Author: ITPulse

A report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has shown that thirty-eight of the world’s 150 leading tech companies are on track to become carbon neutral by 2030, with several aiming to be carbon negative soon after. The new report, Greening digital companies: Monitoring emissions and climate commitments, argues that greenest tech firms pave way for sustainable future. The essence of the report is to encourage tech companies to adopt best practices, accelerate emissions reduction and “green” themselves to eliminate carbon-dioxide (CO2) and other GHG output from their operations. “Tech companies are an essential…

The number of data breaches in Russia accounts for 3.5M breaches in the first quarter of 2022, leapfrogging the United States of America with an 11 percent surge in the fourth quarter of 2021, a report from  CryptoMonday analysis has revealed. Sharing this in a statement, the CEO of CryptoMonday, Jonathan Merry attributed the surge of data breaches in Russia to the crisis with Ukraine.  “You can’t divorce Russia’s data breaching woes from its incursion into Ukraine. That action has earned it many enemies within the hacker community. These are targeting Russian “assets” in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. A…

A market intelligence report titled ‘Innovations in Digitizing Distribution of Health Products’ from Salient Advisory has rolled out seven key facts about the Nigeria health tech space. The report shows that Nigeria remains the key hub of digitized health product distribution – for example, innovators based in Nigeria have received 34.4% of total funding raised in the ecosystem within the last 12 months. Below are the facts: 67% of innovators based in Nigeria operate in both the rural and urban areas 18% of innovators are led by either an all-female founding team or a female founder Innovators in Nigeria raised…

The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has called on the federal government to adopt sophisticated and available technology solutions to address the lingering insecurity in the country, where many lives and properties have been lost. The President of CSEAN, Mr. Remi Afon made the call this week during the 2022 Cyber Secure Nigeria conference in Abuja. He argued that with the latest technology solutions such as GPS tracking, drones, artificial intelligence (AI), digital forensic investigation, and lawful interception of electronic communication and social media, the menace of insecurity will be greatly reduced and ultimately, eradicated. “In tackling the…

Mobile applications have invaded mankind to the extent that today one cannot even imagine living without them. So much so, that you have to decide which mobile app you would like to use for your need. The major question is whether native, hybrid, or web-which one to choose. Defining Mobile Application For a layman, a mobile app is something that simplifies their work just by a click of a button on their mobile. To define it more precisely mobile applications or simply mobile apps are computer-generated programs or software applications that are built to run on various mobile devices like-…

New technologies have over time proven to create opportunities for nation-building and economic growth as they have a direct influence on every sector of the economy. The use of technology facilitates the efficient production of more and better goods and services, which is what economic prosperity depends on. One often wonders what the influence of technology on economics is, and in what ways it has influenced economics and nation-building. Christopher Bond gave a quote a long time ago, that answers these two questions. Bond said, “Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future…

The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry for .ng Internet Domain Names and maintainers of the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain, has again honoured private and public institutions, as well as individuals, promoting the brand in its 2022 .ng Awards.  Among those honoured are the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as Most Innovative Service Provider Online, Akwa Ibom State as Digital Innovation State Government and Fidelity Bank Plc as Best Banking or Insurance Website/Portal.. Others are GigaLayer Web Hosting & Domains as NG Company of the Year; Smart Web Nigeria Limited as…

Huawei has been named a 2022 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for WAN Edge Infrastructure, receiving this distinction for a third straight year. Customers across a wide variety of industries, such as finance, manufacturing, and services, had by December 31, 2021, comprehensively reviewed WAN edge infrastructure products and solutions from multiple vendors in terms of product functionality, deployment, O&M, and service support. According to the Gartner Peer Insights, the platform “is a free peer-review and rating platform designed for enterprise software and services decision-makers. Reviews are organized by-products in markets that are defined by Gartner Research in Magic Quadrant and…

The new Ericsson mobility report has predicted that 5G subscriptions will reach a 5.5billion by 2027. The report noted that while subscriptions will surpass one billion in 2022, another 4.4billion will be added by 2027. The report added that Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) to account for 20 percent of all mobile data network traffic in 2022, while 60 percent of global mobile network data traffic expected to be over 5G networks by 2027 North America is forecast to lead the world in 5G subscription penetration in the next five years with nine-of-every-ten subscriptions in the region expected to be 5G…

Mobile applications developers and other tech enthusiasts will Thursday this week be nurtured on how to avoid mobile app pitfalls at a webinar being organized by CED Technologies, an African partner to Appknox, the world’s most powerful plug-and-play security platform. The Chief Technology Officer of CED Technologies, Mr. Chukwuebuka Ume-Ezeoke announced this in a statement. He said the webinar will encourage more African organisations to make a cultural shift from DevOps to DevSecOps by various means which this webinar is key in encouraging developers, security researchers, and enterprises to build safe and secure mobile applications. The topic of the webinar…