Hoards of South African techies are leaving the country in search of better opportunities and a safer environment. The alluring prospect of being paid in a stronger currency doesn`t hurt either.
ITWeb`s third annual IT salary survey finds South African IT professionals made more money in 2000 than they did the previous year, although the gains were not as sharp as before.
Non-guaranteed incentives based on company performance are becoming commonplace.
Money is not nearly the number one job satisfaction factor. Holiday and flexible work hours come first.
Whopping increases and "out of this world" salary offers may have slowed down, but it`s still more profitable to be a professional in IT than in other industry.
The Bain FM E-index has ranked AfriCam, HealthBridge and Tradek as the three most exciting e-ventures in SA after examining more than 100 companies. But that doesn`t mean their futures are secure.
Two million South Africans are now connected to the Internet, but the rate of growth is slowing down, says Media Africa. The trend will not change until fixed-line competition is introduced.
Is it spam or research? Guy van den Berg wants to know how Web site owners think and he is willing to use unsolicited e-mail to find out.
ITWeb took a few industry specialists by the elbow and posed the question of what they thought to be the single most important IT event or development in 1999. This is what they had to say.
The majority of chief executives of JSE-listed companies believe that communication technology and IT will change the way businesses are managed, according to a survey conducted by Dom P'erignon.
According to a survey conducted by NOP International, Visa is the preferred payment card brand in the world. 55% of consumers in 49 countries reported that they preferred Visa, while 23% preferred MasterCard and 18% American Express.
New research findings reveal that the well-documented communication gap between IT executives and their non-IT colleagues may now be a thing of the past. The research, commissioned by Uskotec and conducted independently by BMI-TechKnowledge, compares the attitudes and perceptions of 57 senior IT executives from SA`s Top 200 organisations with those of non-IT managers.