The pros and cons of big data

The opportunity to harvest insights from big data, much of which is marketable or can generate income, is obvious gold up for grabs, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge integration Dynamics (KID).  Besides that, the transition of data or information from a...

RSA unveils Security Analytics solution

 RSA, the security division of EMC Corporation, has announced the release of RSA Security Analytics – a transformational security monitoring and investigative solution designed to help organisations defend their digital assets against today’s most sophisticated...

ILM implementation empowers utilities

It boasts the distinction of being the largest producer of electricity in Africa and ranks among the top seven utilities in the world in terms of generation capacity, providing power to more than 4,3-million customers. But what exactly goes into powering a major...

Big data gets even bigger

Sentiment surrounding big data vendors remained positive last year, despite sceptics’ suggestions that the subject had been “over-hyped”, according to Ovum.  The big data buzz word even managed to transcend from the enterprise IT world to become a hot...

Make sense of data by mining it

As the year starts, the media is filled with analysts and experts from various sectors and industries and their predictions about what the most notable trends will be in the year ahead. Those who are gazing into the proverbial crystal ball on behalf of the IT industry...