Pastor Benny joins Pastor Chris for largest online healing crusade - ITREALMS

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Billions worldwide are preparing for an unprecedented spiritual experience like no other! The 12th edition of the Healing Streams Live Services, featuring the powerful union of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and Pastor Benny Hinn, will take place from October 25th to 27th, 2024, at 2 PM GMT+1 daily. 

The three-day event, widely regarded as one of the most anticipated Christian events of the year, promises to be a divine encounter that will touch lives across the globe.

Fortifying your marketplace: Preparing for 2023's largest market season by Reuben Kalu - ITREALMS

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The marketplace landscape is ever-evolving, shaped by consumer behavior, technological advancements, and global events. As we approach the highly anticipated 2023 biggest market season, businesses and entrepreneurs must prepare meticulously to capitalize on this opportune moment. 

The convergence of festive seasons, holidays, and special events during this period presents a unique chance to boost sales and establish a robust marketplace. This essay delves into the key strategies and best practices for building a solid marketplace ready for 2023's biggest market season, ensuring businesses thrive and meet the growing demands of consumers.

Shell Nigeria Gas commissions indigenous firm to carry out largest domestic gas market survey - ITREALMS

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Nigeria’s leading domestic gas distribution company, the Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG), has commissioned a far-reaching gas market survey in 33% of the states in Nigeria to gain deeper market insights for entry and to accelerate the achievement of Nigeria’s Decade of Gas objectives. SNG has engaged notable indigenous consulting firm, Philips Consulting Limited, for this project which has the potentials to advance Nigeria's energy transition agenda.

SNG’s Managing Director, Ed Ubong, said, “The outcome of this survey will provide additional insights into gas critical role in transforming Nigeria to an industrialized nation. This key commercial activity of identifying gas supply and expansion opportunities cuts across all regions in the country and would leverage Nigeria’s $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline project to penetrate the key Northern markets.”

AfricaNXT 2022: NCC Pulls largest crowd ever, says 5G is safe - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have drawn the largest attendance and participation at a single session during the conference just concluded AfricaNXT Conference 2022, reports ITREALMS.

The AfricaNXT Conference, ITREALMS gathered, is previously known as Lagos Social Media Week, just as NCC maintained that Fifth Generation (5G) deployment is safe.

AfricaNXT 2022: NCC Pulls the Largest Gathering, says 5G is safe

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The AfricaNXT Conference 2022, known previously as Lagos Social Media Week, has ended on a historically impressive note for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), having drawn the largest attendance and participation at a single session during the conference, where its team discussed the socio-economic benefits of 5G services.

The conference had scheduled over 200 sessions and about 400 speakers. However, NCC session was oversubscribed as all seats were occupied, while some participants had to stand to listen to the discussion on a topic that patently enthused and electrified the audience, and marked by very rare social networking and participation.

Airtel CEO says, we're building largest 4G network in Nigeria – ITREALMS

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The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, has said the telco is currently building the largest and most reliable 4G network in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

 

Ogunsanya who was speaking  during a courtesy call to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike Thursday, said Airtel is currently rolling out its 4G technology in major cities and towns across Nigeria, making it the largest 4G network in the country.

 

“We bring our 4G Network to you and the people of Rivers State! I make bold to say we have the best and largest 4G Network in Nigeria and it is a sign of our regard for and commitment to the government and people of Rivers State that we have chosen this state and indeed this city as one of the early and biggest beneficiaries of this innovative system of mobile telecommunications.

 

“And we are not resting on our laurels as we are still connecting more cities and towns in Nigeria to our 4G network,” said Ogunsanya.

 

Executive Governor of Rivers State, Bar. Nyesom Wike, commended Airtel for its 4G roll out in the state and in other key locations across the country, assuring that Rivers State will continue to provide a conducive environment for investors and corporate organizations.

 

“We want to partner with you (Airtel) and give you all the necessary support. Rivers State abhors multiple taxation and we will do everything to protect investors, corporate organizations and business men and women,” he said.

 

After the courtesy call on the governor, the Airtel team and the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, proceeded to Golden Tulip Hotel, the venue where Airtel formally launched its 4G services to an audience consisting of corporate bigwigs, government functionaries and key stakeholders across the state.

