Industry Verticals

Microsoft, Intel, World Bank team on Africa project

The rollout of a regional e-learning program and the need for IT supplies in African schools has led Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and the World Bank Institute to form a consortium that will help build capacity for the governance and integration of ICT across African schools.  read more »

National broadband plan: What’s in it for businesses?

We've heard a lot about how the Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan aims to provide 100 million U.S. households with 100Mbps broadband connections so far, but precious little on how it will affect enterprise users.  read more »

U.S. Internet security plan revamped

The U.S. government is shifting its strategy for defending federal networks against a rising tide of hacking attacks launched by foreign governments and criminals.  read more »

African cybercrime threatens to derail Internet banking

An upsurge in African cybercrime targeting the financial sector threatens to derail the rollout of Internet banking and electronic commerce services and has forced the Nigerian government to raise an alarm over the vulnerability of the country's ICT infrastructure.  read more »

NASA space shuttle Endeavour rockets on

NASA gave its space shuttle Endeavour a thumbs up this week for an expected nighttime launch on Feb. 7.  read more »

DDoS attacks, network hacks rampant in oil and gas industry, other infrastructure sectors

Massive denial-of-service attacks and infiltration of corporate networks by attackers is a common experience for companies in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, energy, water, transportation and telecom.  read more »

Obama cyber czar choice worries about smartphones, social networking

In choosing Howard Schmidt as cyber czar President Obama has gotten someone who has held a similar job in a previous administration, has varied experience at high-level corporate jobs, was a frequent panelist at security conferences and who has even written a book on defending the Internet.  read more »

Mobile money competition heats up in parts of Africa

Competition for mobile-phone based transactions in East and Southern Africa has gone a notch higher with the introduction of services by MobiKash Africa, an independent provider.  read more »

Major African banks launch online services

Increased broadband capacity in Africa has pushed major banks in the region to launch Internet and mobile-phone banking services to customers to improve their access to banking services.  read more »

Online scams up as more Africans use the Internet

Online scams targeting the financial sector are on the rise in Africa as more people access online banking services and mobile banking.  read more »

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