Transport industry needs BI
Actionable intelligence is benefiting organisations of all types and sizes, and nowhere is this more true than in the transportation industry. “It is helping achieve greater efficiencies by optimising the allocation of resources deployed in transportation networks...
Qlik ranks highest in BARC report
Qlik has announced that it has been positioned by Business Application Research Centre (BARC) as a trendsetter in its BARC Business Intelligence Score 2015 report. The trendsetter ranking is the highest achieved by any vendor and Qlik is the only next generation...
Data scientists key in boardroom decisions
Big data is fast becoming the biggest buzz phrase in business. It is such a strategic imperative that recent research from Accenture showed that 87% of enterprises believe big data analytics will redefine the competitive landscape of their industries within three...
New UML course for business analysts
Enterprise architecture specialists Real IRM have launched a new training course designed for business analysts who are required to use unified modelling language (UML). The course helps to more closely link the disciplines of business analysis and technical...
Big data answers ‘what if’ questions
Almost any definition of big data is based on Doug Laney’s original preposition of the three Vs – velocity (the data is growing rapidly), variety (the data comes from many sources – both structured and unstructured) and volume (the data is big), says Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. However, there are challenges with the three Vs definition for big data. Furthermore, many organisations believe that big data is business intelligence (BI).
What you need to know about ECM
As data volumes continue to grow at an exponential rate, enterprise content management (ECM) solutions have become increasingly critical, says Saurabh Kumar, MD at In2IT Technologies South Africa.Without the ability to store, organise and manage the vast and growing...
Qlik introduces Analytics Platform
Qlik introduced a modern analytics platform to support the development and creation of custom and guided analytics applications, including Web mash-ups. The Qlik Analytics Platform is designed specifically for developers to build data-driven apps to power and...
Qlik introduces Qlik Sense Enterprise 2.0
Qlik has previewed Qlik Sense Enterprise 2.0, the newest release of its modern, platform-based approach to business intelligence (BI) available in June 2015. Qlik Sense Enterprise spans use cases across the organisation ranging from self-service data visualisation, to...
Qlik unveils cloud offerings
Qlik has announced its Qlik Cloud offering that is comprised of multiple services. As a result of its recent DataMarket acquisition, the company is introducing Qlik DataMarket, a Data as a Service offering via Qlik Cloud, along with Qlik Sense Cloud for free sharing...
Qlik recognised for analytics and BI
Qlik has announced that it has been named a Hot Vendor in the 2015 Value Index for Analytics and Business Intelligence from Ventana Research. Of the 15 vendors evaluated for this index, Qlik is the only data discovery to be recognised as ‘hot’, with Qlik Sense being...
Choosing software to deal with big data
Since the dawning of the digital age, companies have realised the importance of investing in effective big data solutions. The real question, however, is who do you choose for this big task? Research is critically important and companies need to start asking the right...
AI boosts decision-making ability
The phrase "artificial intelligence" or AI typically brings to mind images of intelligent humanoid robots performing tasks instead of people, says Shailendra Singh, business director, Africa Region, Wipro. However, while robotics is an important branch of AI, it is by...