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...
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...