As a high-risk environment built on complex data models, financial intermediation is perfectly positioned to benefit from the Databricks cloud-based data platform. Designed to unify the data analytics life-cycle, Databricks can help modernise risk management for the financial services industry. This will be explored in greater detail at the upcoming Learning Machines webinar to take…
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By Lionel Bisschoff, Founder and CEO of Learning Machines In today’s digitally-driven environment, being able to deliver on customer service that meets continually evolving end user expectations has become a key business priority. In fact, companies that invest in customer experience initiatives have the potential to double their revenue within 36 months. One of the…
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By Fred Senekal, Head of R&D at Machine learning operations (MLOps), the standardisation and streamlining of machine learning lifecycle management, has become one of the most important development areas within business. Machine learning (ML) and data science are being widely adopted within organisations and can deliver practical solutions that provide demonstratable business returns. But to…
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Services built on Databricks’ Lakehouse Platform to provide answers to big data problems, faster and easier. South Africa, June 2021 – Learning Machines, a leading consulting firm specialising in machine learning, big data engineering and cloud services, has partnered with data and AI company Databricks, to drive business value by unifying data and artificial intelligence…
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By Fred Senekal, Head of Research and Development at Learning Machines Paying attention to the 5 Vs (volume; velocity; variety; veracity; and value) of data is critical if a company is to derive strategic value from its big data. With these informing the decision-making process, an organisation can transform into a data-led environment. Gathering, processing,…
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We live in a world where the amount of data in the world is absolutely mind-blowing. According to the DataAge 2025 report by Seagate, the global datasphere will grow from about 45 ZB in 2019 to 175 ZB in 2025, quadrupling in size. One zettabyte (ZB) is equivalent to one billion terabytes, a number so…
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As more companies continue to establish their presence in the cloud and the proportion of worldwide data stored in the public cloud set to grow to almost 50%, according to research, service providers will have their work cut out to compete and add value. This is according to Learning Machines, a leading consulting firm specialising…
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Being ready and able to handle the weight of pressure on the business while tackling the daily data avalanche is easier said than done. In today’s market, businesses face numerous challenges, not least of which is the need to add value, compete successfully and generate profit all the while handling messy data, having to understand…
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The digitisation of service organisations has progressed to an advanced level. Bi-directional “customer < – > organisation” communication, service management and transacting can now occur via multiple digital channels. What is the focus of service organisations now? Winning the race to make this digital capability pay as service organisations transition to being automated Intelligent Agents.…
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We agree, it does not seem likely at current progress. But may current progress be deceiving? Ray Kurzweil is known for stating that exponential progress is often underestimated, especially since it is difficult to recognise exponential progress in the beginning stages. An example he often uses is that of the Human Genome project. It was…
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