Companies must get their networks to act as the technology of tomorrow, says Eric Jorgensen, continent director of Africa at Micromuse.
Mohammad Denath, CEO of World Computer Systems, believes the local IT industry is overcharging for products and services.
Companies` budgeting processes must be re-looked, says Kevin Philips, MD of idu Software.
Customer relationship management (CRM) remains an important differentiator in the supply chain, says Paul Whalley, MD of IFS SA.
Storage resource management (SRM) deployments benefit the way in which a business manages its data resources, says Brett Samuel, product manager at Veritas.
David McWilliam, MD of Cognos SA, discusses six challenges companies need to overcome to succeed in a performance economy.
Users can improve supply chain management through data warehousing, says Aubrey van Aswegen, MD of Knowledge Integration Dynamics.
Graham McKay, CTO of Prism Holdings, says the barriers to reductions in SIM size are not electronic, but physical, mechanical and logistical.
Companies need to look at the security risks associated with voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), says Martin May, director at Enterasys Networks.
One of the challenges facing business intelligence (BI) implementations is retaining skilled personnel, says Bruce Bond-Myatt, consulting manager at SAS Institute.
Businesses using least-cost routing (LCR) should make sure they are getting value for money, says Jaco Voigt, director of VoxTelecom.
Don Tredoux, MD of Orion Telecom, believes the deregulation or protection of monopolies in many sectors of business is a hot topic.
Smaller local companies face an uphill battle to develop innovative solutions that are competitive in the global arena, says Graham McKay, CTO of Prism Holdings.