Andre Zitzke, CTO at SAS Institute SA, says e-intelligence is a vital ingredient to ensuring the integration of knowledge about business performance.
Stirling McBride, new and emerging business executive at Namitech, says new business applications will galvanise the true entry of smart cards into the retail sector this year.
Shaun Cochrane, GM of Intelleca, provides an overview of VoiceXML technology and its uses.
The dynamics of how IT is used and what is expected of it are in the throes of serious change, says Ashley Ellington, divisional director, Africa at Sage Enterprise Solutions.
Graham Vorster, CTO at Duxbury Networking, says wireless systems are becoming increasingly popular for home use.
Pierre Kotze, financial services executive at Namitech, says smart cards are waiting in the wings to replace debit cards.
Business process management ties a company`s applications together and allows for better process control, says Mark Ehmke, MD of Staffware SA.
Neil Rom, MD of Printacom, says resellers need to be more proactive in their sales cycles and add value in the supply chain.
Messaging middleware based on the Java Message Service application programming interface is emerging as the technology of choice for application-to-application integration, says Rick Parry, MD of Progress Software SA.
Mark Ehmke, managing director of Staffware SA discusses how autonomous and embedded workflows have evolved and analyses some of the solutions that have resulted from this evolution process.
Victoria Vaksman, director of Solit, says many companies are building additional functionality into their e-business systems to deal with new business processes.
Bill Hoggarth, MD of SAS Institute SA, believes companies face the burden of data overload and turning large quantities of data into meaningful information.
Local area network (LAN) environments are moving towards becoming wireless, says Attie Pienaar, branch manager of D-Link SA.