Icasa may no longer be mired in unconstructive scandals that saw the regulator slammed for being incompetent, but it still faces some tough times ahead.

When news of the coup by Microsoft started to filter through on 1 April, it wasn`t taken seriously, at first. But reality soon hit home as more publications carried the story and bloggers from both camps posted their vociferous opinions.

Pimping horses and gliding through the sky may not be run-of-the-mill leisure pursuits, but they do keep a man occupied.

Poison Ivy appears to have scant regard for comment in the media, advice from business leaders or pressure from think tanks and foreign institutions. Perhaps a review by one of her peers might change that.

Mirriam Zwane is no stranger to hardship; now she has returned to her roots to help others take a step up in the world.

Imagine a professional and personal journey that takes you around the world and into the exploration of outer space. This is the life of Microsoft Africa chairman Cheick Diarra, who works to help Africans reach their full potential.

What`s green, light and not likely to see much use in South Africa because we don`t have sufficient bandwidth? HP seems to have the answer.

SecureData s on a mission to become great. Brainstorm talks to COO Brett Parker about his plans.

the nation`s thumb warriors are being tempted with ever more juicy m-commerce offerings. Bless the application developers; these people can be your market too.

lefatshe may be rustling up the industry, but its CEO, Noedine Isaacs-Mpulo, would rather over-deliver quietly than shout its successes from the rooftops.

In 1982, IBM towered over the global IT industry and generated more revenue than all the rest put together. Microsoft wasn`t even on the radar. Today, by market value, Microsoft is the seventh largest company in the world, according to Forbes.

According to Gartner`s William Hahn, South Africa is not going to follow any predictable models in its telecoms market development.

Predicting what South Africa`s telecoms landscape will look like in the not too distant future can be likened to reading tea leaves it`s anybody`s guess.

Storage has always been a problem in the ICT space, with end-users using it up almost as soon as it is installed. Too much data and too little space, they used to say. Now the word on the street is that there`s still too much data, and too much under-utilised disk space. In this month`s On the Spot feature, we asked the local storage guys one easy question: Storage, storage everywhere - how do you manage, maintain and get optimal usage out of it?

Renting or financing IT assets can be an attractive alternative to cash expenditure, provided it`s done correctly.

When it comes to rentals, attention to detail is required, says Gartner, to continually question figures and compare different payment and delivery models.

Enterprise architecture (EA) is not a new discipline. But it has been attracting recent attention as companies try to come to grips with rapid change and the problem of delivering business value while remaining agile.

South African cellular operator Vodacom is preparing for what could be the company`s most significant change since its inception: the departure of operational founder and current group chief executive officer Alan Knott-Craig.

Mob justice online is - and always has been - remarkably effective.

People are becoming increasingly frustrated with contact centres, but Brett Butler thinks he`s found a way to improve the overall experience.