SAS understands how important the ‘smart city’ concept is, so it looked to the urban environment as a way to compose an example of taking AI and analytics into the real world.

The partnership targets the South African public sector with analytic software and services.

Akesh Lalla will be responsible for expanding the company's outreach to unexplored market segments and driving its revenue growth.

Graduates today need to be aware that the speed of technological change is such that they will need to learn new skills and take additional courses throughout their career, if they are to remain relevant.

Since banks are the first and last line of defence when it comes to identifying money-laundering transactions, they need the right tools, in the form of advanced analytics, to assist them.

While open source analytics programs are effective in an academic environment, corporates want graduates who also understand how to use the sophisticated enterprise technologies that are required by business.

How AI and analytics is helping to create the skills index that will be used to determine future generations of football stars.

This demand is increasing in SA and worldwide, and far outweighs the number of graduates produced.

Companies now need architectures that seamlessly combine AI with human expertise, says ITS Woolworths.

By using big data, it is possible to understand how residents may react to a future catastrophe, say experts.

Analytics is key for organisations seeking to take customer service to new heights, by delivering an overarching 'experience' to the consumer.

Worldwide spending on cognitive computing and artificial intelligence will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 50% by 2021.