Data integration and integrity are two of the most critical challenges keeping companies from true enterprise intelligence.

Many CIOs continue to use open source as a bargaining chip to reduce their proprietary software licensing costs.

IP telephony is about a whole lot more than least-cost routing. It is the key to new business models.

In the building industry, things must be right the first time. The same ought to be true when it comes to business intelligence.

Companies often neglect the business information contained in paper records.

While SA is spending on R&D, this is not filtering through to patent level, says the HSRC.

Is service-oriented architecture (SOA) nothing but hype, or at last the industry's solution to assisting customers to maximise existing IT investment?

All corporations must deal with a hybrid of paper and electronic. The challenge is uniting the two.

The push to centralise storage between departments has contributed to the need to view multiple storage devices as a single unit.

Networking over powerlines has become more stable and realistic.

The IT industry operates like a cottage industry - lacking processes, control and visibility.

Data quality is not a glamorous issue, but it simply has to be addressed by both business and IT.