Some locally listed entities demonstrate a lack of efficient corporate governance, says Xoliswa Motswai, Mittal Steel SA`s company secretary.
The marrying of IT with business will happen with or without the IT department, as business entrepreneurs discover technology and apply this in their businesses.
If you don`t make the right storage location choices up-front, it will cost you.
South African organisations are moving towards disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) solutions, says Drive Control Corporation.
Many local companies have not yet addressed disaster recovery and business continuity issues, says Barloworld`s IT audit manager.
PowerDsine`s 6548 Power over Ethernet 48-port midspan provides South African users safe power over standard Ethernet cabling, says local distributor Duxbury Networking.
As managing records is a real pain for most companies, outsourcing is a viable solution, says Paul Mullon, divisional director of marketing at Metrofile.
Graham Duxbury, CEO of Duxbury Networking, looks at Power over Ethernet from a power protection perspective.
American Water is using Avaya IP telephony and contact centre applications to launch customer service operations.
The police claim large-scale success with a biometrics device that helps identify wanted criminals.
Computer Storage Services Africa (CSSI Africa) is now performing data recoveries and hard drive remanufacture in the Western Cape, says the company.
Attix5 has signed a three-year outsourcing agreement with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) for the provision of a backup and disaster recovery solution.
Rocket Software has acquired Servergraph, a Texas company that develops reporting and analysis software for data-backup. [Local Rocket Software rep: SecureData]