Paul Mullon, marketing director at Metrofile, believes that storing data on tape or optical disc is no guarantee that it will be there in a few years` time.
Succession planning is something that companies often overlook, says Org Geldenhuys, director of Abacus Recruitment.
Companies deem the information crucial and the net result is that key staff often spend as much as five full days a month doing manual Excel reporting, says Brad Bartlett, CEO of Alchemex.
Business intelligence (BI) solutions can help smaller companies gain an advantage over their competitors, says Annette Hieber, marketing director of Bytes Business Solutions.
Organisations need to move beyond the departmental view when it comes to business intelligence (BI), says Bill Hoggarth, MD of SAS Institute SA.
In order for risk management to evolve, it must move towards more dynamic practices, says Wilhelm Hamman, business technologist at Computer Associates Africa.
Local municipalities need to improve the management of their engineering infrastructure to provide reliable services, says Kevin Wall, manager at the CSIR.
Mobile computing is an important business solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), says Ian Rayner, notebook product manager at Axiz.
Alana de Wet, centre of excellence manager at AST, takes a closer look at integrated manufacturing.
Business process management (BPM) technology has come of age, says Rainer Gaier, MD of Ovations.
Gary Boniface, senior business technologist at 3Com SA, looks at the impact session initiation protocol (SIP) will have on Internet protocol telephony.
There are difficulties facing mobile automation in SA, says Migal van As, CEO of Intervate.
Annette Hieber, marketing and sales director of Bytes Business Solutions, discusses the next evolution of online analytical processing (OLAP) technology.