Mergers and acquisitions have a profound impact on the workforce, therefore a correct framework of expectation, passion and commitment must be in place.

Asset managers must ensure that lean asset management comes to the fore in the manufacturing environment.

The missing link to effectively enable a single view of the company`s data is the data manager.

Ad hoc query and analysis allows users to explore data without administrative intervention, enabling them to generate new or modified reports with control over content, layout and calculations.

Many companies have a well charted IT roadmap, yet bury their heads in the sand when it comes to putting this strategy into the context of a manufacturing execution system (MES).

Before companies can manage corporate information assets, they have to know what they are.

Executives cannot afford to ignore the records retention regulations that are impacting all industries.

Killer apps are appearing faster than ever, transforming the way we do business. At the same time, there is an increased need to alter the way IT and business units relate. Enter BPM.

The dispute between Sentech and a disgruntled MyWireless user has not addressed the fine line between freedom of speech and defamation.

Africa is the world`s fastest-growing market for mobile communications. Between 1998 and 2003, the market for cellphone technology on the continent has grown at around 63% a year, almost twice the world average.

Previous Industry Insights in this series have dealt mainly with high-level concepts surrounding the domain of architecture. It`s now time to delve a little further into the practical side of implementing an effective architecture.

In today`s economy, it is common knowledge that retaining customers can be up to 100% more profitable than acquiring new ones.