Author: Kenneth Omeruo

Later today,The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) will hold her annual President Dinner where Sir Jim Ovia – Founder of Visafone Networks, would be delivering the Keynote on “Framework for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in the ICT Industry – The Role of Software”, Highlight of the event will be the unveiling of Jim…

Engr. Ajayi is the Managing Director of Pinet Informatics Limited, one of the first ISPs in Nigeria. He is the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). He has served as the Vice-Chairman of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN) and Africa ISP Association (AfrISPA). He is a founding member…

In a bid to help promote the expansion of broadband services in Nigeria,Telecoms Answers Associate in collaboration with Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) mobilizes Telecoms experts and companies in a Broadband Expansion Program for Nigeria. Read all about the event here.  

ATCON News this week have it that Phase3 Telecom, a Nigerian aerial fibre infrastructure company, will provide high-speed broadband connectivity via its Open Access Network to schools in rural parts of Nigeria. Stanley Jegede, Chief Executive of Phase3, said the project will allow schools to further utilise ICT. The company already supports education in Nigeria…

Today, consumers call the shots. With globalization and the internet providing nearly unlimited choices, power has shifted from corporations to consumers. This shift makes it nearly impossible for companies to sustain differentiation based solely on price or product. The only option that remains is the customer experience.Devices and channels such as mobile, social and web,…

As the year unfolds gradually, many companies are strategically aliening themselves for to leverage the opportunities of the time,one of such company is Symantec Corp recently announced a new strategy that will streamline and simplify the company so it can deliver significantly improved performance for customers and partners. This plan by the company was made…

Few days ago I got this detailed press report that Research in Motion(RIM) has finally changed their name to Blackberry and launched two phones on the much awaited Platform 10. I am yet to have access to the new phones to review them but within few days of this launch have received more than ten…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),the regulatory body of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria has announced a new price cap of N4.00 per message for all domestic off-net short messaging service with effect from February 5, in the first regulatory intervention of the year to bring down the cost of SMS.Read the rest story  here.

As part of the ITU’s Girls in ICT project & Tech Needs Girls campaign, Women in Technology in Nigeria  brings Technovation Challenge to Nigeria. The Mobile App Challenge was opened on Monday for secondary  school girls(ages 13-18) who would  work in teams of 5s to develop mobile apps, conduct market research, write business plans, and…

Symantec Corp recently announced the findings of its 2012 Information Retention and eDiscovery Survey which examined how enterprises manage their ever-growing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) and prepare for the eventuality of an eDiscovery request. The study found the percentage of organizations without a formal information retention plan dropped by half from the 2011…

Following a press statement made available to us by SY&T Communications Limited Oracle has announced Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (Oracle IaaS) with Capacity on Demand.Oracle IaaS enables organizations to deploy fully integrated Engineered Systems, including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud,Oracle SPARC SuperCluster, Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage…

With explosion in data as a result of increased use of the social networks and connected mobile devices globally, data is growing so big reaching a worldwide total of 7.9 zeta bytes (or eight trillion gigabytes) by 2015.Businesses today are faced with the challenge of keeping up with satisfying their customers ever increasing demand while…

A research commissioned by mobile advertising network, Twinpine has given fresh insight into the unprecedented growth of the African mobile market, revealing that mobile penetration is driving internet usage across West Africa and playing a fundamental role in fuelling economic growth. The study – An analysis of Mobile Technology in West Africa: The Case Of…

On the 15th of January at Dubai, you will have the opportunity to learn about the World’s most comprehensive Cloud on Planet Earth..As more than 25 million users rely on Oracle Cloud every day, there is certainly something of interest for Nigeria and Nigerian businesses to learn from beyond what we had at Oracle Nigeria…

  A COMMUNIQUE ON INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS O F NIGERIA(ISPON) – NATIONAL SOFTWARE CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION – TINAPA, CALABAR, CROSS-RIVER STATE – FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA – 2012. The Cloud has been identified and indeed become the latest strategic roadmap for ICT development at all levels of engagement. As the Internet continues to transform…

The Federal Ministry of Communications Technology Nigeria in collaboration with industry partners like Accenture, Access bank, Chevron, Digital Jewels, Exxon Mobil, Firstbank and Total, has launched a Technology Innovation Programme called Techlaunchpad to nurture and develop software entrepreneurs who have a vision to build successful software companies that support the industry. Techlaunchpad is a Public…

On Sunday the 30th of this month, the Google Developer Group Lagos (GDG Lagos) is putting together a DevFest – an event for designers, developers and techies. It is a developer community-run event with speaker sessions and codelabs across Google Developer product areas & APIs. According to the organisers led by Femi Taiwo”We’ll be diving…

The new Nokia Asha 205 is the first Nokia device to feature a dedicated Facebook button Facebook and Nokia have announced recently an innovation with the introduction of a built-in Facebook button available on the new Nokia Asha 205. The Nokia Asha 205 is the first Nokia phone that includes a dedicated Facebook button, designed for…

  These are some of the latest cyber threats as compiled by Symantec Shamoon / Distract Attacks The Shamoon attacks are unique – they were targeted to the energy sector in the Middle East There are still a number of ‘unknowns’: because so targeted there are not multiple copies so not easy to get samples,…

The Quadrant Company- Nigeria’s first full service Public Relations Consultancy, has launched an innovative business portal to link people searching for up-to-date information on businesses and organizations in Nigeria. The portal called Qlichy,seeks to expand opportunities for organizations, by maximizing their digital presence while reaching consumers, stakeholders and other businesses in a unique and cost…