Last week saw a huge list of companies reporting financial losses, while the news of the two fixed-line telecoms operators had the local industry abuzz.
The ideals of the free software movement are becoming increasingly muddy and when supposedly 'open source` companies talk of software patents, the dream starts to slip away.
Guest columnist Jill Hamlyn put together an inspiring alphabetical guide to the words and ideals that should be top of mind in the corporate environment.
Although the entrepreneur has been widely blamed for the dot-com crash, the blame should lie on the shoulders of the wannabes. Could the Real McCoy please stand up?
The rumour mill worked overtime last week, with Dimension Data and EDS falling victim.
The success of smaller ventures in the B2C commerce space begs the question of whether larger, more established players can resist the temptation to grow their own offerings through acquisition.
If experts like Eric Raymond are starting to think that the Linux kernel configuration process is overly complex, how do they expect weekend hackers like myself to make any sense of it? Clearly there is a need for new systems.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers may not be the greatest organisation to ever hit the planet, but the alternative domain names concept is a whole lot worse.
E-commerce, like McDonald`s Drive-thru, is something you`ll only need in an urban environment. Sites in indigenous languages have the potential to be more useful than e-commerce terminals at your local petrol station.
Microsoft`s earnings and the softening of its business practices following the recent court rulings dominated IT news headlines last week.
IT contracting is seen as an increasingly viable career option, but should contractors align themselves with a single contracting house or spread their skills across several contracting companies?
Sun Microsystems faces down Microsoft. These age-old enemies battle it out once again in the InterNetball championships 2001. The prize: the golden Web services crown.
Waiting for Web sites to be managed and used effectively in the strategic promotion of brands is like beating one`s head against a brick wall.