Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and the director of marketing for the social network, is leaving to start her own company, Facebook said Wednesday.

OBAFEMI Giwa-Amu is a pioneer of sorts; he is one of the few Nigerians who started a service business whose operations reside strictly in the ICT domain. His firm, Trak-Tag Nigeria Ltd is at the forefront of the vehicle tracking business in Nigeria, having initially spent millions of dollars digitalizing Nigeria’s maps, which then became his business infrastructure.

In apparent response to the new spirit of the minister of education on entrepreneurship, world leading driving force in the global technology revolution, Intel Corporation last week in collaboration with the Lagos state government and the Rotary club of Ikeja, commissioned a model Intel Teach and 1:1 learning school in Ikeja High School, GRA Ikeja, Lagos.

In its quest to use quality technical and engineering education to build human capacity in the emerging Information and Communications Technology sector, Kits Technologies said it has started offering relevant ICT industry technology-focused technical trainings.

IT is heartwarming to note that while governments continue to fiddle about the application of ICT in security, individuals and institutions are forging ahead by adopting digital solutions to security.

The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) has endorsed Samsung Solar-Powered Netebook as a strategic instrument for developing the Nigerian knowledge economy.

While bowing out as President of the Nigerian Computer Society, (NCS) at its annual general meeting in Abuja last week, Professor Charles Uwadia has said that Vision 20-2020 imperatives may not be realised unless the youths were empowered with IT tools for challenges ahead.

Visafone Communications Limited recently got a major boost with the signing of sales promotion agreement with Panasonic.

Law enforcement agencies in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard (HP) Nigeria have seized no fewer than 6,500 fake HP printing suppliers in a coordinated raid operation carried out recently in the Nigerian market.

Swift Networks Limited said it is committed at ensuring excellent performance levels and real value for its customers’ investments with its new 4G broadband internet facility.

The increasing wave of high-technology induced crimes globally has made it imperative for nations to implement advanced digital security solutions in order to protect their citizens and foreigners domiciled in their countries.

New Horizons and the National Directorate of Employment have launched Skills for Employment and Enterprise (SEE) with a view to tackling the problem of graduate unemployment in Nigeria.

Two of the world’s leading telecommunications companies, Etisalat UAE and Telefonica Spain, jointly announced recently that they have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to enter into a broad based cooperation.

Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, last week repeated calls that the federal government should make the vandalisation of telecom infrastructure a capital offence to deter vandals from frustrating the efforts of telecom operators in Nigeria.

Symantec says it has expanded its encryption solution set with the introduction of Symantec PGP Viewer for iOS, which enables mobile workers to view encrypted email on an Apple iPad, iPhone, or iTouch, and a new version of Symantec Endpoint Encryption Full Disk Edition.