All Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer the same level of service: after all, the only difference between, for example, one ISP’s 64K connectivity offering and another’s, is price. Right?

Intranets have come a long way since the early 1990s. Originally the preserve of the IT department, and used as a loosely controlled domain for technology wizards, an effective Intranet today is an integral part of an organisation's internal communication and workflow processes. That's according to Deidre Dawson, director at Technology Concepts.

Creating an effective website can be a confusing and challenging prospect for many companies - in addition to designing and selecting the many elements that comprise an effective site, it must be created with its business purpose as the driving strategy.

The entire Microsoft vs Linux debate which has taken on David vs Goliath proportions is unnecessary. In fact, it's a misnomer because attempting to compare the two is like comparing apples and pears.

The travel industry need never have to experience slow computer networks again. That's because Internet solutions company Technology Concepts is now providing more and more travel companies with its locally developed TC Bandwidth Manager, which improves bandwidth utilisation for critical traffic.

SA COMPANIES spend a great deal of time and money ensuring that a consistent corporate identity (CI) is projected across all communications media. Letterheads, business cards, invoices, fax cover sheets, pamphlets and brochures, advertisements, even the corporate website – all are intensely scrutinised to ensure they comply with and enhance the company’s hard-earned “brand”.

Yet the primary communication vehicle for business – e-mail – has been largely excluded from CI efforts

It's rare for a discussion of the Internet and its potential not to touch on the issue of bandwidth. In many instances in the South African - and African - context, technology managers bemoan the high cost and relative scarcity of bandwidth, with most agreeing that more of this commodity would improve business operations.

Local developer, Technology Concepts (TC), is looking for channel partners to take its new bandwidth management product to market. The company is offering the product on a rental basis with the appliance type product installed on the customer's premises.

It is amazing how many businesses will take due care in keeping company information contained in files and filing cabinets secure but seem to have a blinkered approach when it comes to company information contained in electronic documents.

It used to be all very simple. We would send and receive only a couple of email messages per day of which the majority were simple text messages, Those days are now long gone. Today, as discussed in our previous article, it has become very easy to attach anything to an email message and it has become exceptionally easy for anyone to open or view the attachments.

While the hype surrounding the widespread availability of asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) in South Africa in late 2002 soon dissipated into disappointed gripes about its poor performance, businesses should avoid writing off the technology as ‘useless’.

From its humble beginnings, the Internet and email have become an indispensable part of our business lives. With the bandwidth issues being experienced in this country innovations have been developed and introduced that provide management with options to maximise the value from their existing connectivity.