HCL, Siemens partner on Industry 4.0
Global IT services company HCL Technologies has entered into a strategic partnership with Siemens on Industry 4.0 solutions, with a strategic collaboration on the Siemens Industry Software Suite. The global partnership with Siemens on Mindsphere, a cloud--based open...
ML drives new investment mindset
Although the average consumer may not be familiar with the concept of machine learning, it's already a big part of our daily lives. Tom Schlebusch, co-founder and CEO of NMRQL Research, a local FinTech player offering South Africa's first machine learning powered unit...
Fuel finance decisions with data intelligence
As the world delves ever deeper into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, modern enterprises are forced to evolve their operational practices. With this digital transformation comes an onslaught of information, resulting in massive datasets and the responsibility to...
Hit the ground running in the new year
Widely touted as an organisation's biggest asset, data is on the minds of a lot of companies. It's being hailed as the secret to customer satisfaction, sales and marketing efforts, and a bird's eye view of an organisation's customer base. However, too many companies...
How to revitalise strategic planning
In the current environment of global competition, sub-optimal growth, technology disruption, and political uncertainty, South African companies are finding it challenging to put an effective business strategy in place. But what can be done to address this need for...
SAP Leonardo Centres support digital innovation
To help its customers step up their digital innovation journey, SAP will add eight new locations to its global network of SAP Leonardo Centres. The new slate of SAP Leonardo Centres are set to open next year in Berlin, China, Johannesburg, Moscow, Seoul, Singapore,...
Analytics for predicting, managing disasters
In two days, severe storms wreaked havoc across two provinces in South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal was declared a provincial disaster area after torrential rains left at least eight people dead and flooding caused massive damage. In Gauteng, at least three people died and...
Harnessing the true potential of AI
As we race towards an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. We cannot know exactly how it will reshape our work, our businesses, and our lives in general, but there are some fascinating and exciting potential outcomes,...
Qlik delivers best Cloudera campaigns
Qlik has been recognized by Cloudera, the modern platform for machine learning and analytics, optimised for the cloud, with its Innovator Award. This award, in the Business Excellence category of Cloudera's inaugural Partner Impact Awards, was selected based on...
How to unlock machine learning value
Machine learning is no longer reserved for Hollywood blockbusters and shallow short-term gains, writes says Lorraine Steyn, co-founder and CEO of Khanyisa Real Systems (KRS), who believes it requires genuine interest in its long-term value to unlock the greater good....
Why you need to embed data governance
Gustav Piater, sales and marketing director at AIGS (Yellowfin South Africa), explains why it's important to have one version of the truth. It's a familiar scene: The monthly sales management meeting began well enough, only to descend into claims and counter-claims...
MicroStrategy delivers analytics for everyone
MicroStrategy has announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10.9, the newest feature release to the company's MicroStrategy 10 platform. This feature release introduces Dossier, a new storybook experience for everyone across the enterprise that makes it easy...