Microsoft has firmly thrown the gauntlet at the feet of existing enterprise software platform leaders with its release of Data Center Server, but is the software giant up to the challenge?

How feasible is online broking in SA, where day trading has yet to take off in any significant way? Bronwen Kausch investigates.

Hewlett-Packard believes services will drive mobile Internet growth and is incubating start-ups to grow infrastructure demand. Wireless Application Protocol may be a disappointment, but killer apps may woo consumers back soon.

In an ideal world, local telephone calls are free, voice-over-IP makes international calls inexpensive and telephone network operators scramble to deliver the best service. Will this happen in SA in 2002? Don`t hold your breath.

A lottery prediction software package has caused much controversy, with some calling it "Snake Oil" and others authoring their own high-tech programs to ensure lottery luck. ITWeb investigates.

It all started with an idea to trade Pez dispensers over the Internet. That idea snowballed into a proliferation of auction Web sites, most of which base themselves on the granddaddy of them all - eBay. Where will it end? Financial editor Iain Scott investigates.

Home networking is taking off. It may be a while before we see fully automated households, but network specialists claim we have the infrastructure and potential. It`s all about shared resources and "intelligent" appliances.

Laurika Bretherton, ITWeb`s Chicago correspondent, takes a closer look at denial of service (DoS) attacks and examines ways of combating them.

With the millennium bug threat behind them, companies are facing the question of whether their existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can take them into the e-commerce age.

The process of taking business to the electronic frontier has been much hyped in recent months, but the mental acrobatics involved are largely undiscussed. Basheera Khan goes in search of the secrets to e-business success.

ITWeb financial editor Iain Scott asked analysts whether Y2K is still having an effect on technology stocks and found that the bug, e-commerce and Nasdaq are likely to influence the IT index for some time.

Y2K professionals may be looking to the future with trepidation as a flood of technical skills has swelled the market. Chris Tredger examines who may be at risk of receiving a post-Y2K pink slip.