Cloud computing in government could save taxpayers billions of rands and improve service delivery by an order of magnitude, says Cordys Software SA CEO Mike Rolfe.
IP telephony allows organisations to leverage the cost advantages and convenience of running voice and data on a single network, says Dawie Bloomberg, business services director at The Webcom Group.
A USB memory stick and a virtualisation solution can provide remote access from any machine, says Hedley Hurwitz, MD of Magix Integration.
The mining minerals and processing market will see improved bandwidth and connectivity in remote locations, says Conrad Steyn, director of Barnstone Consulting.
Phishers copy e-mail notifications and add a phoney link, which takes customers to a pseudo-site, says Mia Papanicolaou, messaging specialist at Striata.
As African countries gear themselves to become BPO offshore destinations, SA needs to enhance its own offerings, says Kgabo Badimo, MD of Spescom DataVoice.
Businesses have not yet aligned their business and IT strategies, which poses a security threat, says Hedley Hurwitz, MD of Magix Integration.
The electronic shelf label system is preferred because it provides two-way communications, says Hendrik Bredenkamp, MD of Skydirect, a Xon company.
Outsource providers will begin offering a greater selection of open source solutions in 2011, says Jaroslav Cerny, CEO of RDB Consulting.
A user attempting access to a network cannot always be trusted to be the person s/he claims to be, says Martin Tassev, MD of Loophold Security Distribution.
The demand for connected services will continue as Internet access becomes easier and more affordable, says Keith Fenner, VP for sales in Africa of Softline Accpac.
Storage is the one area where it is a non-negotiable to drive up utilisation in SA, says Mike Styer, country manager of NetApp.
Compliance roles should be seen as business enablers, integrating the compliance needs of audit and IT, says John Mc Loughlin, MD of J2 Software.