Data key for capital-intensive industries
Smarter use of data collected from production and better collaboration between different parts of the enterprise offers asset-intensive South African companies a significant opportunity to reduce production disruptions, increase utilisation of production resources and...
Afrimat implements QlikView solution
In order to achieve reporting efficiency and effectiveness, Afrimat, a construction supplies manufacturer servicing the construction, transport and mining sectors, has implemented the QlikView analytics and data visualisation solution with business intelligence...
CIOs face high-risk challenges
With one third of CIOs deciding that the current skills and expertise in their business are insufficient to facilitate their plans for IT transformation, this is an exciting but risky time to be a CIO. That’s the opinion of Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC...
Databases key to sales and marketing
Having valid, actionable databases of customers, be they current or potential, is a highly valuable marketing and sales tool which can not only drive new business, but can boost profits and improve CRM. Louise Robinson, sales director of CG Consulting says databases...
MDM unveils Trillium Big Data
Master Data Management, the South African data management specialists and partner of Trillium Software, has announced the release of Trillium Software’s big data quality platform. Trillium Big Data is the first data quality solution that brings the power of the...
Wings Travel Management launches GoData
Wings Travel Management, specialists in the oil, gas, marine and service critical corporate sector, is boosting its management information capabilities with the launch of GoData - an intuitive, mobile-enabled business intelligence tool, allowing clients to drill down...
HDS launches Live Insight for Telecom
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has launched Live Insight for Telecom, an advanced and predictive analytics solution that provides telecom service providers with real-time insight into network, service and application-level performance. The highly granular and...
Big data should be a priority
Throughout history there have been several eras of quantum leap innovations made by man. From the stone age, bronze and iron ages, all have made their mark in our history and made their own contributions to our future, says Shane Moodley, Entelect team lead – Data Solutions. Today, with the advancement of technology and the emergence of the information highway, we are now living in what is called the “data age”.
Realtime insights and big data
Realtime monitoring and experience tracking have become buzz words in the digital era, says Andre Hugo co-founder at M4JAM. Ostensibly companies that have access to this type of data ultimately have a greater understanding of their current and future consumers’...
Big data can boost business growth
Bytes Universal Systems (BUS), together with its international partner Teradata, has made a call to corporate South Africa to realise the power of big data and put in place strategies to ensure data-driven decision making in order to propel business growth. The call...
Gartner positions Qlik as a leader
Qlik has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2015 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the fifth consecutive year that Qlik has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant based...
Proactive unstructured data management
Rampant growth in unstructured data is not a new phenomenon, however, this type of data has typically proven to be challenging to manage effectively, says Chris Hathaway, director at Soarsoft International. This challenge is only exacerbated by the risks and...