It is estimated that 84 major data centre suffered failures in the past 36 months worldwide. The reasons for these failures according to experts included design, specifications, processes and procedures put in place.

BrandXchange Limited, a Lagos-based company that samples consumer opinion on products & services, has launched a website tagged www.brandxchangeonline.com to bridge the gap between brands and consumers.

In recognition of the important role Oyo State plays in the development of the Nigerian economy, Nigeria’s leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel has announced it has completed a comprehensive network overhaul in the State, empowering more telecoms consumers to connect to its upgraded 3.75G network coverage.

For most Nigerian Bloggers, blogging is a hobby. Those who call it business hardly put in the necessary efizzy that makes blogging an aesthetic art of disseminating news.

Renowned technology analysts, Strategy Analytics has released new figures which pegged the number of smartphones in use worldwide above 1 billion.

The research firm says the milestone was reached in Q3, 16 years after the first smartphone was launched in 1996.

Nigerians who have grown so much love for Apple products may soon have an addition in their love basket as the global smart devices maker is set to introduce its latest and long rumoured iPad Mini into the market next week.

By deploying Windows Server 2012, the Chief Information Officer, (CIO) of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has said that government agencies can improve service and cuts costs through cloud computing.

JOHANNESBURG — LAST week, a Digital Dialogue Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and at the end of the event, majority of the participants were of the opinion that the possibility of African nations meeting the 2015 deadline for migration to digital broadcasting was slim.

Reacting to the frequency band allocation allegation against the Nigerian telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Director, Public Affairs of the Commission , Mr. Tony Ojobo said the commission was guided by the provisions of the Nigerian Communications Act, noting that the frequency allocated to Openskys followed due process.

The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has said that the performance contract agreements signed recently with the Permanent Secretary and Heads of Departments, Agencies and Parastatals under the ministry would bring about accountability, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness in public delivery.

The launching of the revised national policy on science, technology and innovation last week received a boost, with a call by IT stakeholders on government to marshal out an action plan with implementable and measurable benchmarks.

DUBAI, UAE — The nation’s ICT sector is set for a big boost as the Federal Government has pledged that the investment profile of the sector will be given fresh fillip so that it can be expanded for job creation.

Airtel Nigeria has urged Nigerian youths to build on the synergies derivable from friendship and networking to achieve success in various facets of life.

Seen a bicycle that has no chain? That is a new born baby out of auto industry technology. Tagged, Mando Footloose, the e-bike is the world’s first chainless hybrid technology. Like other pedal-assisted electric bikes, the bike combines manual and electric power. It eliminates the chain and transforms the cyclist’s motion directly into electricity.

It seems that a lot of people like using portable computers in bed. iPad users also do that and have between the Manatee and the tablift, to do that. But laptop users can go with the Lounge-Tek or the Omax types of stands.