Sep 25, 2014
Although big data is a rapidly growing buzzword in the African ICT market, the technology’s actual application is not properly understood. Enterprises are gaining access to more data sources and collecting vast amounts of data, but the key challenge is finding a way...
Sep 23, 2014
In today’s fast-evolving IT environment, the need to manage big data and mobility is putting significant pressure on network managers, says Anton Jacobsz, MD at Networks Unlimited. Today’s increasingly internet-facing community is creating a massive flow of data; new...
Sep 19, 2014
The majority of capital markets firms do not have big data strategies in place even though some are investing in big data for specific functional areas, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics. Those investments to date have typically focused on...
Sep 17, 2014
International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that the big data technology and services market will grow at a 26,4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to $41,5-billion through 2018, or about six times the growth rate of the overall IT market. Although IDC believes...
Sep 9, 2014
The term big data has been stealing the headlines lately for all the right reasons. It has been named as a game changer, a paradigm shifter, a means through which enterprises can unlock a host of new value and communication power. In almost every sector, big data has...
