Embedded reporting cultures are the single largest obstacle to change, says Keith Jones, MD of Harvey Jones Systems.
Cutting costs and reducing the complexity of information technology seems like an unattainable dream for many businesses; you can do one or the other, but not both. Of course, business wants both and more.
Analogies are often the best way to learn about complex issues. This can be especially relevant if you are responsible for specifying the power and cooling capabilities of a data centre to support high density IT equipment.
South Africa`s telecommunications sector continues to be stymied by punitive and superfluous regulatory structures that will gravely impede the development of the call centre industry.
Improved management of imaging and printing processes can save organisations up to 30% of costs, which constitute between 1% and 3% of gross revenue.
Organisations which run IT departments "like businesses" enable rapid adjustment of IT spend to meet changing business requirements, says Sagaran Naidoo, business technologist, CA Africa.
Building a home wireless environment is easy to do, and overcomes problems associated with family Internet access, says Fred Lu, MD of local distributor Corex.
Increasing demands are being placed on backup solutions and the resellers that provide them, says Helen Vermij, storage product manager at Storgate Africa.
The ability to see what is really going on in the business allows managers to stress about real rather than perceived issues, says Keith Jones, MD of Harvey Jones Systems.
Business process management (BPM) systems are increasing called upon to address specific, process-centric challenges, says Jurgen Muller, a director of Quintica.
Karel Rode, a business technologist at CA Africa, reveals how large computing systems are keeping pace with the increasingly complex issues surrounding user rights.
Dedicated security technology company, McAfee, has announced research which reveals the extent to which companies are failing to protect themselves from security vulnerabilities.
`Pests` represent the fourth age of Internet threats, and a completely new type of threat to PC users accessing the Internet, says Karel Rode, business technologist, Computer Associates.