What Role Do Text Analytics Play in the SME World?

SMEs might not include themselves in the Big Data and text analytics discussion because they think they are too small or don’t accumulate enough data to be considered ‘Big Data’. But Big Data isn’t just concerned with volume, but also velocity (the speed of change and how quickly it needs to be processed to yield…

Did You Know SAP Process Manufacturing Could Do This?

Manufacturing is an industry where everything depends on the ability to continually produce top quality products or services; downtimes, inefficiencies, machinery faults and quality control measures are all risk factors affecting the bottom line. It’s important for manufacturing industries to leverage the best tools and technology available to them to maintain their success and grow…

Is an ERP System the Missing Link in Achieving your Business Goals?

In last week’s post, we took a long, difficult look at the past 12 months for your business; the good, and the not so good. The next step is to look at how the ‘not so good’ can be transformed so that when you perform your end of 2014 business review, you’re much more satisfied…

How HANA Helps Businesses to Change the World

We are now able to collect more data, in a faster time, than at any other point in history. Think about an average day – you use a smartphone to share stories and photos online, you access your online banking through a web app, you make purchases from your tablet, you download your favourite music…

The New Decision Maker in Your Boardroom

Leading an organisation might often feel like a never-ending line of decisions to be made. In today’s fast-paced marketplace, making the wrong choice, or making it too late, can have a negative impact on your success, your brand and your profitability. Gone are the days where companies had analysts reviewing every data source imaginable; in…