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The Crisis in Marketing

Published on 2009-12-18 18:50:12

Marketing is in crisis. The tough economic climate has shrunk marketing budgets while marketing has simultaneously become the main point of focus for the company’s survival, with everybody looking to marketing to generate new business and keep them on top of the latest trends and tactics. Marketing professionals are stuck between a rock and a hard place and are being told “Do more with less, and prove to me that it is working”. read more

Technology Outsourcing Trends - Business Day Insights

Published on 2009-09-04 07:15:44

Business Day Insights 3 September has a few pieces: Stephen Cohen says Everything can be done online! I like the way he thinks. Grant Bodley, GM for Teamsource says, Boundaries are blurred between the client and the service provider. Agreed, today's SP needs to work inside the client on the business rather than at arms length and in the business. John Jenkins says, Companies are seeking the best deal for differing elements from numerous outsourcers. Multi-sourcing is gaining popularity but t

E-Learning Market Update (June 2009)

Published on 2009-07-02 07:56:45

E-Learning Market Update (June 2009) Is the business model of the future one where the customer no longer pays? This is the idea put forward in a new book by Chris Anderson. We explore his ideas in our market update this month and the implications for e-learning. Chris Anderson, editor of Wired and author of The Long Tail, is at it again. His new book's entitled Free: The Future of a Radical Price. The core of the book is based on an article he wrote for Wired magazine. The book is not available

The Sum of All Things

Published on 2009-04-08 03:02:48

Atlas Shrugged - A Survival Guide to 2009 Moneyweb columnist Magda Wierzycka asks whether we are repeating Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged world as those who have wreaked havoc on the lives of so many are being rewarded for that incompetence. Magda Wierzycka 08 April 2009 07:34 A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal titled Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years has sparked an interesting debate on the blogging circuit. Many conservatives in the US are seeing parallels in th

Digging For Social Networking Gold

Published on 2009-01-21 09:41:50

January 20, 2009 Social networks and news about them is all around us. Led by MySpace, Facebook, and Linkedin etc., the list is endless and still growing! Your challenge? Where is the money in Social Networking? read more

Who is SAP's best BI buddy?

Published on 2008-12-08 07:44:58

Alys Woodward, Senior Analyst Our research report 'Who is SAP's best BI buddy?', published in Software@Ovum, describes SAP's partnership and integration with the major pure-play business intelligence (BI) vendors: Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion, MicroStrategy and SAS. The partnerships are described in terms of the company, the technology of the BI vendor and the integration with SAP. read more

Certify our hackers

Published on 2008-05-13 02:42:28

9 May 2008 by Leon Engelbrecht Companies that are serious about security should have their own in-house hacker and make sure he is certified, says a security expert. “Why do you want to train and certify hackers? To narrow the gap between the good and the bad guys,” says EC-Council co-founder and president Sanjay Bavisi. He addressed ITWeb Security Summit 2008, in Midrand, this week. read more

ICT industry is racist, says govt

Published on 2008-04-15 09:25:13

15 April 2008 By Christelle du Toit, ITWeb Senior Journalist Black economic empowerment (BEE) is not the reason SA has a skills crisis, but rather institutionalised racism and unwarranted, exorbitant price demands by ICT professionals. This is the message from government and industry commentators, in reaction to the outcry that followed the release of the Department of Labour's (DOL's) national master scarce skills list last week. read more

It takes 2.0

Published on 2008-02-21 08:54:08

21-Feb-2008 by Louise Druce Web 2.0 is helping people to interact on a wider scale but is that a good thing? Louise Druce looks at how HR can embrace these tools to get the most out of the company. Love or hate social networking sites, they are among the so-called Web 2.0 applications here to stay. So for those of you who would rather poke your eyes out than spend hours poking friends, perhaps it's time to rethink how these tools can be embraced positively to promote your company. The main bone

12 Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do

Published on 2008-01-15 09:21:13

Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do read more