{"id":236811,"date":"2018-04-10T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T07:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=236811"},"modified":"2018-04-10T09:50:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T07:50:44","slug":"eoh-to-tackle-fast-data-at-its-second-annual-conference-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/236811\/eoh-to-tackle-fast-data-at-its-second-annual-conference-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"EOH to tackle &#8216;fast data&#8217; at its second annual conference in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listed ICT and technology group EOH will host its second annual EOH Connect conference titled <em>Fast Data &#8211; Business at the Speed of Thought<\/em>, at the Sandton Convention Centre in May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fast data is a buzz word we hear in many interactions with our various clients and in simple terms; fast data is the ability for businesses to leverage multiple streams of real-time data to make in-the-moment decisions. EOH Connect this year, will unpack this categorically for our attendees,&#8221; said Rob Godlonton, CEO of the EOH ICT business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The disruptive nature of fast data is improving business processes and driving operational and cost efficiencies like never before hence the theme for this years\u2019 conference,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 event was attended by more than 1,900 ICT professionals and decision makers, while the 2018 edition will take place on Wednesday, 9 May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at this years\u2019 conference include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rob Godlonton, CEO EOH ICT;<\/li>\n<li>Vinny Lingham, Co-founder &amp; CEO of Civic.com, and \u2018shark\u2019 on Shark Tank South Africa;<\/li>\n<li>Simone Zanetti, VP Cloud EOH International;<\/li>\n<li>Hein Wagner, Global Adventurer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Seven fast data technology tracks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this years\u2019 conference, guests will have the chance to join any of the seven technology topic tracks related to fast data, these are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agile, Intelligent Infrastructure: Powering compute platforms of the future through the use of more flexible and more responsive infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li>#DevAnything: Every company needs to be a software company capable of continuous delivery. How DevOps, micro services and containerisation can help South African businesses operate with pace and agility;<\/li>\n<li>Big Analytics, real-time: Predicting the future and acting on it. How next generation data platforms will apply predictive analytics, in real-time;<\/li>\n<li>Analytics-driven Customer Experience: How analytics can be embedded and used to drive value into the customer experience;<\/li>\n<li>Blockchain: A practical session exploring how Blockchain can be exploited and how organisations can approach early innovation and investment;<\/li>\n<li>Internet of Things: Digital transformation through IoT, specifically across the value chain of the manufacturing industry;<\/li>\n<li>Robotics: To bot or not? The augmented digital workforce of the future, and what it means for your current workforce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/234423\/eoh-reports-big-drop-in-headline-earnings-citing-unfounded-media-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EOH reports big drop in headline earnings citing \u2018unfounded media coverage\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EOH will host its second annual EOH Connect conference titled Fast Data &#8211; Business at the Speed of Thought, at the Sandton Convention Centre in May. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":230995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1957],"class_list":["post-236811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-services","tag-eoh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236811"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236839,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236811\/revisions\/236839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}