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[News Flash] Web4Africa Acquires Alireta – A Nigerian Hosting Company

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According to information on Alireta website which is now redirected to Web4Africa,Alireta – one of the web hosting companies in Nigeria, has been bought over by Web4Africa. This is coming after Web4Africa acquired Nairahost in December of last year.

 

1st May 2011: Web4Africa acquires web hosting firm Alireta. .
5th Dec 2010: Web4Africa has acquired Nairahost


There are elements of consolidation taking place in Nigeria mobile and web ecosystem as foreign and local investors begin to take it serious.  More local firms will continue to be bought over as investors look for cheap bargains on the arrival of the era of affordable broadband when the  fiber optic cable is completed, ushering a new era in Nigeria.

 

From Alexa,

Alirate is Web Hosting Nigeria, Reseller Hosting, and Dedicated Servers (alireta.com): Alireta provides Web Hosting Nigeria, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated Servers. Hundreds of Nigerian websites trust Alireta for their web hosting needs

 

Web4Africa: Web Hosting, Domain Name & Web Design services (web4africa.net): Offers Professional Web Design, Web Applications Development, Web Hosting, Domain Name Registration, and other E-Commerce Solutions, to clients worldwide. Accepts paypal, alertpay, liberty reserve, okpay and moneybookers

 

We are contacting the owner of Alireta to know if they can disclose more about the acquisition, especially the amount, if possible. If that works, we will share with you.

 

This is good news for Nigeria. We welcome this.

The Next Phase of Datacenter – Cisco Introduces New Technologies

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Cisco has introduced new technologies designed for new generation data centers. These technologies include  Cisco Nexus 7000 family, Nexus 5000 family, Nexus 3000, a new ultra-low latency platform, MDS storage switches, Unified Computing System, Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and NX-OS.

 

CISCO said the new technology innovation will simplify and accelerate virtualization for Cloud-Ready Architectures and that it intends to continues the integration of Unified Fabric, Unified Computing, and Unified Network Services into a holistic data center fabric designed to be simple, scalable and secure, delivering any application across any location, within the data center and to the cloud.

 

Through this latest advances with data center fabric convergence, it plans to create an end-to-end view of the virtualized data center network down to the virtual machine, helping to provide lower total cost of ownership, reduced complexity, better workload management and security in the cloud.

Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Is Up 20% in 2011 1st Quarter

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The worldwide mobile phone market grew approximately 20 percent closing at 19.8 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2011, according to report released by the International Data Corporate, IDC.

 

This development according to the corporation, was fueled by high smartphone growth, especially in emerging markets, and gains made by market challengers.

 

The IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, said that vendors shipped 371.8 million units in first quarter of 2011 compared to 310.5 million units in the first quarter of 2010.

Fujitsu Develops World’s Smallest Vein Authentication Sensor

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Fujitsu claims to have designed the smallest contact-free palm print authentication sensor which can be used for biometric authentication in PCs. Existing palm print authentication technology requires a person’s palm to be held motionless over device in order to capture an image of the palm.Fujitsu said that its high-speed image-capture function can continuously capture up to 20 frames per second, as well as a feature that can instantly pick out the best image for authentication and automatically verify it. The result is that users do not need to hold their hand motionless over the sensor, as before, but can instead perform authentication by simply placing their palm lightly over the sensor.

 

The sensor is 29.0 mm wide, 11.2 mm tall, and 29.0 mm thick. The design is based on a photographic optical system that is half as thick as previous models. “This smaller size greatly increases the range of devices into which the sensor can be incorporated,” said Fujitsu.

 

Biometric authentication is increasingly being used in ID cards and passports to identify individuals based on their biological characteristics. The authentication system reads the pattern of veins in the palm or finger. It can be accurate and is more difficult to forge or impersonate.

 

Relying just on a password to keep the data secure on a laptop is not a great idea, especially if it contains very sensitive information. Drive encryption, and the ability to remotely wipe your machine are both becoming popular security options. If you want a uniqie way to identify yourself at login, though, the best choice at the moment is a fingerprint reader which some laptops ship with.

 

Fujitsu has actually improved upon fingerprint identification, however, and is pushing ahead with vein authentication sensors. These senors look at the palm of your hand and identify your vein pattern which is unique. The benefit of such a system is it requires no contact with the hand. The problems are various, though, with sensors being too big to deploy in a mobile device, and not being able to cope with any movement of your hand meaning lots of bad reads and an extended authentication process for the user. Those problems seem to have been solved now as Fujitsu has just unveiled its smallest and slimmest ever vein sensor, thought to be the smallest in the world. With its size,, it is small enough to be incorporated into a laptop or other portable gadgets.

