Two years ago, companies were battling to understand what the data revolution meant to them. Now, with the influx of information, business intelligence and data analytics are playing an increasingly important role.

Frank Rizzo, technology sector leader at KPMG in South Africa, notes it wasn’t long ago – 2015 – that most executives and IT departments were still struggling to understand what the data revolution meant for them and their business, and many were just fighting to keep their heads above water as the data deluge surrounded them.