SAP TechEd: IoT and the big data explosion

SAP TechEd: IoT and the big data explosion

Analysts tell us that literally billions of devices will be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) within the next few years. But they largely fail to talk about how companies will process and analyse the billions of data streams that will be produced. Kathy Gibson...
Biometric technical efficiency for JHB Water

Biometric technical efficiency for JHB Water

AWM360, the exclusive distributor of dorma + kaba access control and digital security solutions to the Southern Africa market, completed the rollout of biometric-based time & attendance technology at Johannesburg Water (SOC) Pty. AWM360 is a leading technology...
New role for finance in digital world

New role for finance in digital world

Kathy Gibson at SAPInsider in Vienna June 2016 – In the new world of digitalisation, the systems traditionally associated with finance are not the only ones relevant to the finance role.Digital finance is about creating realtime continuous processes with no manual...
Algorithmic analysis promotes innovation

Algorithmic analysis promotes innovation

Kathy Gibson ~ Reportback from SAPInsider in Vienna: Sometimes innovation can come from the most unexpected places – but organisations might not stumble across it without the help of data analytics. Jayne Landry, global vice-president and GM at SAP Business...
SAP: Turning garbage into growth

SAP: Turning garbage into growth

By Simon Carpenter- Chief Customer Officer of SAP Africa Waste is the eternal burden of civilisation. The earliest known urban garbage dumps are found in Crete, made over 5,000 years ago. Not long after that experiments with recycling began – Chinese societies...