Data quality is a shared responsibility and not just a job for the IT department. This is according to Mark Kohlmeyer, chief architect of iOCO Qlik, who says business teams must own their data, and align data strategy with business objectives as well as taking an active role in governance. “Many organisations lack accountability for […]
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Arcserve data resilience report: Data protection investments grow
Arcserve Southern Africa says the Arcserve State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise survey of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized businesses shows they are investing a substantial amount of IT budget in data protection and recovery. “The high standard deviation (21%) in responses indicates there is a lot of variance in the observed […]
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Arcserve research reveals one in four teams do not have executive buy-in for implementing data protection strategies
Arcserve Southern Africa has revealed that Arcserve, which positions itself as the pioneer in unified data resilience solutions, has released its State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise Report. The survey of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized organisations shows that while the vast majority recognise how critical proprietary data is to their ongoing […]
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Arcserve SA flags importance of data resilience
According to Arcserve Southern Africa, a global survey commissioned by Arcserve reveals 83% of IT decision-makers are now including data resilience in their business strategies, but only 23% are reported to have a mature approach to it. Data resilience refers to an organisation’s ability to recover from data breaches and other types of data loss; immediately […]
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How’s your data health?
How’s your data health? Pretty bad, if you’re honest. Here’s why and how it needs to be fixed to realise the benefits of the data revolution. All businesses have long recognised that the more data about their customers they are able to gather, the better they can understand and then service them. Customer data has […]
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Why Management by Spreadsheets Hinders Data Reliability, Hampers Growth
A Forbes report published a year ago confirmed that, in 2022, one in five businesses (globally) failed within the first year. The 2023 State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa Survey – prepared by the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) South Africa chapter and published in BizCommunity – confirms that most entrepreneurs surveyed (53.2%) had one successful business; […]
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Inphinity, iOCO bring advanced data analytics to local Qlik users
Inphinity, a UK-based global distributor of Qlik software technology and a Qlik technology partner, has teamed up with iOCO Qlik to roll out its data analysis solutions in the South African market. These include data capture and write-back capabilities, process management tools and the ability to analyse unstructured data. EOH subsidiary iOCO Qlik, an Elite […]
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Take the pain out of moving data to the cloud
The intricacies of cloud data migration can be managed, to navigate this transformative endeavour with confidence It is said that three of the most stressful things in life are death, divorce and moving. While moving to a new house can indeed be a daunting prospect, similar sentiments hold true when considering the migration of data […]
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Rock-solid data resilience is the only option
Why backups, high availability and immutability should be the foundation of all companies’ cyber security strategy. Let’s kick off by answering the question – why should backup, high availability and immutability be the foundation of cyber security strategies? In a nutshell, because together they provide a rock-solid comprehensive cyber security strategy that delivers resilience against a […]
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Assessing data literacy in companies, sales teams
In my first article in this series, I established the critical importance for every sales leader to have effective sales reporting, analytics and eventually advanced analytics. In this article, I will firstly explore building data culture and literacy, and what benefits can be gained by a more data-driven decision-making approach. This relates to the fact that […]
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