There is growing resentment of public sector tenders that preclude local brands from bidding.

Testosterone-driven killer-instinct is not appropriate in every business situation, and it has only the very smallest place in boardroom meetings.

It`s awesome, the amount of data out there. What is it worth to you? And what would it cost to safeguard? Carel Alberts offers a case for managed storage, quoting some figures that you probably shouldn`t read after dark.

Armies of clever geeks are cracking security on financial products at an alarming rate. The more sophisticated financial services get, the more it seems to make sense to keep the money under the mattress.

Last week saw further second national telecoms operator issues (SNO), with a difference of opinion now evident between communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri and the Independent Communications Authority of SA.

I`ve received mail sent from the desks of Jeff Bezos and Christo Davel. It could be because I am a unique and beautiful snowflake. On the other hand, it must just be really good CRM.

They`re overcapitalised, they`re misspelled, and they can be unbearably cute and clever. While th@ is just gr8 for some, we have to deal with them. They`re the odd naming conventions in IT that confound everyone.

Need to pay off your credit card bill, or raise enough money for that pesky divorce? Why not set up a Web site and ask total strangers to send you their hard-earned cash to help you out of your predicament?

The Web services phenomenon has come at an interesting time. A bad economy and memories of the IT "must-haves" of the dot-com era have made most business leaders more than a little sceptical about any new promises from IT vendors.

In the last few months of 2002, traders have seen somewhat of a return to those heady bullish days of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with markets recording considerable gains, day after day.

Controversy surrounding the interpretation of legislation pertaining to the monitoring of workers` communications continued last week.

As an industry matures, one expects that its constituent parts will work closer together to deliver a quality product. This is certainly not the case in the cellphone industry.

Last week saw Comdex organiser Key3Media apply for Chapter 11 protection and further controversy surrounding the creation of the second national telecoms operator.