I n selling ICT solutions, you are likely familiar with the 80/20 rule, but did you know that in most ICT organisations, the ratio has actually grown to an even more alarming proportion? Twenty percent of technology buyers generate 90 percent of the revenue while 30 percent of organisations do not have key account managers. Are your Best Customers at Risk? Instinctively, we know [...]

The cards were stacked against A&E Television Network (www. aetn.com) as it tried to generate positive buzz about its new series, Parking Wars. For one, it is a reality show about metre readers. Two, the show does not feature celebrities. “We thought if we could find a clever way of increasing consumer interaction with the [...]

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has launched a Flickr photostream re- cently, Buckingham Palace announced. She’s already on YouTube and Twitter. The British Monarchy stream on the photosharing website launches with more than 600 historic and current photos of the royal family. The British Monarchy stream includes photos going back to Queen Victoria and her husband [...]

The Indian government has un- veiled a prototype tablet PC sys- tem which it claims will cost just $35 (about N6,000). Kapil Sibal, the country’s minister for human resources development, said that the tablet system will connect with local universities in an effort to expand web access and improve education. The tablet is reported to [...]

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has announced a deal to acquire Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for $1.2bn (N180.3bn). The rumoured deal comes just after Motorola filed a government order to split the company into Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. Motorola will retain its integrated Digital Enhanced Network business, along with most of the patents related [...]

Siemens Southern Africa said re- cently it had plans to develop furth- er industrial products assembly plants in SA in line with its strategy to use the country as a base for further expansion in Africa. In July, Siemens announced its intention to spend €200m (N39bn) in Africa in the next two years, with plans [...]

The normal functioning of the eco- nomy throughout central Moza- mbique has been compromised by a break in the underwater fibre-optic cable operated by the publicly owned telecommunications company, TDM. The cut in the cable took place in July, about seven kilometres south of the city of Xai-Xai, capital of the southern province of Gaza, [...]

L-R: Mrs. Gladys Talabi (Executive Director, Legal Services,Globacom); Mr. Emmanuel Jeminiwa (Deputy Director, Regulation and Monitoring, National Lottery Regulatory Commission) and Mr. Adewale Sangowawa (Executive Director, Human Resources Globacom), during the draw of the Glo “Recharge and Win” promo held recently in Lagos

I am delighted to welcome you to the first Edo State Technology Day, jointly organised by Microsoft Incorporation, one of the leading global information technology solution providers. Your Excellencies, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here to launch our state into regenerative and transformative governance through the use of information technology to improve service [...]

I am glad to be in your midst today, on the occasion of the maiden edition of the Edo State Technology Day. The conceptualisation process that has led to the holding of this occasion is a clear indication of the fact that Edo State has a purpose driven administration that is determined to bring the [...]