Embracing data for the digital environment

Embracing data for the digital environment

The past 12 months have seen digital becoming a focal point for many businesses. Yet, the market is still fragmented in how to approach dealing with the complexities of migrating. Part of this entails preparing for this new [digital] world but not completely...
Benefitting from data lakes

Benefitting from data lakes

Jessie Rudd, Technical Business Analyst at PBT Group Previously, I discussed some of the defining characteristics of a data lake and contextualised it in a business environment. In this article, the focus shifts to its importance for South African companies trying to...
AI, the next business frontier

AI, the next business frontier

PBT Group thought leadership Worldwide revenue in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) market is expected to increase tenfold between 2017 and 2022. With machine-learning (ML) being one of its focal points, it is no surprise that understanding data has become...
Preparing for insights-as-a-service

Preparing for insights-as-a-service

Dr Corine van Erkom Schurink, Analytics Team Lead at PBT Group In today’s digital environment, organisations must combine both structured and unstructured data and extract meaningful insights from it, which implies costly infrastructure and cutting-edge know-how. This...
Storytelling – it all comes back to data

Storytelling – it all comes back to data

The tactics undertaken on a daily basis, both in a personal and professional capacity, are no doubt impacted by stories. Whether it is the story plot of the latest series on TV that has everyone talking, or the story a business’s data is presenting to help top line...