 

Speaking at the event, the Airtel CEO, Ogunsanya, noted that the deployment of 4G in Port Harcourt serves as a glowing testimony of the telco’s commitment to partner and empower the good people of Rivers State.

 

“4G comes with tons of benefits: it will accelerate economic and commercial activities; it will boost personal and professional productivity; it will help in creating more entrepreneurs; it will offer the youth a big leverage to express their creativity and talent; it will improve the overall quality of life and connect more people to their dreams. With 4G, Airtel will also power people, businesses and aid governance through Technology,” he said.

 

The colourful event was attended by King Dandeson Douglas Jaja, Treaty King Amanyanabo & Natural Ruler of Opobo Kingdom; King Leslie Eke, Eze Gbakagbaka of Evo Kingdom and Mrs. Tonye Oniyide, Commissioner of Culture in Rivers State, amongst several others.

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L-R: King Dr. Dandeson Douglas Jaja, Treaty King Amanyanabo & Natural Ruler of Opobo Kingdom; Dr. Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, Deputy Governor of River State; Segun Ogunsanya, CEO & MD, Airtel Nigeria and King Leslie Eke, Eze Gbakagbaka of Evo Kingdom during Airtel 4G LTE Launch in River State on Thursday, September 27, 2018. 

Intel, TPG establish world’s largest pure-play cybersecurity firms worth $4.2bn

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The duo of Intel Corporation and leading global alternative asset firm, TPG have established the world’s largest pure-play cybersecurity firms worth $4.2bn, reports ITRealms.

This collaboration, ITRealms reports saw to Intel and TPG jointly investing in spin-out of Intel Security in a transaction valuing the business to the tune of $4.2 billion.

ITRealms gathered that Intel received $3.1 billion in cash and retained 49 per cent stake after completion of the transaction, while TPG owns 51 per cent of the new company, which will be named McAfee, as the leading independent cybersecurity company

Industry observers said the investment reflects TPG’s confidence in Intel security’s industry-leading enterprise and consumer businesses, strong market position, and business momentum, which positions new company as one of the world’s largest pure-play cybersecurity firms.

According to Intel senior vice president and Intel Security general manager, Mr. Chris Young said existing management team would lead the new company following transaction closure.

Through this transaction, TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm with demonstrated expertise in growing profitable software companies and carve-out investments, and Intel, a global technology leader that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices, will work together to position McAfee as a strong independent company with access to significant financial, operational and technology resources.

Mr. Young also said that with the new investment from TPG and continued strategic backing of Intel, the new entity is expected to capitalize on significant global growth opportunities through greater focus and targeted investment.

The new company, ITRealms reports, will be one of the world’s largest pure-play cybersecurity companies. Just as last year, Intel Security unveiled a new strategy that refocused the business on endpoint and cloud as security control points, as well as actionable threat intelligence, analytics and orchestration.

“This new strategy allows customers to detect and respond to more threats faster and with fewer resources,” Young enthused.

Reacting to this development, Brian Krzanich, the chief executive officer, Intel, noted that security remains important in everything at Intel and going forward they company will continue to integrate industry-leading security and privacy capabilities in its products from the cloud to billions of smart, connected computing devices.

“As we collaborate with TPG to establish McAfee as an independent company, we will also share in the future success of the business and in the market demand for top-flight security solutions, creating long-term value for McAfee’s customers, partners, employees and Intel’s shareholders. Intel will continue our collaboration with McAfee as we offer safe and secure products to our customers,” Krzanich said.

The Co-Founder and Co-CEO of TPG, Jim Coulter, they believe that McAfee will thrive as an independent company.

“With TPG’s investment, along with continued support from Intel, McAfee will sharpen its focus and become even more agile in its response to today’s rapidly evolving security sector. TPG is excited to partner with Intel and McAfee management to accelerate growth of the business by enhancing its go-to-market strategy and continuing to grow and strengthen its core product offerings” Mr. Coulter assured.

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Dell acquires EMC, becomes world’s largest tech company with $74bn

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The recent acquisition of EMC Corporation by Dell Technologies has positioned the company as the largest technology company in the world that is privately-controlled equity worth $74 billion, reports ITRealms.

This, ITRealms also reports creates a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform Information Technology (IT) and protect their most important asset, information.

