Lean and mean a prerequisite for BI
Many IT markets work in cycles. For example, the centralised infrastructure of the mainframe was replaced with the broad de-centralising effect of the PC, and the pendulum has swung back to centralised again as cloud services on central hosts take over. In the...
Oracle updates DMR for MySQL 5.7.
Kicking-off its second MySQL Connect conference at Oracle OpenWorld 2013, Oracle has announced the availability of the second Development Milestone Release (DMR) for MySQL 5.7, continuing to drive MySQL technology innovation. Available for download in the MySQL...
Leveraging knowledge for a competitive edge
Lacklustre retail statistics are coming under further pressure from ever-rising petrol prices, job cuts and diminishing consumer confidence. Smart retailers are looking for ways to get more out of each hard won customer. Ian Steyn, products and services executive at...
Bad data causes businesses to fail
Gartner says that poor data quality is a primary reason for 40% of business initiatives failing to achieve their targeted benefits. Data quality also affects the overall labour productivity by as much as 20%. Information management and data integration are expected to...
Oracle accelerates database performance
Oracle has announced the Oracle Database In-Memory option to help customers accelerate database performance for analytics, data warehousing, reporting and online transaction processing (OLTP). Oracle’s unique in-memory optimisations enable real-time ad-hoc analytics...
Beer, diapers and the big data bug
Individuals who have studied marketing will know about the connection between beer and diapers. It’s all about pattern recognition: how raw information can become useful when it’s interpreted and applied in the right way. According to Dimension Data, that’s where big...
QlikView wins Frost & Sullivan award
QlikView has announced that Frost & Sullivan awarded the QlikView Business Discovery platform with the 2013 Customer Value Enhancement Award. This award is a result of Frost & Sullivan’s independent analysis and primary research performed while compiling its...
Making real-world use of big data
What is so new about big data, the tech buzzword that is attracting so much attention these days? After all, plenty of organisations, from global telecommunications companies to stock exchanges, have been handling and sifting through massive amounts of data for years....
Mindjet offers MindManager 14 for Windows
Mindjet has announced the public availability of MindManager 14 for Windows, the most powerful version of the company’s desktop productivity software. With an expanded feature set that enables increased productivity, MindManager 14 helps today’s hurried business...
MDM, Collibra boost data governance offering
Master Data Management is the South African partner for Trillium Software, who have announced an alliance with Collibra, a provider of data governance software, to address the increasing demand for data governance initiatives. This alliance provides companies with a...
Unpacking the business analyst toolbox
Software development company BBD recently hosted an International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) event in Cape Town. The event was fully subscribed and attended by analysts from various companies and vertical markets. The IIBA is an independent, non-profit...
Accounting for the value of data in business
While IT staff talk about "data as an asset" rather glibly in the boardroom, the value of digital information in an organisation is interpreted quite differently from the accounting department's perspective, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management (MDM)....