Sophos XDR Excels in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations: Enterprise - ITREALMS

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…100% of Sophos XDR detections for adversary activities targeting Windows and Linux devices provide rich analytic coverage and achieve the highest possible ratings.

Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has announced its strong results in the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations: Enterprise.

According to the report, Sophos XDR detected 100% of the adversary behaviours in attack scenarios targeting Windows and Linux platforms, mimicking malware strains from ruthless ransomware-as-a-service gangs LockBit and CL0P.

Check Point: A leader in enterprise firewall solutions evaluation - ITREALMS

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Leading cyber security platform provider of AI-powered, cloud delivered solutions, the Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2024 report. 

Forrester, a leading global research and advisory firm, states in its report that, “Check Point excels with collaborative tools,” which we believe further validates our platform approach to offer enterprises a full suite of top-tier cyber security products.

MTN recognises S Mobile with Enterprise Business Foundation 2024 award - ITREALMS

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S Mobile Group has been recognized by MTN Business as the distinguished recipient of the MTN Enterprise Business Foundation 2024 award, reports ITREALMS.

The award is in recognition of S Mobile Group’s strategic initiatives that aligned with MTN’s ambition 2025, aimed at empowering and recognise the growth and success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Southeast Nigeria.

Nokia unveils Enterprise Edge Charging solution - ITREALMS

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Finnish leading vendor, Nokia, has unveiled software to boost revenue opportunities for enterprises in smart city, utilities and railway verticals, using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities, known as Enterprise Edge Charging, reports ITREALMS.

The Enterprise Edge Charging, ITREALMS gathered is part of a Nokia strategic push into the sector with potential to offer clients more control over network data processed and analysed at the edge.

Huawei rolls out new enterprise products for SMEs, banks on TD Africa’s reach - ITREALMS

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Leading multinational technology company, Huawei has partnered with TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest tech, solutions and lifestyle distributor to unveil a range of state-of-the-art products targeting the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) market in Nigeria and beyond, reports ITREALMS.

They include the Intelligent Collaboration IdeaHub series products, next-generation networking devices and smart storage products.

Inuwa: Enterprise content management'll save FG N4.5bn annually - ITREALMS

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The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has said the implementation of the service-wide Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution, organized by the Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, will result in an annual saving of about N4.5 billion in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

Inuwa, who was represented by the Director, Information Technology Infrastructure Solutions (ITIS) Dr. Usman Gambo Abdullahi disclosed this while presenting a paper at the one-day ECM Service-Wide Round Table Workshop on ECM implementation with the topic "The Modalities of Software Clearance on ECM Solution for MDAs" at the Rotunda Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja.

CBA Foundation lifts underprivileged widows, unveils social enterprise - ITREALMS

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If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, passionately putting the widows’ needs above their wants.

The NGO, CBA Foundation, its dedicated and passionate staff, supporters and donors came out in their numbers on two days in December to give widows in selected communities in Lagos and Anambra a treat during the festive season. The Lagos outreach benefitted, in a unique way, widows in six communities in Ibeju-Lekki, namely: Badore, Iberekodo, Museyo, Magbon Alade, Okunola Ilado and Magbon Iga.

Leadership, key to advancing technology, intelligent enterprise - Accenture

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The latest Accenture Technology Vision 2018, report has identified leadership as a fundamental key to advancing technology so as to fuel intelligent enterprise, reports ITRealms.

The annual technology report from Accenture, ITRealms gathered predicted some key technology trends likely to disrupt business over the next three years, capitalizing on growth opportunities while also having a positive impact on society requires a new era of leadership that prioritizes trust and greater responsibility.

According to Accenture, adopting artificial intelligence for growth and positive social impact means forming new partnerships with customers and business partners.

Also, the report noted that rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies are accelerating the creation of intelligent enterprises and enabling companies to integrate themselves into people’s lives.

This year’s report, “Intelligent Enterprise Unleashed: Redefine Your Company Based on the Company You Keep,” highlights how rapid advancements in technologies — including artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics and the cloud — are enabling companies to not just create innovative products and services, but change the way people work and live. This, in turn, is changing companies’ relationships with their customers, employees and business partners.

As part of the Technology Vision, Accenture surveyed more than 6,300 business and IT executives worldwide. More than four in five respondents (84 percent) agree that through technology, companies are weaving themselves seamlessly into the fabric of how people live today.

For example, Google through its many applications and analytics capabilities has integrated itself into people’s everyday lives thereby influencing their way of life.  Google maps are used for journey management, references and suggestions on places, products and services of interest and through this, Google can shape people’s consumption behaviours. Also, feedback from users can influence uptake of suggestions from Google by other people.

