Resourcery partners IBM to strengthen Nigeria’s ICT development

Apparently looking for a way of empowering its teeming Nigerian customers with advanced technologies and by so doing, add to the development of ICT in the country value-added technology solutions providers, Resourcery Limited said it has entered into partnership with International Business Machines, IBM.

Resourcery provides enterprise data and voice networks, data security, Microsoft solutions, Cisco and SAS analytic and business intelligence software. The company said it hopes to use the benefits of the partnership, to translate advanced technologies into value for its customers through professional services and solutions like computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics which IBM is noted for.

Expressing excitement on the partnership, Business Development Director of Resourcery, Mr Andrew Ejoh, said his company recognised that the deployment of first class information technology solutions and services can make significant contributions to the efficiency of business operations and the overall productivity and profitability of business, accounting for why the company desired the partnership.

Speaking on the criteria for partnering with Resourcery, an official of IBM said, “Resourcery has demonstrated a strong commitment to changing the face of businesses in Nigeria through the provision of a broad range of services that add value to clients’ businesses. We discovered that the company has highly skilled personnel, with the prerequisite marketing and technical resources, to deliver innovative solutions and services to the critical business market.”

Resourcery just recently, received the Advanced Unified Communications (AUC) Certification by Cisco Systems and also emerged the first silver partner of Cisco in emerging Africa. The company’s MD, Mr Tani Fafunwa said that the partnership with IBM has further confirmed that his company’s position as a leader in the field of information communication technology, committed to delivering world-class services to its diverse base of customers.

HP takes ICT to grassroots in Nigeria, Ghana

As a way of building local capacity in its areas of operation one of the world’s leading technology distributors, Hewlett Packard said it has begun offering its range of retail products through select retail outlets and flagship stores in some key cities in Nigeria and Ghana.

This development according to the company, would help it address the needs of consumers, small and midsize businesses providing them with the industry’s broadest portfolio of products, even as these retail stores are positioned to provide easy purchase options for a wide spectrum of products and accessories from HP’s retail portfolio, including computing, imaging and printing and consumables.

According to HP officials, the company hopes to bring same competitive pricing and aftersales support like it does in other developed markets.
Highlighting the aims of HP in fortifying its businesses in the Nigeria and Ghana axis, the company’s Marketing Manager, Ijeoma Onyiuke said the formal introduction of the retail portfolio in the region is a clear recognition of the growing Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and home computing in Nigeria especially.

She noted that “the flagship stores will be a major coup for HP because where other brands still struggle to commit to a formal local presence, we are taking the games up with entertainment PCs, gaming PCs and accessories with the much-anticipated range of digital entertainment and SMB products”
For her, HP was leveraging on a hugely successful PC rebranding campaign tagged ‘The Computer is Personal Again’ by expanding its portfolio of digital and high definition entertainment offerings.

Following announcements and awards at the Computer and Electronics Show in January, HP displays a broad lineup of digital entertainment products and services that aim at fundamentally change the way people connect, access and enjoy high-definition and personal digital content.

Products like the industry’s first all-in-one touch-screen PC and touch-screen consumer tablet PC, HP’s first home media server, high-definition TVs, a Blu-ray disc writer, new digital content delivery services and home automation solutions are making waves on the international home entertainment scene.

Additionally, the company’s online photo service, Snapfish by HP, has released a new software tool that will enable members to bypass the photo upload process and send their pictures to their PCs or Snapfish accounts without a single click of a mouse HP’s home computing products are delivered with HP Total Care Advisor along with Vista PCs. Total Care Advisor is your PC ‘cockpit’ – a desktop tool to help you navigate through everything you need to do with your HP PC.

By putting support and system health information in one place for you, HP greatly simplifies how you get relevant information about your PC. It also helps you set up automatic system health checks and alerts for the latest HP software and drivers, and makes shopping for PC accessories, software and additional services easy. HP Total Care also includes many other free, easily accessible support options for Windows Vista. For example, the one-year warranty includes unlimited phone support.