Predictive data set from TransUnion

Jul 8, 2015

In tough times, credit lenders face increased risk, negatively impacting profitability. To meet the market’s need for improved risk management, TransUnion has bolstered its Bureau Credit Characteristics (BCC) suite with the introduction of BCC Format 700 variables. BCC Format 700 variables is the next-generation of consumer credit profiling data tools that is highly granular, offering more than 3 400 variables across 19 refined industries to increase risk predictability.

Analytics without borders

Jun 17, 2015

Analytics (or rather deriving insights from data) is an emerging field in South Africa. Due to differing strategic views, lack of infrastructure, or lack of skilled resources, few companies have fully capitalised on the information available in their local markets,...

Governance for Hadoop analytics

Jun 12, 2015

Master Data Management is the South African partner for Datameer has just announced new data governance capabilities for its native Hadoop environment. As a pioneer in big data analytics, Datameer is helping solidify Hadoop as a mature and transparent platform for...

Transport industry needs BI

Jun 10, 2015

Actionable intelligence is benefiting organisations of all types and sizes, and nowhere is this more true than in the transportation industry. “It is helping achieve greater efficiencies by optimising the allocation of resources deployed in transportation networks...

Qlik ranks highest in BARC report

Jun 3, 2015

Qlik has announced that it has been positioned by Business Application Research Centre (BARC) as a trendsetter in its BARC Business Intelligence Score 2015 report. The trendsetter ranking is the highest achieved by any vendor and Qlik is the only next generation...