Listing data quality issues aids businesses
A recent discussion linking data quality decision making to the availability heuristic – a mental shortcut that occurs when people make judgments about the probability of events in the world by the ease with which examples come to mind - shows how data quality issues...
Transnet implements Autonomy solution
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is a division of Transnet, tasked with controlling and managing all commercial ports on South Africa’s coastline. It is the largest port authority in southern Africa in terms of cargo volumes and is responsible for providing...
MicroStrategy, BITanium deliver BI solutions
Business intelligence (BI) solutions provider BITanium has partnered with global enterprise software giant MicroStrategy to deliver off-site BI solutions to South African enterprises. Chris O’Connell, BITanium MD, says BITanium, one of the biggest MicroStrategy...
Qlikview, Pragma sign agreement
Top international physical asset management company, Pragma, has signed an agreement with QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI). QlikView will be embedded within Pragma’s On Key 5. The brand new Analytics module, as it will...
SAS releases new version of Visual Analytics
The power of SAS Visual Analytics is now available for work groups and midsize businesses. The new version of SAS’ visual data exploration software, combining business intelligence with the world’s leading analytics, includes added graphical display options and...
SMBs can benefit from BI
Whenever they hear the term “business intelligence” (BI), owners of small-to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) might be under the wrongful impression that it is a solution meant to be implemented only by major corporations and large enterprises with multi-million...
Master data management with Software AG
There has been much hype written around master data management (MDM) – indeed, analyst firm Gartner released their Hype Cycle report last year. Gartner describes MDM as “a technology-enabled business discipline that helps organisations achieve a 'single version of the...
Is BI an opportunity or a minefield?
According to Gartner, business intelligence (BI) has been the top action item for CIOs worldwide for the last year. Only recently displaced, BI remains a close second behind mobility. Since the largest driver for mobility remains BI, it seems the more things change,...
Information Builders named a leader in BI
Gartner has positioned Information Builders in the Leaders Quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms, based on the evaluation of the company’s WebFOCUS business intelligence suite. According to the report, the BI and analytics...
QlikView positioned in Leaders Quadrant
QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the...
Move from BI to intelligent business
Companies are getting very good at collecting business intelligence - but too few are using it to change the way they interact with customers. Addressing delegates at the Teradata User Group hosted by Bytes Systems Integration in Midrand recently, Teradata’s Rob...
Will the 2013 big data trend last?
No matter which industry users are involved in, the chances that they have heard about the concept of “big data” as a “big” trend for 2013, are quite high. In fact, the IDC is predicting that the big data market will grow at a rate of 31,7% until it reaches...