This combination, which created a $74 billion market leadership with an expansive technology portfolio which tends to solve complex problems for customers in the industry’s fast-growing areas of hybrid cloud, software-defined data center, converged infrastructure, platform-as-a-service, data analytics, mobility and cybersecurity.

ITRealms equally reports that Dell Technologies lays claims to serving 98 per cent of the Fortune 500 and comprises several market leading businesses. The two largest, and most well-known, are the Dell client solutions business and the Dell EMC infrastructure solutions business – both of which are supported by Dell EMC Services.

In addition, Dell Technologies contains Boomi, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream and VMware.

This unique structure, ITRealms reports, combines the focus and innovation of a startup with the global scale and service of a large enterprise, thus, Dell Technologies scale will enable it to deliver more innovation and investment in research and development, sales and marketing, services and support and deliver more efficient and cost-effective solutions for customers.

For the Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, Michael Dell, they foresee a new dawn of the next industrial revolution.

“Our world is becoming more intelligent and more connected by the minute, and ultimately will become intertwined with a vast Internet of Things, paving the way for our customers to do incredible things. This is why we created Dell Technologies. We have the products, services, talent and global scale to be a catalyst for change and guide customers, large and small, on their digital journey,” he said.

ITRealms recalls that Dell Technologies promises to blend Dell’s go-to-market strength with small business and mid-market customers and EMC’s strength with large enterprises and stands as a market leader in many of the most important and high-growth areas of the $2 trillion information technology market, including positions as a “Leader” in 20 Gartner Magic Quadrants and a portfolio of more than 20,000 patents and applications.

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Yudala builds Africa’s largest warehouses to meet logistics expectations

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The pioneer composite e-commerce outfit, Yudala has invested in a trio of 220,660 square feet warehouse space located within the regional hubs of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, with construction also expected to commence soon on similar structures in Owerri, Kano and Uyo, reports ITRealms.

Head of Operations, Yudala, Ejovi Ekakitie, disclosed this, saying that the warehouses, which will significantly boost Yudala’s inventory-taking capacity, are individually the largest warehouse structures in Africa, eclipsing the 120,000 square feet structure recently announced as the continent’s largest by a fellow e-commerce player.

“These warehouses will be fully automated with warehouse Management systems to create efficient and accurate inventory management to meet our commitment of same day delivery. We are preparing for the future explosion in the sector as our mandate is very clear – to lead,” Ekakitie said.

He pointed out that since entry into the market late last year, Yudala has re-defined the retail space with our landmark composite retail strategy, the first in Africa, which has shown that Nigeria indeed has a lot to offer the continent and the world at large in terms of innovation.

According to him, through wide variety of delightful promotions and product offerings, many of which Yudala are still unveiling, stressing they generated huge momentum and enjoyed massive patronage which has overwhelmed they warehousing capabilities.

“It has, therefore, become imperative for us to expand our capacity especially in this area to enable us meet up with our logistics expectations in the current year which is a pivotal one for all of us at Yudala,” he said.

Throwing more light on the massive structures which will service the network of Experience Stores in the various regions of their locations, Mr. Ekakitie noted that the warehouses will further equip the company to take huge inventory while scaling up its operational capacities.

“The warehouses are 220,660 square feet automated structures which will be fitted with state-of-the-art warehouse management systems and ancillary IT packages which will provide on-site storage and also go a long way in streamlining our logistics and delivery processes while reducing human error to the barest minimum.

Ekakitie further said, Yudala over-riding ambition is to ensure that its esteemed customers enjoy guaranteed same day delivery wherever they may be in Nigeria and these warehouses will certainly play a big role in helping us achieve this.

“We pioneered same day delivery on a nationwide scale earlier in March with the special Easter edition of Yu-jara and with these warehouses, even Nigerians in the hinterlands will enjoy this convenience,” he submitted.

ITRealms recalls that Yudala was launched late last year with great panache and marketing blitz, Yudala took the African continent by storm with its bold entry and has successfully expanded the nation’s e-commerce and offline retail space with several innovative strategies including the first ever drone delivery in Africa, Neighbour to Neighbour Mega Deals, Monthly Mid-Day Madness and Yu-jara – Nigeria’s biggest festive season’s sales, and Yudala Mobile Monday among others. Yudala prides itself for genuine products and for being the fastest pay-on-delivery composite e-commerce company in the country.

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