Author: ITPulse

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has called to order the policy statement credited to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) that it will henceforth to register and license all IT contractors in Nigeria. The advocacy group made up of all IT practitioners in Nigeria, said registration and licensing of IT contractors is not part of NITDA’s mandate, but that of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) Act 49 of 1993, which is saddled with the mandate to register, license, supervise and control the profession as stated in CPN Act section 1 (2). In…

Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. Bruce Sterling The term “smart city” is interesting yet not important, because nobody defines it. “Smart” is a snazzy political label used by a modern alliance of leftist urbanites and tech industrialists. To deem yourself “smart” is to make the NIMBYites and market-force people look stupid. Smart-city devotees all over this world will agree that London is particularly smart. Why? London is a huge, ungainly beast whose cartwheeling urban life is in cranky, irrational disarray. London is a god-awful urban mess, but London does have some of the…

  By Kester Omu The management of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has started the registration and licensing of Information Technology contractors in Nigeria in a bid to curtail the increasing menace of failing IT projects. Apart from contractors, service providers for the purposes of procurements, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and other forms of engagement with Government establishments and Private Sector, will also be licensed. The federal government IT clearing house disclosed this in a statement today. The statement signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, noted that the agency is dismayed at the…

  Barring any last minute change of mind, Nigerians may no longer be worried about electricity to charge their devices, as scientists at the University at Buffalo in the US have have developed a small metallic tab that can generate electricity from simple body movements. The device, when finally release will help to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians and indeed other African countries currently plagued by lack of electricity supply, as searching for a power outlet to charge your devices may soon become a thing of the past. “No one likes being tethered to a power outlet or lugging around…

  Chief Executive Officers of Nigeria’s leading Data Centre Service providers- MainOne, Medallion Communications, and Rack Centre will be guests to the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA)’s February 2018 Edition of the monthly interactive session with ICT industry helmsmen tagged: ‘Breakfast Meeting With The CEO.’ The CEOs, Ms Funke Opeke (MainOne), Mr. Ike Nnamani (Medallion) and Mr. Tunde Coker (Rack Centre) have all indicated interest to be physically present at the Breakfast meeting which will have over 50 journalists from various media organizations in attendance. As the world increasingly exploits information technology for innovative services and competitive advantage, the…

  With cyber attacks on the rise, organisations across the globe are contending with loss of reputation, loss of customers, potential financial liabilities, regulatory notification requirements and sometimes, litigation. To address this menace, however, Tardigrade, a Nollysoft’s Enterprise Risk Assessment (ERA) solution, has been identified by experts as a veritable roadmap that would provide better understanding of the cybersecurity space and a good grasp of the internal control mechanisms to organisations towards cyber threats. Introduction  The greatest war that countries in the 21st Century currently face and which they must prepare to win headlong to actively participate in the global…

  The Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye has said his target at the Commission is to make Nigeria the most digital driven economy, where every sector is anchored by ICT. The Chairman stated this in an interaction with Journalists during his 85th birthday celebration in Lagos, two days ago. While thanking God for preserving him till date, with the assurance that he would deploy the rest of his life serving the cause of making Nigerian a great nation, the Senator, particularly, said that at the NCC where he is currently serving the country as board…

  This year’s  Nerds Unite event that is being organized by MainOne will focus mainly on digital disruption, best practices and emerging trends in data center, collaboration, enterprise networking and cybersecurity. According to a statement by MainOne, the event is expected to bring  together over 500 mid to senior ICT executives across multiple industries for intense innovation sessions and will provide these professionals unparalleled networking opportunities. The event is structured round the radical digital transformation being witnessed globally in recent times. The event will have four predominant discussion tracks: “Disrupting the Nigerian ICT industry”, “Radical Digital Transformation: Perspectives across industry…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expanded its quest to deepen broadband penetration in Nigeria by approving two additional Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Licenses. The two new Infraco licenses are Zinox Technology Limited for South East and Brinks Integrated Solutions Limited for North East. This increase the numbers of Infracos to four, after the commission licensed MainOne Cable Company Limited for Lagos and HIS for North Central geopolitical zone including Abuja, over a year ago. The Infraco licenses are based on the NCC’s Open Access Model (OAM) in line with the National Broadband Plan (NBP) of (2013 – 2018). By…

  Kaspersky Lab researchers have disclosed that gas stations across the world are vulnerable to hackers, even as it said it has helped uncover a number of unknown vulnerabilities that have left gas stations around the world exposed to remote takeover, often for years. The vulnerabilities, according to Kaspersky  were found in an embedded gas station controller of which there are currently over 1,000 installed and online. The manufacturer was notified when the threat was confirmed. “During an unrelated research into devices with open connections to the internet, we discovered that gas stations are easy prey for hackers,” said Ido…