The biggest business intelligence wins are achieved with the smartest planning, says Gerrit-Jan Albers, BI consultant at RDB Consulting.
SQL gives developers the ability to visualise data structures, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics.
The provision of independent application or software services is becoming an international best practice, says Haydn Pinnell, MD of GTS.
The need to train, facilitate and participate in project teams requires a new application of team collaboration, says Pieter Meyer, CEO of UMT SA.
Full outsourcing, co-sourcing, and managed and hosted services each offer different benefits, says Dawie Bloomberg, business services director at The Webcom Group.
Companies now invest in total solutions to reduce and control printing costs, says group CEO at Itec Group, Philip Perkins.
Companies need an early warning system to alert them to impending availability and performance deficiencies in online services, says Hannes Lategan, solutions strategist at CA Southern Africa.
So many customers invest in new equipment and don`t get the full value out of it, says Michael Powell, product marketing manager at Kyocera Mita SA.
Panorama and Microsoft have extended BI to more users across the globe, says Anton Jacobsz, sales executive at Datacentrix.
A business intelligence competency centre should be structured to account for various user needs, says Caron Mooney, director at IS Partners.
The malware installs itself on a user`s computer or an organisation`s server, says Adrian Hollier, channel manager at Comztek.
Service-based PPM solutions can be functionally rich too, says Philip Knagg, project manager at CA Southern Africa.
South African businesses are using business intelligence to drive data governance, says Bryn Davies, MD of InfoBlueprint.