“Technology is now firmly embedded throughout our everyday lives and is reshaping large parts of society,” said Niyi Tayo, Accenture Nigeria’s Managing Director Technology during the presentation of the report to the media in Lagos. “Just as cities developed around ports and then railroads, or people rebuilt their lives around electricity, the world today is reimagining itself around digital innovation — and, by extension, the companies that provide those services. This requires a new type of relationship, built on trust and the sharing of large amounts of personal information in a secure manner.”

The report notes that this latest technological transformation is unique in that for the first time the change is a two-way street; people aren’t just using companies’ products and services, but feeding information and access back to them. This level of “integrated innovation” and degree of trust requires a deeper relationship — a true partnership based not only on a company’s products, but also its goals and values. And with this two-way partnership come new responsibilities — to consumers, business partners and society at large — requiring leadership and commitment from the top.

Savvy organizations understand that these new societal expectations can be transformed into an enterprise strength. They’re using their increased interactions to build partnerships with customers, employees, government and the public. And this extends beyond the consumer or retail arena.

Siemens, by offering its operating system for internet of things – MindSphere; that can be used for various types of assets such as manufacturing devices, oil and gas equipment and installations, is creating new partnerships and embedding itself into its business partners’ architectures.

According to Niyi Tayo, Nigerian banks and telecommunication companies are also taking the first steps towards AI to improve customer service by implementing chatbots. They are beginning to use advanced analytics to provide next best product offers to increase product uptake and fraud analytics to manage risks.  

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MDXi ‘Take a break’ campaign targets enterprise customers across West Africa

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The West Africa’s premier data center solutions provider, MDXi, a MainOne company has launched an advertising campaign aimed at reinforcing the company’s position as the data center provider of choice for enterprises in the region, tagged “Take a Break” reports ITRealms.

The campaign, ITRealms gathered, would increase awareness of the MDXi brand as the most interconnected and reliable West African data center company and urges C-level executives across the region to take a break from the rigors of managing in-house Information Technology (IT) and outsource their IT infrastructure needs to MDXi.

ITRealms reports that the campaign, which began in October in Nigeria and Ghana includes a redesign of the MDXi website and press adverts in numerous national publications, building on the company’s expansion efforts across Nigeria and West Africa.

MDXi General Manager, Gbenga Adegbiji, said, the campaign is expected to spotlight the company’s data center initiatives not only in Nigeria, but across West Africa including its Accra facility, a new Data Center in Sagamu, Ogun State Nigeria as well as planned development in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

“Unknown to local enterprises that outsource their data center needs off-shore, MDXi is home to numerous large multinationals that West Africans interact with daily online as we have raised the bar to provide world-class ICT and Data Center solutions, at par with similar facilities in Europe, Asia and America. Our Data Centers have undergone rigorous compliance audits to ensure we are able to provide same level of service locally that our international customers are used to” he said.

ITRealms recalls that MainOne’s MDXI has put Nigeria on the global map, with its premier Tier III Lekki Data Center, the only data center in West Africa that is authorized to process and store payment card information with its PCI DSS certification. MDXI is also certified as ISO 27001, 9001 compliant and is the only SAP certified provider of hosting services in the region. 

The company ITRealms further gathered, has contributed significantly to deepening Nigeria’s digital economy with its highly available, carrier-neutral ICT infrastructure, enabling network operators and content providers exchange traffic within its data center. As West Africa’s most connected data center and home of the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), MDXi has impacted internet traffic in-country, by localizing traffic, reducing transmission costs and improving user experiences.

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BOI repositions, launches SME Mobile App

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Bank of Industry (BOI) as part of its contribution to digital technology and the internet of things has launched a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) digital product offerings, to drive leading edge business processes worldwide beginning with its SME Mobile App, ITRealms reports.

The mobile application, ITRealms report, is available on various app stores online, offers customers the benefits of speed, mobility and convenience that come with it and has the capacity to involve SME Accounting Application (SAAPP), Online Loan Application Portal, Loan Application Tracking System and SME Customer Portal.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BOI, Mr. Rasheed Olaluwa, quoting Nigeria Communications Commission’s report in a key note address at the occasion, said the number of internet users in Nigeria has grown to 83.3 million as at February 2015, and the number of active mobile subscribers increased to over 145.5 million, giving Nigeria a teledensity of over 85 per cent, based on a population figure of 170 million.

“These developments imply that we live in a digital and mobile world. At BOI, we have repositioned our systems, processes and services to take advantage of this new digital and mobile world to offer our customers the benefits of speed, mobility and convenience that come with it.”

According to Olaluwa, the Mobile App is easy to use in view of its user-friendly features that make it pleasing to the eyes and fun to browse, and also serves as a power house of SME-centric information and loan application cum tracking tool, while the simplified nature of the SAAPP App makes it easy to use by SME’s, and structured financial statement which could be generated simply by expenditures as well as other sundry payments and receipts. Easily understood user manuals are provided alongside the App and a 24/7 support platform created to assist users who might require such service. 

