Tough economic times result in more insider threats, which means identity and access management needs to be on everyone's agenda.
Speed of implementation, flexibility and the ability to leverage strong growth in Africa will define ERP this year.
Storage in the future could be an odd mix of intelligence and stupidity.
The consolidation of BI vendors means faster implementations and less politics to overcome, but also more opportunities for niche players.
If something isn't part of the core business, get someone else to worry about it.
In some government departments, ICT has proved that it can help enable delivery. Others should learn from them.
Can SA break out of the headhunting and job-hopping spiral?
Businesses must obey thousands of pieces of conflicting legislation. Complying with it is a challenge worthy of Machiavelli.
What do rising prices and uncertain power supplies mean for business continuity and disaster recovery? More factors for companies to juggle, that's what.
SA is leading the way in architects qualified to design agile enterprises. It's just the maturity and implementation details that are the challenge.
Advanced cellphones and new wireless technologies put more power in consumers' hands, which could improve everyone's bandwidth lot.
As ERP systems include more features that used to cost money as separate add-ons, it will increase the pressure on both them and their partners to grow. Some will not survive.
Storage issues will come to a head for many companies in 2008, no matter their size. Whether they cope depends on what they do now.