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.
Richard Firth, chairman and CEO of MIP Holdings, says locally designed software is in demand in non-US markets because of its multilingual ability and realistic data transmission speed design.
IT professionals require the right combination of legacy and new-age skills to remain marketable, says Ivor Rimmer, MD of Bateleur Resourcing.
Leon Labuschagne, virtual Internet service provider (VISP) product manager at Internet Solutions, believes VISPs are on the increase and are offering specialised services to companies.