Frontline computer and back end company, International Business Machines, IBM, believes that organizations that embrace the concept of smarter computing and are approaching computing in a different way, are likely to build and enhance easily, the infrastructure they already have.

At the end of the just concluded Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) national software conference and competition held in Tinapa, Calabar, Cross River State, participants rose up from the conference saying that there was need to retool the national workforce with ICT with particular reference to Civil Service operations by making all workers ICT literate and skilled.

New reports from Systems security providers, Symantec Corp says that the number of daily targeted attacks in the later part of the year, has increased four-fold compared to January this year. It said that on average, 94 targeted attacks were blocked each day during the month of November.

Lagos based IT training institute, New Horizon, in collaboration with Bowen university, Iwo, Osun state last week commissioned a N150 million IT international certification and e-business resource centre at the university.

THE lingering environmental pollution, degradation and economic rape going on in the Niger Delta is not only attracting the sympathy of the international community, but has also started to draw the attention of some concerned oil exploration companies operating the oil rich region.

A few days from to day, Nigeria will re-write history when it returns to space with the launch of its communications satellite, tagged Nigcomsat 1R.The event is slated for Xichang, China on Monday, December,19,2011 by 5pm local time.

Mr Seye Oloruntoba, the Anti-piracy Manager in Microsoft Nigeria, has decried the high level of software piracy in the country. Oloruntoba said in Lagos that the high level of software piracy could hinder job opportunities and stifle innovation in the country.

The federal government is concluding arrangements to establish Information Technology (IT) Business incubation centres in five states across the federation to among things unleash local talents to drive the ICT industry.

AS part of its commitment to combat cybercrime in Nigeria, the software giant, Microsoft Nigeria has announced additional support for the Microsoft Internet Safety, Security and Privacy Initiative for Nigeria (MISSPIN), through a new grant aimed at engaging young Nigerians to address the country’s current cybercrime problem.

TEN engineering students of University of Lagos were called last week for LG scholarship scheme. They are Nnaemeka Obiajulu; Willie Francis; Ekwoh Samuel; Odubanjo Rukayalt; Etuere Reuben; Benson Udoh; Folarin Damilare and Adeyemi Oladele Junior, Taiwo Samuel and Owoh Etokowo.