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.

Technology Africa, organiser of the popular Titans of Tech Award has concluded plans to unveil the 2011 recipients of the award at a ceremony scheduled for Lagos on Friday, March 18, 2011.

THE Association of Information and Communications Technology women practitioners, under the aegis of Women in Technology in Nigeria, WITIN, has unfolded plans to rally support for women in the rural areas where business has no global presence.

Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, at the weekend, has given security as the reason why all government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), must switch over to .gov.ng domain. Johnson said that the domain was more secure than those on freely available internet mail services.

THERE were strong indications last week that the Nigerian telecommunication sector will start sailing on smoother waters if suggestions, ideas and inputs made by the stakeholders in the telecom sector at the just concluded national stakeholders consultative forum were fully implemented.

FOR those using social media to commit cyber crime, it may not be business as usual again as indication has emerged that governments of the world may introduce ways and means of monitoring internet social media content.

Swiss technology company, Firmenich, last week boosted the Yaba College of Technology, YabaTech with a technology driven flavour laboratory, just as it also awarded three students of the institution with scholarships.

Vodacom Business Nigeria, one of the leading providers of pan-African corporate total communication solutions has unveiled its lastest solution-Virtual Hosting Service, VHS, an advanced communication solution aimed at adding value to business, service and innovation through cloud computing.

With re-election of Chris Uwaje for second term running , the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) has projected that Nigeria’s software local content can earn the nation in excess of $100 billion annually, if well harnessed.

By Emma Elebeke

In apparent move to intensify fight against piracy and to broaden the products knowledge of its products, Hewlett-Packard (HP), has trained its partners on its products and computing solutions.

Committed to support the Nigerian market with state-of-art technology solutions, NetServeAfrica Limited last week in Lagos announced its partnership with SAP Africa to offer SAP Business One solution to Small and Midsize Enterprises based in Nigeria.

With more than three million downloads received last year from the developer’s preview, the software giant, Microsoft on Monday announced the availability of the Windows 8 consumer preview, the next milestone of the Windows operating system.