Professor Sam Lubbe is an associate professor in the School of Information Systems and Technology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems and has taught for many years in the field of IS. He has attended and presented many papers at local and overseas universities. Sam has also published articles in refereed journals and has written and edited four books in his field of IS strategic management, e-commerce, digital divide, accounting information systems and database management. He has also published papers and a book on research.