What to expect from BI in 2015
The global business intelligence (BI) and analytics market grew by 8% in 2013 and expectations are that the growth for last year would be even bigger. Clearly, the focus now is on how BI can unlock value inside the organisation - more effectively than before. So what...
Data trends that won’t change in 2015
As everyone begins making their New Year’s resolutions for 2015, Qlik highlights what’s in store for business intelligence in 2015. “Today, we live in a world where the way people interact with data is changing fast and mostly for the better. People express themselves...
Medium-sized businesses see big data value
Big data’s been talked about and written about so much now that most businesspeople, even those from smaller organisations, have at the very least heard of the term. Many even have a vague understanding of what it is, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge...
Six myths of enterprise BI
How much of what we think or “know” is untested belief? What if the opinion that we never question and unthinkingly repeat turns out to be patently wrong, making us seem naive? Robert Fleming, Qlik VP of International Marketing, explores six enterprise business...
Gartner names Trillium Software as a leader
Master Data Management, Trillium Software’s partner in Southern Africa, has announced that Trillium Software has once again been positioned as a data quality leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools for 2014 research report. Since this report’s...
Decision Inc. provides insight at SAP event
Decision Inc. CEO Nick Bell and director Paul Morgan will join a diverse panel of technology thought leaders at the upcoming Mastering Business Analytics with SAP conference taking place 25 to 27 February in Johannesburg this year. They are amongst the 27 speakers...
Big data: where do you start?
Big data is currently a buzz word in the industry with many organisations pondering its value, virtues and implementing strategies to harness the benefits, says Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. Countless organisations’ understanding is that this data, when...
QlikView SA debuts Qlik Sense
QlikView South Africa used its annual user conference at Vodaworld, Midrand on 11 November to introduce the latest member of the Qlik product family – Qlik Sense. The next-generation data visualisation and analytics application wowed the audience of 700 users and...
Dell offers analytics solutions
Recently Dell introduced a series of solutions that help enterprises take advantage of analytics to enable improved customer relationships and transform data into actionable business insights. Dell Services introduced comprehensive digital business services that help...
Bringing dark data to light
Many organisations today are guilty of data hoarding, simply storing everything just in case it might be needed one day. This dark data, as it has become known, is often made up of day-to-day information that is captured and stored for indeterminate periods of time,...
Colliers chooses Qlik Sense
Qlik has announced that Colliers International, a leading global commercial real estate company, will be introducing Qlik Sense across EMEA to arm its senior leadership team with critical business insight and inform strategic decision-making. Colliers International...
The Inspiration Project appoints Avanade
Avanade South Africa has been appointed as the social analytics and data partner for The Inspiration Project – Africa, a premier event focused at growing and empowering African entrepreneurs. Taking place on 1 November 2014, the Inspiration Project is an initiative...