BUsinesses that have come to terms that PC and server based applications are becoming out dated, are increasingly incorporating mobile and wireless solutions for their business processes to reduce time and improve the performance.

Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry solution, will be reaching out to African developers at the Mobile Web West Africa event on the 25th and 26th April in Lagos.

I n the wake of continued cries by the telecommunications operators for government to provide more support than it already doing if more growth and stability would be achieved in the sector, Hi-Tech cornered the Corporate Services Executive of MTN Nigeria after a recent event in Lagos. In this interview, Goodluck provided more insights on the kind of support the operators need and a lot more other issues. Excerpts:

Visa and Master Card are said to be investigating whether a data security breach at one of the main companies that processes transactions improperly exposed private customer information, bank officials. The breach occurred at Global Payments, an Atlanta company that helps Visa and MasterCard process transactions for merchants.

A recent study conducted by a global management consulting firm, Accenture limited has shown that a majority of companies are strategizing their capabilities in order to secure growth in the emerging markets.