IT as value driver key for digital business

The digital business embraces next generation technology, such as cloud, big data and mobility, to enable executives to make accurate decisions in realtime. These technologies can also be used to create new business models and services, which can in turn be used to...

Big data key to reducing fraud

Companies are missing opportunities to mine big data in order to reduce fraud risk and improve anti-bribery compliance. EY’s 2014 global forensic data analytics survey, Big Risks Require Big Data Thinking, highlights that 63% of senior executives surveyed at leading...

Robust architecture key for big data

Architecture remains the fundamental issue at the core of realising the benefits of big data in organisations today – be they big or small enterprises, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID).  A problem with big data is that it requires...

Big data crucial for success but staff lag

The vast majority of chief financial officers (CFOs), at 82%, see the value of integrating enterprise-wide data – but only 24% think their team is up to the task, according to a new IBM study. This marks a 205% increase in the gap between the importance of data...

Big data is uprooting industries

The latest enterprise technology from EMC has the ability to truly unlock the promise of big data – fundamentally changing business models and revolutionising the organisation at its very core. This is the view of Servaas Venter, Country Manager for Southern...