Big Data Analytics Africa Summit
Overview
Despite the hype, Big Data is more than just a mediaspeak. Its ability to excerpt correctly and specifically, information needed at any opportune time is of immeasurable monetary worth - This is indeed every CIO's greatest challenge. Information is expensive, and technology continues to reduce the cost of creating, capturing, managing, and storing data. But what is the stimulus behind this current ignition within the digital sphere? Big Data leverages computational dynamism to process briskly insurmountable amounts of data to make it easily accessible to people in real time.
In August 2013, a Survey by EMC Corporation that asked 803 IT decision makers reveals that companies in South Africa are increasingly seeing the transformative benefits that are achievable with Big Data analytics technology. Not only are senior management executives engaging with the idea of Big Data analytics but the majority of businesses are aware of the huge competitive advantages the technology brings as well as the security benefits. This is a core part of IT transformation, a process which South African businesses are well underway with.
Due to innovative solutions and technologies, not to mention the development of organisational best practices, we have now embarked upon a major period of change: Technology convergence is not only transforming the way we do business, it is also changing all aspects of our lives.
Highlights
• The bottom-line: Big Data fundamentals*Level 100
• Structuring and creating value from a Big Data strategy and Integrating it into the Enterprise*Level 100
• Big Data mining methods and tools *Level 100/200
• How to manage Big Data and reap the benefits *Level 100/200
• Building scalable Infrastructure for Big Data *Level 200
• Security in the era of Big Data *Level 200
• Analytics: The real world use of big data*Level 100/200
• Big data case studies *Level 100
Levels of classification
*Level 100 - These are PowerPoint slides with words and pictures only, all containing little to none technical material being presented.
*Level 200 - These are PowerPoint slides with words, pictures, graphs and videos, containing a bit of technical jargon material being presented.
Outcomes
• An imperial business case for Big Data Analytics is created
• The total investment, human resource and cost for Big Data Analytics is justified
• The plausible business benefits and value of Big Data is understood
• A foundation for return on investment in Big Data is built
• An informed roadmap of the future and impact of Big Data in Africa and the rest of the globe
Who will attend
You will meet and network with senior experts from leading operators and cross-industry organizations including VPs, directors, managers and specialists of:
• Business intelligence
• Data analytics
• Customer insights
• Security and intelligence
• Innovation
• Operations
• Marketing
• Security and intelligence
• Data mining
• Strategy development
• Data management
Time: 08:00 - 14:00
Venue: University of Witwatersrand, Education Campus, Johannesburg
Cost: R5,500
More info:
University of Witwatersrand, Education Campus