F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
6 ways proper tech can help bridge the business-IT divide
Having now written a total of seven articles examining different aspects of what is needed to add real value to your business using information…
Is your IT department living up to expectations? Here’s how to make sure it does
The question that is not yet sufficiently analysed, particularly in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is: How does the overall performance of the IT…
How should businesses go about making complex IT decisions?
After having addressed, in my previous articles, the different aspects of the Business’ Expectations, the IT Skillsets needed and the IT team’s positioning in…
The business, IT divide: are we speaking the same language?
This, the fifth of my eight-article series on achieving real business value through IT alignment, we tackle the business-IT divide directly by considering shared…
How should the techies in your company position themselves in relation to your business strategy?
In the previous articles in this series, we established two key requirements for aligning your business and technology strategies for achieving real value. Business…
Do we have the correct people and expectations when it comes to business and tech?
In my last article, I stated that in order for Information Technology to start providing real business value, it must become an integral part…
Here’s why you need to recognise the strategic value of your IT team
This is the second article (the first was merely an introduction) in this series towards pulling together the facets of your Information Technology architecture…
Strategic potential: how your IT team went from artisans of magic to reliable stability
Information Technology has come a long way since the days of a business having a single PC stuck away in the corner processing invoices…
Perpetuating the IT, business divide: an insider’s perspective
As an active participant inside the South African SME IT industry for 20 years, I feel that I am allowed to reflect on how…
Looking for an IT manager? Don’t go chasing unicorns
Unicorns exist — or do they? It seems as if many medium-sized organisations do think so, looking at their list of expectations versus what…
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