Although it had a somewhat lacklustre entry into the ICT market, the time seems to be right for thin-client technology.

With the imminent launch of tens of millions of smart cards into the South African marketplace, 2005, say the experts, is the year this technology finally takes off.

Developers and vendors generally agree on likely trends and goals for the software industry in the next decade. But there are widely differing views on how and when the vision will be realised.

Over the past couple of years, enterprise data storage needs and requirements have grown at a tremendous rate, even during periods when the economy was sluggish.

The pace at which business moves nowadays demands mobility, so vendors are tailor-making products to help the executive remain connected to his business systems while on the move.

The six finalists for the 2004 IT Personality of the Year award share faith in what ICT can do for SA and its people.

Global sales of IP telephony systems have already surpassed those of traditional equipment.

To understand the potential impact of IP conversion on your networks, Gartner recommends you do some homework.

Don`t expect cheap international calls. When Boeing switched to VOIP it found the real value lies elsewhere.

Security is the primary inhibitor to VOIP adoption. But users` concerns are increasingly outweighed by the many business benefits the technology offers.

The telecoms "big bang" announcement has changed the way we see the future. ICT gatherings are gazing deeper than ever into their crystal balls.

The most widely used development language is also the one in most demand among respondents to ITWeb`s first software skills survey.