He further disclosed that the SME Mobile App could be downloaded free from Google Play Store for Android phones and tablets, App World for Blackberry and App Store for iPhones and iPads, and the SAAPP as well is being deployed to SME customers via BOI branded, licensed and secured flash drives and also programmed for installation on a maximum of three devices per business entity and is available at a pocket-friendly price of N20,000.00.

ITRealms also gathered that on 2 March 2015, the Bank of Industry upgraded its banking application from Equinox to a more robust version called Rubikon, which provides a strong platform for the automation of its processes to deliver improved services to customers.

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GCI: Nigeria ranks 47 tops 3 in Broadband markets

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The Global Connectivity Index (GCI), a platform that partners with policymakers and enterprise leaders to identify, harness, and create new digital economy opportunities with the aim of building a better connected West Africa, has at the Huawei Cloud Congress (HCC) West Africa 2015 in Lagos rated Nigeria 47^th out of 50 countries, as well as the highest number of internet users in Africa and top three emerging broadband markets, ITRealms reports.

ITRealms gathered that the survey rated Nigeria as having a small fixed base but huge potential in the uptake of mobile products as she is one of the world's largest mobile subscriber markets and offers impressive opportunities primarily in the mobile broadband space, where rapid m-Commerce uptake is driving market growth.

President of Huawei Western Africa Region, Mr. Peng Song, who announced the result said, "Overall, the 2015 GCI shows that 20 per cent growth in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment will increase a country’s GDP by 1 per cent. It also identifies five enablers of digital transformation – Data Centers, Cloud Services, Big Data, Broadband, and the Internet of Things (IoTs). These technologies represent the targets that stakeholders should focus their investments on in order to most efficiently transform their economies for the digital age."

Based on the GCI findings, ITRealms gathered that, the HCC came up with three commendations for a better connected West Africa; to include increasing data centre investment, developing economies need to move from investing in supply to building demand and learning from developing countries’ success, to become leaders in GCI.

“Make Information Technology (IT) simple, and make business agile. It is an amazing era with rapid growth and data explosion. In this dynamic environment, Huawei will continue to invest in IT industry, and will continue to emphasize on the concept of being integrated, customer-centric and providing customers with innovative, differentiated, leading-edge products and solutions," Song said.

ITRealms learnt that Huawei, which forecasts that by 2025, 100 billion connections will be generated globally with 90 per cent of which will come from intelligent sensors, also launched the FusionCloud Solution and OceanStor V3 Converged Storage solutions at the Huawei Cloud Congress, where Accenture, Etisalat, Fidelity Bank, Intel, SAP and other Huawei partners, shared the cases of deploying Huawei enterprise business solutions to enable business success.

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Passion to Empire Campaign winners gets N3.5million- Microsoft

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Winners of the Microsoft Mobile Devices and Services Entrepreneurship Initiative, “Passion to Empire Campaign” at the prize presentation ceremony at Intercontinental Hotel Lagos, smiles home with N3.5million each, including skills and acquisition training sessions at the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) in Pan African University, ITRealms reports.

ITRealms gathered that the 5 winners, Daniel Isa, Emmanuel Ugwueke, Emmanuel Okena, Godwin Benson and Jessica Yahaya, all made it through the top 15 contestants, whose business ideas the judges could not push aside.

The judges, ITRealms gathered, made up of top Nigerian beauty entrepreneur, Tara Fela-Durotoye, CEO Chocolate City Group, Audu Maikori and Co-founder, Jobberman, Opeyemi Awoyemi, had an uphill task short listing for the Top 30.

Mrs. Tara spoke to ITRealms on behalf of the Judges, “Lots of the ideas came from technology, but we also saw ideas from the Agriculture sector and services industry. Initially, the idea was to select the Top 15 to pitch their ideas; however, there were some good ones we could not push aside. The truth is that, Nigeria has a bright future with the kind of minds that we interacted with during the campaign.” She said.

ITRealms also gathered that General Manager, Microsoft Mobile Devices & Services, Mr. Joseph Umunakwe, expressed satisfaction at the successful completion of the event, noting that the campaign is a demonstration of Microsoft’s commitment to helping Entrepreneurs translate their business ideas into reality.

“At the core of Microsoft is productivity. We are continually investing in building devices that enhance productivity to better lives. We are passionate about helping Entrepreneurs build capacity that sets them apart from their peers. Though, these five contestants won the prize money with the crop of young creative minds that entered for the competition and the wonderful ideas shared so far, the future is bright and I must say they are all winners in their own right.” He said.

He further stressed that, aside the prize money presented and the training program at the EDC of the Pan Atlantic University in Lagos, Microsoft under the ‘Cloudprenuer’ project would be offering Top 1000 technology business the opportunity of taking advantage of its cloud service at no cost.

Some of the winners who expressed their joy to ITRealms said that the cash prize would go a long way in helping them actualize their life time goals.

ITRealms learnt that seven of the 1^st runners-up were also rewarded with training sessions at the Centre.

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