No doubt Novell thinks that this new era of co-operation will give it a much-needed boost.

I am convinced the financial services industry is out to get me.

All is quiet on the ICT front, with Datatec's interim results dominating locally.

This week: Speculation about how much arivia.kom could sell for, and ICASA is confident of meeting the 10 November MNP deadline.

Botnets, spyware and malicious code on Windows PCs have little to do with bored crackers and everything to do with money these days.

Most of the money paid locally for software licences gets repatriated abroad, widening the country's current account deficit, and not necessarily boosting the local economy.

By the time I got to the front of the queue, I was already fuming.

The international ICT sector saw further consolidation in IT services, while locally, government`s proposed telecoms initiative grabbed headlines.

In recent product presentations from different solution vendors, all that really changes are the company logos. Are there any real differentiators anymore?

This week ITWeb delved deeper into the mysterious Infraco, discovering government`s plans for the new company.

Government`s offset programmes have been touted as a means to counteract the outflow of foreign exchange, but have, in reality, led to expropriation of the local industry.

When does information stop being information? When we can`t find it to use it.

Internationally the ICT scene witnessed a couple of $1 billion-plus acquisitions, while on the local landscape, Dimension Data established a software subsidiary.