Companies spend millions each year on integration and infrastructure, thanks to a lack of enterprise-wide architecture and the lack of understanding of enterprise architecture.

Open source may be just what the continent needs to ensure technology is available to everyone.

With the abundance of data immediately available to businesses and individuals on almost any topic, nobody can argue that we have entered the information age. But abundance does not necessarily mean value.

Customer relationship management (CRM) plays a major role in enabling companies to achieve the goals set out by management.

If more companies invested in the ability to measure their customers correctly, we wouldn`t be in the position we are in today with regards to CRM, where executive disappointment with projects ranks as high as 75%.

Organisations wanting to embark on a search project should ask 10 questions of the vendors they are evaluating.

The software industry of the future can be likened to an ocean ecosystem.

In a world where freebies are regarded with suspicion, JBoss is beginning to prove itself in the enterprise.

This year has been a difficult one in almost all sectors of the South African market. However, the networking industry has seen some exceptionally challenging times.

The challenges of today`s business world are beginning to force many organisations to focus more explicitly on their processes.

Electronic supply chains increase the efficiency, productivity and lower the costs of production when implemented correctly, but they also increase the complexity for companies to keep accurate records of the entire logistics process.

New technological developments coming out of deregulated economies are accelerating the networking industry at such a pace that if SA does not make the regulatory adjustments, it will be left behind.