Unless issues around data security, infrastructure, jurisdiction and legislation, compliance, ownership of data, among others were resolved urgently, Nigeria’s quest for the adoption of cloud computing in the 21st century knowledge society may remain fjust that — a quest.

Over time, the criticism of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has been that as an agency of government empowered in 2007 to develop parameters for ICT growth in Nigeria, it has been lacking on the duty.

An African web portal, Howzit MSN is partnering with Ad Dynamo, a South African ad-serving firm to help monetize the growing web traffic in Nigeria.

Microsoft has announced the global availability of the next version of its best-selling Windows operating system, Windows 8.

New Horizons Nigeria, a franchise of New Horizons Worldwide, the world’s largest independent IT Training organisation with offices in 80 countries and six continents of the world has emerged Microsoft 2012 Valued Partner, putting the organization in the top five per cent of Microsoft’s ecosystem globally.

Determined to bridge the digital and language gap in the Nigerian telecom industry, InternetSpeech Inc and Adamu Consulting in collaboration with ICT University of Baton Rouge, Lousiana last week introduced an audio/voice internet phone technology into Nigeria.

EARLY this month, tales shot up in the media about the regulator of the telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, alleging corruption in the sales of frequency. Pursuing the angle of corruption further, the tale bearers told of a waiver given by President Goodluck Jonathan to an organization where the man at the head of the regulatory commission, Dr Eugene Juwah once had interest, but not failing to add however, that the President had no powers to give such waivers as the money which should have been paid into the Federation account could only be approved for withdrawal by the National Assembly.

MTN has struck a deal with Microsoft to become one of the key providers of top range phones powered by its windows 8 operating system in Africa.

AS a growing and vibrant economy, Nigeria is on the spotlight in the world market. This also makes businesses from the country primary targets for both supports and collaborations.

Chairman, Africa ICT Alliance, (AfICTA), Dr. Jimson Olufuye at the just concluded United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) open consultation on enhanced cooperation on public policy pertaining to the Internet held in Geneva, Switzerland has said that enhanced cooperation on internet governance would encourage digital inclusion of Nigeria and rest of the African sub-region.