It’s about big answers, not big data

Analytics is the top technology priority for CIOs and CFOs, according to Gartner; Nucleus Research recently released a report showing that organisations get a 10 to one return on analytics investment; IDC has increased growth forecasts for the analytics market....

Big data, analytics key to business strategy

Big data and analytics are all the rage. But while these are important concepts for businesses of all sizes, they have no value if they are merely another addition to IT’s “to-do” list. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of specialist systems integrator Logikal Consulting, says that...

Yellowfin announces version 6.3

Global business intelligence (BI) and analytics vendor, Yellowfin, has officially released the latest version of its BI software, Yellowfin 6.3, following a series of launch Webinars held across Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 May 2013.  Analysts and customers have...

Big data and presidential campaigns

After President Obama was re-elected in 2012, it emerged that his campaign had successfully used big data analytics in ways no other political campaign had done before. The team of over 100 people started with the core data of the voters’ roll, modelled how they...

Trillium named a data quality leader

Master Data Management is the South African partner for Trillium Software, a leading provider of total data quality solutions, which has once again been named a data quality leader by independent analyst firm The Information Difference. Trillium Software was further...