ITWeb will host its IT Confidence conference on 11 March at Gallagher Estate, Midrand. The event presents an interactive platform for analysts and key private and public IT companies to put forward their predictions and points of view.
The day's presentations and panel discussions will focus on major trends, ideas and developments in the industry for 2008 against the context of market opportunities and challenges seen during 2007.
Ken Jarvis, MD of Jika Africa, will present an insider view on vendor selection. He will share his approach, successes and failures on being a CIO of a large public sector entity, and choosing a vendor and ICT partner. He will also discuss what it is like to deal with the customer from a supplier perspective, and the frustrations of being 'on the other side of the desk'.
Chris Hart, chief economist of Investment Solutions; Roy Blume, IT research manager for BMI-TechKnowledge; Noah Greenhill, senior GM for Marketing and Business Development at the JSE; and Craig Hackney, an analyst from BJM, will also speak.
A number of panel discussions will be conducted, featuring CEOs of major players in the South African ICT industry, who will explore matters such as issues facing the industry, new technology trends, growth, and amount of spend.
The first discussion involves Henk van der Watt, service delivery executive manager at IT Edcon; John Jenkins, executive of outsourcing at Business Connexion; and Ken Jarvis, MD of Jika Africa, who will explore outsourcing.
Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, will chair a discussion on communications, and panellists include Mike Brierley, CEO of MTN Networks; and Ermano Quartero, managing executive of Vodacom Business, among others.
Simon Tomlinson, CEO of Faritec; Asher Bohbot, CEO of EOH; and Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of GijimaAst, will form the panel discussing services. This discussion will be chaired by BJM analyst Craig Hackney.
The final discussion, chaired by Sandy Pullinger, MD of nFold, will focus on software, and panellists include Simon Carpenter, head of Strategy at SAP; Arjen Wiersma, CEO of BMC SA; David Ives, head of Development & Platform at Microsoft SA; and Nicky Sheridan, CEO of Oracle SA.
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