Five big data trends for 2016
With the New Year upon us, financial institutions and businesses will be looking to leverage big data analytics as one of the means to overcome the current tough economic conditions. Yudhvir Seetharam, head of analytics at FNB Business, says the use of big data has...
Desktop analytics set to soar in 2016
Desktop analytics is booming. This is according to Ebrahim Dinat, chief operating officer at South African contact centre solutions provider, Ocular Technologies. "So much so that it will be a game changer in 2016," he adds. Saddletree Research estimates that in 2015,...
Knowledge Management 2015 – the end of ‘ivory towers’ in business
Bricks and mortar businesses have long been a thing of the past in markets, and in tomorrow's world the most prized asset in commerce - knowledge - will be housed in progressive, digital and data driven environments run by people that promote information sharing and...
Why now for big data?
Thore Rabe, vice-president EMC Isilon EMEA, examines what needs to happen for big data to reach a tipping point. For the past five or so years there has been a considerable amount of hype around the 'big data revolution'. However, as any vendor can tell you, many...
Qlik releases QlikView 12 on second-generation data indexing engine
Qlik has released QlikView 12. The latest version of the Company's widely-adopted QlikView product line, version 12 strengthens Qlik's unique platform approach to visual analytics by bringing QlikView onto the same modern QIX Associative Data Indexing Engine (QIX)...
What’s ahead for the BI industry in 2016?
As the saying goes, change is the only constant. In the BI technology space, that rings especially true. But even with technology ever changing and data users' demands morphing, we learned that some factors of our industry have remained status quo. BI and analytics...
Maximise value and productivity with Decision Inc
Decision Inc has developed an industry-leading Mining Accelerator that delivers improved planning, budgeting and reporting functions alongside streamlined capabilities and productivity, specifically tailored for the mining sector. The solution provides an end-to-end...
SA’s decision-makers adopt mobile BI
In today's competitive corporate environment, managerial decision-making processes require a wealth of information that can be enhanced and transformed with immediacy into effective action.Mobility in business is increasingly exercising an influence on core...
Healthcare Providers must prioritise BI and analytics
As the healthcare industry grapples with the rising cost of care, healthcare organisations are leveraging healthcare data to drive efficiencies in care delivery, according to a new study conducted by HIMSS Analytics on behalf of Qlik. The study, which surveyed 400...
Clean data vital for a targeted business strategy
Data and big data are vital for any organisation in order to understand better the target audiences and adapt business strategies accordingly. However, without recent, clean and accurate data, the information used can result in implementing incorrect strategies, which...
Predictive analytics minimises risk associated with aging assets
It's common knowledge that an aging asset infrastructure is of major concern in the power industry, and this infrastructure is even more stressed when you consider the growing populations and urbanisation trends that demand increased generation capacity, writes...
Software AG adds predictive analytics, IoT standards
Software AG has announced the availability of the Apama Streaming Analytics platform Release 9.9. Apama is a market-leading platform for streaming analytics and intelligent, automated action on fast-moving big data. It combines event processing, messaging, in-memory...