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Streamed video, Web usher in new era of interactivity

Business television and distance learning are on the brink of a new breakthrough with the merging of streamed video and the Web, believes Mark Chertkow, MD of Graphic Image Technologies.

Graphic Image Technologies

The hidden risks of spreadsheets and end-user computing

Disregard for control over end-user computing and spreadsheet models means more and more firms relying on these tools for decision-making are acting on inaccurate information, says Adrian Miric, manager, information risk management, KPMG SA.

Factoring in the need for ERP outsourcing

High costs, dwindling resources and the need to focus on core business are driving factors for outsourcing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, says Stephen Green, technology manager at Baan SA.

Component software

Components, objects become preferred option

The componentisation of enterprise resource planning systems has meant that users are no longer forced to choose between integration and function and can combine these with new add-on components, says Steve Green, technology manager at Baan SA.

Virtual private network (VPN)

The network management benefits of a VPN

With the move to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), companies want the assurance that their mission critical applications will get the same priority treatment as they would on a WAN, says UUNET SA`s Rob Lith.

Virtual private network (VPN)

Assessing the benefits of outsourcing VPNs

Greg Lock, UUNET corporate business unit manager, argues that although out-tasking may appear to be the cheaper option and the choice that provides greater long-term control over business systems and structures, the reality is quite different.

Dealers should gear up for the payroll bonanza

The inevitability of payroll computerisation among SOHO and SME companies will drive healthy opportunities for software dealers and value-added resellers to grow their revenue, believes Stephen Corrigan, MD of Pastel Software SA.

Stephen Corrigan

Examining the Net effect

Ron Pienaar, MD of Ornet Solutions, a member of MB Worksoft, the software and services arm of JSE-listed MB Technologies, looks at the "Web-enabled" phenomena.

MB Technologies

Networked Economy

Meeting the challenges of the Networked Economy

Doug Batchelor, regional director of Nortel Networks` Enterprise Solutions line of business in SA, believes today`s multiple, complex networks will not be able to support the Networked Economy.

Nortel Networks

Virus plague far from over

It`s obvious from the new wave of virus "attacks" that the Melissa story isn`t over, says Dimension Data Security MD Mark Danton.

Co-sourcing is the new wave of the future

Richard Firth, chairman of MIP Holdings, believes that co-sourcing rather than outsourcing will become the next trend in IT business management. The co-sourcing business model, says Firth, provides a better return on investment than outsourcing.

Project Management

Need for rapid delivery leads to project management shake-up

IT project management is undergoing rapid change, driven by the demand for faster delivery and more accountability, says Richard Firth, chairman of MIP Holdings, the enterprise software development company.

Network management

Simplifying network management

The distributed nature of business-critical applications makes the continuous availability and optimal performance of a heterogeneous network crucial to successful operations, believes Andrea Lodolo, technical director for Global Technology Delivery Services at Computer Associates Africa.

Computer Associates Africa

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