THERE is great potential for wireless technology in the wide area networking arena, where organisations are spread over different buildings and need to link their local area networks together across these.

The recent crash in dot.com companies world-wide is having a dramatic effect on commercial property take-up.

The building and construction division of CSIR, Boutek, has rolled out its Green Buildings for Africa (GBFA) programme in the public domain in an attempt to clean up South Africa's commercial buildings.

REVENUE from electronic commerce transactions in SA is expected to more than double this year, from R3bn to R6,2bn, according to the first-ever study on SA mobile commerce.

OVER the past few years the SA businessto-consumer e-commerce arena has been characterised by the fact that most of those that have taken to the web have been smaller, purely internet-based start-up companies.

THE Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town has implemented a networking infrastructure that reduces the cost of credit card transactions for its tenants.

UUNET SA, a WorldCom company and leading corporate network service provider in Southern Africa, has pledged its support for the development of SA's small start-up IT sector,

In the future, it is expected that, automated parking systems will be used increasingly in private and public transport because, when compared with conventional parking systems.

DATA-storage firms expect a surge in demand as clients scramble to secure data in the wake of last month's attacks in the US.

As the large institutions flail about, now is the time for entrepreneurs to turn crisis into enterprise.