Samsung Electronics, is eyeing the top shot of the Nigerian mobile market in 2013, rolling out two new products it believed could do the magic. The products, Galaxy S III Mini, a compact version of the Galaxy S III, and the Samsung Galaxy Camera, tagged the ‘connected camera’, were unveiled in Lagos last week at a breakfast meeting with newsmen.

After thorough analysis of federal procurement data ranging from 2009 to 2011, GovWin Consulting, the management consulting division of Deltek, has identified NetApp as the top vendor serving the U.S. federal government’s information storage needs.

Despite stiff competition at the just concluded 2nd biennial Africa Digital Forum (ADF) awards put in place by ICT Watch Africa Digital Network, Austin Okere, Group Managing Director, Computer Warehouse Group Limited also received the award for the ‘ICT Man of the Decade, 2012’in Nigeria against even as Computer Warehouse Group won ‘ICT Conglomerate of the year, 2012.

A broadband summit put together by the Nigerian Communications Commission in conjunction with Business Day Newspapers, at the weekend, exposed the flagrant right of way demand by some government agencies as a major bottleneck to bringing about broadband benefits to the teeming Nigerians who are waiting to be transformed to global citizens on the wings of ubiquitous access.

TO prepare Nigerian students to adapt to 21st century learning method, one of the Nigeria’s leading technology solutions company, Omatek is expanding the opportunity cost of acquiring computers with its new e-learning scheme to provide a platform to ensure that ICT tools are deployed in class rooms under a carefully structured learning environment equipped with internet connectivity to create a virtual connection between students and teachers.

At the just concluded National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) held in Lagos at the weekend, the Nigerian Computer Society, NCS honored Mr. Mike Ajibola Olajide, Chairman, Sidmach Technologies Limited with a Professional Fellowship Award.

Future computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM says in an annual forecast Monday.

TODAY is Wednesday, December 12, 2012. We are all looking forward to the peak of the festive season — Christmas — which comes up in another 13 days. Part of the efforts to celebrate Christmas in a grand style, by many families is the purchase of new television sets, and for those with a little more empowerment, subscription with a pay-TV service provider, all with one goal in mind — entertainment, information, and education, all at the press of a button on the remote commander. Good!

The banking landscape in Nigeria has been subjected to significant changes in the past years. Notably, the Central Bank of Nigeria , (CBN) has launched the Cashless Lagos Project to reduce cash handling costs and combat related fraud activity in the system.

In a bid to actualize its dream of empowering all Nigerian worker with digital knowledge, Buyright Africa has introduced a Nigerian Employee Digital Well fare Scheme, NEDWS into the Nigerian market. Unveiling the project, the Executive Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, said the scheme was special to him as it touches on the need and well fare of Nigerian workers.

Despite the clamp down on telecom promos by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), November 8, 2012, quality of service of the network operators are still far from what it should be.

With the growing demand for Apple products in Nigeria, especially the iPad and iPhone range of smartphones, innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat Nigeria has en tered into a deal with Core Group Africa, the Apple authorized distributor for Nigeria, to make its products readily available across the country.

Cloud computing is currently making information and communications technology headlines, and vendors are aggressively promoting the many benefits it can provide organizations. These benefits appear so compelling that on the surface it seems all ICTs can and should be moved “into the cloud”.

Postmaster-General of Nigerian Postal Services, Ibrahim Baba-Mori has stated that the advancement in technology has opened a new vista of opportunities for the survival of the Nigerian postal services. The Post Master General stated this yesterday at the occasion of NIPOST Headquarters’ Merit Awards 2011 held in Abuja.

At the just concluded tour of its new factory in Oregun, Lagos, the Managing Director of Omatek Computers, Engr. Florence Seriki has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria to reduce the cost of broadband access to encourage people to acquire computers and other digital devices. According to Seriki, if cost of broadband access was reduced to the barest minimum, both local and foreign ICT vendors will make more sales.