Cynics say the price of a share can only be determined by the market. If that`s the case, then does the market know something the average investor does not?

A number of large global acquisitions, each worth over $1 billion, took place this past week, while locally the rumours about Brainware`s fate persisted.

Franc Trivella, SAS Institute`s marketing manager, examines the need for a comprehensive data warehousing methodology, which is vital as data warehousing becomes increasingly popular as companies realise how important an information vision is to their competitiveness.

How does an organisation establish the focus to own mindshare in this high growth, fast changing, global marketplace?

While the Internet is a rich-maker for the privileged few, it also enables different forms of wealth.

In his third column for ITWeb, Martin Fowler, who is currently presenting his master classes at ObjectActive '99, examines the importance of testing and, therefore, self-testing code.

Nigel Bakker reports back on JavaOne 1999, one of the world`s largest geekfests, which attracted 20 000 fervent developers.

In the second column written by Martin Fowler, the OO guru who presents the second in a series of master classes at ObjectActive, he examines refactoring, which he says is the first technique he`s found that is explicitly about doing controlled iterative development.

The Qwest/Global Crossing battle for control of Frontier Communications and US West, which was triggered by a hostile bid from the former at the beginning of last week, had the international IT media on the hop.

Making a long-term online commitment, along with a solid business proposition and patience are key to making a profit from e-business.

Martin Fowler returns to SA next month to present his master classes at ObjectActive 99. In the first in a series of columns, Fowler examines the problem of constantly changing software requirements.

Although it was quiet on the international and local IT front last week, there was continued turmoil across the international telecommunications sector with more and more consolidations taking place.

Although inspirational leadership requires vision and the ability to listen, the most important asset is the ability to pass the reality check test.