Subscribe
About
  • Home
  • /
  • Contributors
  • /
  • Peter van der Merwe

Peter van der Merwe

Articles

14:00
Project Management
Sept 10, 2007

Government weaves a tangled web

Despite many problems, public sector IT has never looked healthier. With some strategy, it could resolve serious socio-economic issues.

14:40
Skills development
Aug 13, 2007

IT skills shortage choking SA business

The local IT industry continues to play the blame game while the skills shortage gathers momentum.

14:10
Networking
May 7, 2007

Cyber-baddies make hay as CIOs snooze

Old-style firewalls and anti-virus solutions are woefully inadequate for the new generation of security threats.

13:50
Contact centres
Jan 15, 2007

Please sir, may we have some more?

SA's contact centre industry could take the world by storm if government would just give it a break. So it says, anyway.

6:30
Paperless office
Oct 24, 2006

Scissors beats paper, paper beats technology

The more digital information speeds around offices and the world, the more people print it out. Technology offers freedom from paper, but nobody seems to want it.

3:30
Paperless office
Oct 24, 2006

Testing the paperless waters

An unnamed company`s HR environment is proving to be the ideal testing ground for a possible conversion to a paperless office.

14:20
HR software
Sept 4, 2006

HR eyes the big leagues

The dowdy sister of enterprise software is working on a powerful new image, but the strategic value of HR software is proving to be an elusive beast.

16:00
Broadband
Aug 21, 2006

Making the Internet sing

Compared to the US and Europe, the South African Web hosting industry is still in its baby shoes. But it is growing up fast.

12:40
Hardware
Jul 24, 2006

The enemy`s at the water cooler

IT security and risk management has focused on building a solid defence against external attacks. The real threat, however, lies within a company.

11:50

When disaster strikes

In a business era where data is king, many companies are still treating disaster recovery and business continuity like a beggar - and it could come back to bite them.

13:10
Managed services
Apr 18, 2006

Managed services on the rise

Outsourcing? That`s so last-century. Managed services is the way forward for savvy companies looking to get the most out of IT infrastructure, and generate business value in the process.

12:20

BPO: The new baby on the block

Keen to focus on what they do best, companies are increasingly turning to business process outsourcing (BPO) for everything else.