The Host with the Most
COMMUNICATIONS - WEB SOLUTIONS Words: Carel Alberts HOSTING SMEs looking to take advantage of the cost-effectiveness and low IT management overhead of a Web or server hosting solution are faced with quite a serious a dilemma: which host has the most in terms of features, scale and moderate pricing? WHEN IT comes to scale, good hosting is generally about enough bandwidth and disk space, pretty expensive stuff to begin with.
Accounting the Pennies
SOFTWARE - BUSINESS APPLICATIONS Words: Pamela Weaver A CLEAR PICTURE Accountancy software is a key part of every business, large or small; lose control of the money in your business, and you’re likely to follow it up the proverbial creek without a paddle.
New Devices
HARDWARE - MOBILE DEVICES Words: Janet Paterson and Paul Hartley WHAT’S COMING? Perhaps the most difficult element to define for the crystal-ball gazer, the mobile phone of the future is likely to be both very similar and radically different to current devices, depending on how you look at it.
All`s well that ends well?
The awful grinding of hearings, colloquiums, consultations and ministerial determinations, about the value-added network service (VANS) providers` cogs in the local telecommunications market, received a welcome spurt of grease in August.
Green wash & wear
The IT industry is famous for not eating its own dog food. Is it simply selling green or actually going green?
On the Spot-BI
Is master data management a lifelong commitment or a one-off investment?
I`m dreaming...
While some of us dream of a white Christmas (forex costs notwithstanding), some of South Africa`s CIOs have less festive issues on their minds.
Taking choice out of governance
SOA governance isn`t an option, it`s an imperative, says Gartner.
On the Spot: Emerging technology
Already packed with everything but the kitchen sink, what will the cellphone of the future look like?
Where to start?
ITAM is still a no-brainer and local companies still don`t have a handle on it. This could prove to be a very expensive omission.