IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announces it is leading the fast-growing Enterprise Portal market in license and maintenance revenue for the fifth consecutive year as dynamic Web 2.0 functionality takes root in portals, according to an annual report by IDC. Building…

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Nomix Digital, a provider of training and consultancy services, in South Africa, has partnered with Learn.com to resell the LearnCenter® platform to the South African market. “We chose…

RAP 21 had the opportunity to interview Azubuike Ishiekwene during the 14th World Editors Forum the unique structure of Punch newspapers’ advertising department, their integration of new technology, and ultimately the future of the newspaper industry in Africa. Here’s the…

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that analyst firm IDC has ranked IBM as the worldwide revenue share leader in the identity and access management software marketplace based on total revenue for 2006, thanks in part to the strength of key…

Software giant Microsoft has now launched their subscription software service in the South Africa. This system allows the company to offer pay-as-you-go computing system to customers in developing markets who cannot pay for the expensive software products. The company is…

Metronic Global Bhd (MetGlobal) is eyeing South Africa and the Middle East as potential markets to grow its business in healthcare systems. Group managing director Dr Ng Tek Che said parties from these countries had expressed interest in MetGlobal’s solutions…

Engineer Albert Butare, Rwanda’s energy and ICT minister receives the awards on behalf of President Paul Kagame and Rwanda from President J.A Kuffor’s representative at the summit in Accra, Ghana. Looking on are Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary General and…

More than 20,000 people have now registered to try the new beta versions of the Panda Software 2008 consumer product lineup. This range comprises Panda Antivirus 2008, Panda Antivirus+Firewall 2008 and Panda Internet Security 2008. We are very happy with…

RECENTLY, an expert on e-business observed “the electronic method of payment comes with a lot of convenience and save people a lot of trouble. So. people are becoming more aware of the electronic payment and everybody is now looking at…

LONG dismissed as a marginal market and sidelined by the world’s major cell phone manufacturers, Sub Saharan Africa has lately become the centre of an intense buzz for mobile handsets business. And as the battle rages for market share, Uganda…

Eastern Province has seen a recent boom in mobile banking, and residents are applauding the new technology. The new service, which use cell phones to make bank transactions through texting, or sms, is offered by the Bank of Commerce. In…

Intel and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) today announced they have agreed to work together to bring the benefits of technology to the developing world through synergy of their respective programs. Under the agreement, Intel and OLPC will explore collaborations…

A Nigerian company, ‘Jobsearch Nigeria Limited’, an information and communication technology (ICT) firm with core interest in database technology, has developed a database website known as (www.jobsearchnigeria.com) which provides an ICT based human resources solution with a web resume database…

The HR (Human Resource) Technology Conference 2007, which was postponed in the wake of the recent labour-led strike, will now take place today at the Lagos Civic Centre. The event which will be its maiden edition and is designed to…

IBM today announced the first-ever open beta program for AIX, the company’s open standards-based UNIX operating system. This latest edition, AIX 6, exploits the technology of the recently announced POWER6 microprocessor, the world’s fastest chip, leveraging advances in energy conservation…

PRIVATELY owned IQ Business Group is planning to import 150 Indian software developers over the next 18 months and use them as mentors to train local recruits. The scheme will operate through a joint venture IQ has formed with the…