MDM invites participation in survey
Data management is a vast discipline, covering everything from established roles such as database administration, to emerging platforms such as data governance and big data analytics. For large organisations, data management bills can run in to the hundreds of...
MDM participates in data quality summit
Master Data Management's MD, Gary Allemann, is the only African to present at the 2015 Data Quality Pro Virtual Summit. Allemann joins a prestigious multinational group of data management specialists on the presenter panel. “Our goal with this event is to provide our...
Dark data illuminated
Dark data is a relatively new term to the industry, defined by Gartner “as the information assets organisations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes (for example, analytics, business relationships...
Software AG offers predictive analytics
Software AG announced the addition to pre-built high-performance, Big Data Predictive Analytics solutions to its Digital Business Platform that make it easier and faster for enterprises across industries like retail, manufacturing, financial services,...
Predictive data set from TransUnion
In tough times, credit lenders face increased risk, negatively impacting profitability. To meet the market’s need for improved risk management, TransUnion has bolstered its Bureau Credit Characteristics (BCC) suite with the introduction of BCC Format 700 variables. BCC Format 700 variables is the next-generation of consumer credit profiling data tools that is highly granular, offering more than 3 400 variables across 19 refined industries to increase risk predictability.
Analytics without borders
Analytics (or rather deriving insights from data) is an emerging field in South Africa. Due to differing strategic views, lack of infrastructure, or lack of skilled resources, few companies have fully capitalised on the information available in their local markets,...
Governance for Hadoop analytics
Master Data Management is the South African partner for Datameer has just announced new data governance capabilities for its native Hadoop environment. As a pioneer in big data analytics, Datameer is helping solidify Hadoop as a mature and transparent platform for...
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).