Brainstorm Magazine

1. Rapid Deployment ERP Solution Solves Credit Challenge
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... of the Usury Act, which governed the sale of goods on hire-purchase agreements, had fallen away. Interest was charged up front together with the capital cost which was paid off over the period of the agreement; ...

2. TURNING THE PROMISE OF INTEGRATING ONLINE MARKETING TECHNOLOGY INTO A REALITY
(Informatica/The e-Business Handbook)

... and facilitating internal adoption. Importantly, reporting requirements and associated metrics should be defined up front, and the reporting process automated. This will enable reports to be customised ...

3. Inside the mind of a convicted fraudster
(Mindshift/Autumn 2006)

... sedated to help him get through the nightmarish court process. Although it was a plea bargain and everything had been agreed up front, and explained to him by his lawyers, nothing on the day seemed real ...

4. VOIP all quiet on the local front?

... following point for companies considering an investment in IPT: “The more planning and analysis done up front, the less problems during and after the deployment. An infrastructure assessment and risk assessment ...

5. Video me

Teleworking has enjoyed strong uptake in patches across the world. It`s a fair guess that migration hassles to IP networks are holding SA back. Heaven knows why.

6. Faster, but still not fast enough

HSDPA mobile broadband doesn`t deliver everything it promises… yet.

7. Datatec glitters once more

Once relegated from the JSE`s ALSI-40 to small-cap status, Datatec is back and it`s worth watching.

8. CA International rising from the fall

CA has not had a pleasant time recently. Amid criminal scandals, its revenue has taken a massive knock and has been slow to recover. Brainstorm met its new CEO to discuss the future of the beleaguered ...

9. A big ol` pile of paperwork

Communications-monitoring legislation is about to cause a logistical headache for service providers and retailers.

10. Black business barney

Forums designed to promote empowerment suffer as failures turn into public embarrassment.

11. Open source, equal opportunity

Innovation is the cornerstone of competitive advantage, but developing new products requires expensive hardware. Open source is the solution, says IBM.

12. Take the money and run

Business Connexion shareholders voted to take Telkom`s R9 a share offer, just as the IT services group ends six years of restructuring and renaming.

13. Industrial revolution

Consolidation has paid off for a low-profile UCS Group, which has integrated all of its software acquisitions into a ‘software factory`.

14. Office wars, the next generation

There`s a buzz around web-based productivity tools and office applications. How much substance is there to the hype, and how much of a threat are they to Microsoft?

15. Could WiMax make all the difference?

Internet-hungry South Africans have been disappointed by a quick succession of technology innovations that promised to raise performance and lower cost. Is there any reason to believe WiMax will be di

16. South Africa just like China, says the Oracle

Its hunger for what technology can offer a developing country has put South Africa`s emerging economy high on the marketing and investment agendas of most multi-national ICT companies.

17. MTN`s radiation hazard

MTN has developed a high-risk strategy of going against conservative business wisdom – by first expanding into the economic no-man`s land of central Africa, and then into the troubled Middle East.

18. Bullish or just plain bull?

I SAP Africa can only be described as being exceptionally positive about company prospects.

19. Where BEE meets SME

The role of entrepreneurship in BEE is a critical and pressing issue for business in South Africa. Is enough being done to bring the two together?

20. Untwisting copper is a twisted tale

Local loop unbundling is touted as a must in order for South Africa to have a competitive telecoms environment. Is the market ready?