The proliferation of technology has resulted in productivity improvements in corporations, but has also made it easy to steal information or manipulate it for personal gain, says Amir Lubashevsky, CEO of Magix Integration.
Modern IT departments and CIOs are closer to business strategy and will become ever more entwined in achieving their organisations` strategic goals, says Sybille McCloghrie, group business development director of COSA.
Customers must be careful of the terminology in the market when making server purchasing decisions, says Greg Pothitos, HP ISS product manager at Tarsus Technologies.
Today's business environment, characterised by new codes of practice and legislation, is putting severe pressure on businesses, says Bill Hoggarth, MD of SAS Institute SA.
Power over Ethernet is a rapidly emerging technology that is strongly supporting the deployment of VOIP, wireless networking and other applications, says Graham Duxbury, CEO of Duxbury Networking.
Customer relationship management (CRM) is now second only to strategic planning, and is said to be used by four out of every five companies, says Grant Chapman, MD of Camsoft Solutions.
Customer aggregation is the winning e-billing strategy, not only in SA but globally, says Alison Wright, MD of Striata SA.
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) require budget-friendly technology solutions that will help drive revenue and improve operations, says Atul Gupta, MD of Sahara Computers.
The first step to achieving zero cost document management is understanding that documents have a lifecycle, says Paul Mullon, divisional director of marketing at Metrofile.
It took about seven years for e-mail to become the de-facto standard for business communication, but e-commerce will take much longer to become as indispensable, says Tjaart Kruger, Business Connexion executive consultant.
Effective change management when implementing business intelligence (BI) ensures the solution doesn`t become a white elephant, says Adrian Rupp, BI consultant at iSolve Business Solutions.
South African companies should guard against "rip-and-replace" integration strategies and carefully determine their requirements before investing in integration solutions, says CommerceQuest SA MD, Alex Steyn.
More SOHOs are buying printers from large retailers, whose low overheads and bulk buying power are determining the street prices for entry-level office automation, says Marc Pillay, Minolta South Africa laser printer division product manager.