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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.

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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.

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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.

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Paul Furber

Green wash & wear

The IT industry is famous for not eating its own dog food. Is it simply selling green or actually going green?

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Samantha Perry

On the Spot-BI

Is master data management a lifelong commitment or a one-off investment?

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Samantha Perry

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.

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Samantha Perry

Taking choice out of governance

SOA governance isn`t an option, it`s an imperative, says Gartner.

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Samantha Perry

On the Spot: Emerging technology

Already packed with everything but the kitchen sink, what will the cellphone of the future look like?

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Samantha Perry

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.

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Samantha Perry

Service first

Competing in the UK health insurance market requires first-class service. A South African support team is not only competing favourably, but outdoing UK opposition.

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Samantha Perry

A question of strategy

Government`s BPO dreams have fallen flat before they even got off the ground. Where next for the local call centre and BPO market?

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Samantha Perry

Change - the proverbial evil

Conventional wisdom says that if something isn't part of your core business, you should get someone else to worry about it, thereby exposing it to competitive pressure. But in ICT, that's often not so easy.

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Paul Furber