizations are realizing that AI will soon need to be an integral part of their business if they are...
IBM launches new AI solutions
IBM has launched new Watson solutions and services pre-trained for a variety of industries and professions including agriculture, customer service, human resources, supply chain, manufacturing, building management, automotive, marketing, and advertising. "As data...
Liquid Telecom partners with Zindi
Liquid Telecom has announced a partnership with Zindi to support the rollout of its new data science competition platform across Africa. Zindi was launched last week at the AI Expo Africa in Cape Town, providing a platform for African data scientists to "convene,...
How to battle information complexity in life sciences
Almost all organisations, no matter the industry, are facing the need to manage and store information securely. By Lenore Kerrigan, country sales director of OpenText Life sciences companies are no exception - the drug development process is information and data...
Predicting the big data election race
With digital personalised targeting using machine-based learning posing big implications for politics and elections of the future, we take a look at how data miners are able to influence a voter's behaviour. By Morne Bekker, South African country manager and district...