The budgeting process often consumes time, effort and money without necessarily adding value.

Companies want data so they can analyse it, bend it, twist it and potentially discover something that can add business value.

Companies must protect themselves against unintentional and malicious data leaks from within.

Government`s decision to adopt open document format is a bold one and will not come unchallenged.

Most companies don`t know what data they have, where it is or what it consists of.

All the barriers to Java`s widespread, universal adoption have been dropped.

Storage media is cheap, but managing storage is an expensive exercise.

Electronic spam is as unappealing as its ham-in-a-can version, and just as difficult to process.

Database worms, code reverse engineering and device driver exploits are only a few of the present security threats.

In many small ways, every day, we can do our bit to reduce our impact on the planet.

Make it, manage it, market it and measure it are key to Web site development.

The list of challenges facing us is seemingly endless. It`s time to make a plan.