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.

Security must become a key part of the software development process.

South African companies are waking up to the real power of the Internet.

It makes sense to look to a single IT vendor to support an SME's IT requirements.

Web interaction is a popular trend internationally, but has been largely ignored by the local market.