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Data
explosion
How AI and Machine
Learning are vital to
tackling data growth
Meeting
demands
Hyperconvergence has enabled
a printing company to improve
performance and scalability
How telcos
can prosper
One expert says effective
congestion management is
key for telecom operators
EDITOR’S
NOTE
H
ello and welcome to the latest
edition of Intelligent CIO Africa.
This month’s front cover features
how MiX Telematics Africa and Apex BI
are demonstrating how it is possible to
manage an ever-expanding Internet of
Things (IoT) environment.
MiX – whose South African office is in
Midrand – is a leading global provider
of fleet and mobile asset management
solutions delivered as Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS). A vast number of smart devices,
including in-vehicle telematics devices,
connect to the Internet via the GSM [mobile]
networks and each one requires a SIM
card in order to transmit data – creating a
significant management challenge.
Apex BI subsequently deployed its
proprietary telecommunications expense
management platform, Clarity, which
aggregates the data from the total universe
of MiX Telematics SIM cards – issued by
a number of different mobile network
providers across the continent.
The platform has since helped to eliminate
manual processing of information and made
the automated analysis of this information
attainable in order to provide critical
operational and financial insights. In 2019,
it’s estimated we’ll generate more data than
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we did in the previous 5,000 years and it is
fast becoming the most valuable asset of
any modern organisation.
However, while most have access to their
internal data, they continue to experience
challenges in deriving maximum value. We
hear from Zakes Socikwa, Cloud Big Data
and Analytics Lead at Oracle, and Peter
Fülle, Digital Core Senior Vice President of
SAP EMEA South, in our special feature on
Big Data.
Our second main feature is on printing
solutions, where you can find out how
hyperconvergence has enabled leading South
African printing company, Kemtek Imaging
Systems, to improve performance, scalability
and significantly reduced management time
thanks to Scale Computing.
Businesses are putting themselves at
increased risk of losing data, by not curbing
the actions of current and former employees,
according to research undertaken by
Kaspersky Lab. With this in mind, we asked
three experts what organisations should do
to ensure that their digital clutter does not
cloud their data security practices.
Managing IoT
MiX Telematics Africa - a leading global provider
of fleet and mobile asset management solutions
has demonstrated how it is possible to manage
an expanding Internet of Things environment
thanks to Apex BI.
Global ICIO
Knowledge Partner
Intelligent Data Security
Partner
Global
Innovation Partner
Intelligent
Supporting Partner
Intelligent
ITSM Partner
Intelligent
Partner
Intelligent Threat
Management Partner
Intelligent Banking
& Finance Partner
Intelligent Education
Partner
country and how Vodacom Tanzania has
enhanced its partnership with Optiva so that
it will upgrade its current platform and take
another step toward leveraging Optiva’s
innovative cloud-native BSS architecture.
Elsewhere, Ahmad Sayed, Regional Director,
Middle East and Africa at Nexign, looks at
how telecom operators can prosper this year
in ‘Industry Watch’, while to round off the
magazine, Craig Nel, Mobile & Cognitive
Experience (MCX) Leader at Oracle Middle
East, Africa and Turkey, looks at the rise of
the new-age digital assistant experience in
‘Final Word’.
Remember, if you want to contribute
towards the magazine, please email me at
[email protected]
Paul Rogers
Editor
This month’s Country Focus feature is on
Tanzania, where you can find out how
Standard Bank is digitising services in the
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