 

Fujitsu managed to slim down the sensor significantly by using a new lighting system that fits into half the space of previous models. The result is a sensor that could be an option on your next laptop.
Fujitsu didn’t just stop at miniaturization, though. The other big problem was handling movement, so the new sensor was made capable of capturing multiple images at 20fps. That means it can pick the best image from a sample and get a clearer reading with a vastly improved success rate. It also means a faster authentication process for the user.

 

Vein authentication is desirable because it relies on an invisible pattern of veins making it very secure. It also requires no contact with the user’s hand making it hygienic for high-traffic authentication, and with Fujitsu’s new sensor it is now very fast and error free too.

Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria To Keynote WAFICT 2011

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Activities towards the hosting of the West African ICT Congress, WAFICT, and the West African International Telecommunications exhibition, W.Afri.Tel, have received a boost with the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, accepting to deliver a keynote paper at the event.

 

Mr. Sachdev, who hosted Mr. Mkpe Abang, the Editor-in-Chief of IT & Telecom Digest, organisers of the conference, in his office in Abuja, remarked that Nigeria’s enviable ranking as the fastest growing mobile phone market in Africa confers on the country leadership position that needs to be fully harnessed by all stakeholders.

 

Describing the WAFICT Congress and the W.Afri.Tel exhibition as contributing immensely to the development of the sub-region, the High Commissioner noted that India, as a partner to Nigeria, stands ready to support the aspirations of Nigeria especially as encapsulated in the Vision 20-2020 programme, saying telecommunications will continue to be a major driver in achieving the vision.

 

Mr. Sachdev, who inaugurated the Indian Pavilion, which made its debut at W.Afri.Tel last year and also give a few words of remark at the WAFICT Congress 2010, said in his position, he would be glad to encourage as many Indian companies as possible to see the opportunities in Nigeria and find ways of contributing to the growth of the Nigerian economy.

 

Incidentally, India’s Airtel, which is the world’s fifth leading telecommunications company, is platinum sponsor for WAFICT Congress 2011.

 

Briefing the High Commissioner on preparations for this year’s conference and exhibition, Mr. Abang stated that broadband will be at the core of discussions at the conference, while exhibitors and delegates will have rare opportunities to see latest technologies, value added services and products from telecom operators from across the world.

 

On its part, the Federal Government has adopted the WAFICT Congress 2011 as the platform to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the telecom revolution in Nigeria. To this end, the Minister of Information and Communications, Honourable Labaran Maku, has issued a formal letter endorsing the WAFICT Congress and W.Afri.Tel exhibition and urged mobile companies, ISPs, government agencies and establishments, telecom operators as well as all other stakeholders, to support the events and join the ministry in giving a voice to Nigeria’s achievements in telecom.

 

In the letter, entitled ‘To whom it may concern – Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Nigerian Telecom Revolution: Special West African ICT Congress 2011, by IT & Telecom Digest’,  endorsing the two events, which run concurrently, from June 14-16, 2011, at the new Eko Expo Hall, Lagos, the minister stated: “I am writing to confirm that the Federal Ministry of Information and Communications endorses and recommends IT & Telecom Digest Magazine to organise the West African ICT Congress 2011, as part of the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Nigerian Telecom Revolution.

 

“The publication will celebrate the progress that has been made during the past one decade in the Nigerian telecom industry. In doing so, IT & Telecom Digest will host the WAFICT Congress 2011, of which the Ministry is in full support and will participate fully. This is important to further open up our country to the rest of the world as the investment destination for telecom in Africa.

 

“In this regard, the Federal Ministry of Information and Communications officially endorses WAFICT Congress, which is being hosted alongside the 11th W.Afri.Tel Exhibition, in Eko Hotel, Lagos, June 14-16, 2011, and the Ministry hereby urges all businesses, companies, professionals, all stakeholders, government agencies, etc, to lend their support to the events and join us in celebrating this happy milestone: Ten Years of the Nigerian Telecom Revolution 2001 – 2011.”

 

WAFICT Congress 2011, like last year’s edition, is being organised by IT & Telecom Digest, in conjunction with the UK-based Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), and has the theme: The Emerging New Frontier: – Opportunities and Potentials for Sustainable Growth in West Africa.

 

WAFICT Congress 2001 will run alongside the 11th edition of the West African International Telecommunications exhibition (W.Afri.Tel), organised by EMS of South Africa, of which IT & Telecom Digest is also the Sole Nigeria Agent.

 

culled from WAFICT site