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Fasmicro Makes Final Of 2011 Records and Information Management Awareness (RIMA) Awards

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Fasmicro, our parent company, has been nominated for 2011 Records and Information Management Awareness (RIMA) Awards over a technology we are developing in Nigeria which will synchronize and harmonize transport management in the nation. In a letter, dated Sept 23, 2011, the Chair of the Awards committee noted that “[t]he Awards recognizes organisations and individuals for demonstrating vision and business skills through implementation of highly successful projects that utilize leading-edge business technologies.”

Though we did not enter this award, we are nonetheless excited to participate alongside the juggernauts like UBA Afri-Pay U-Mo and Globacom GloMobile who fall in the same category we are nominated which is Mobile Information Project Management award. Please note that we have contacted the organizers that our name is Fasmicro and not “Fasmicro Sales Network”. Of course Fasmicro Sales Network is our international sales portal. The full letter is provided below, with some areas adapted for privacy and we hope to win this award which will be concluded in Sheraton Hotel Lagos next month . We will win because we have the best technology!

 

 

The Managing Director

Fasmicro

124a Okigwe Road (1st Floor)

Opp Water Board

Owerri, Imo State.

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

RIMA AWARDS 2011: INVITATION FOR AWARD PRESENTATION

 

On behalf of the 2011 Records and Information Management Awareness (RIMA) Awards committee, I write to inform you that your organisation as emerged as one of the 2011 RIMA Awards FINALIST following our call for nomination to over twenty thousand (20,000) individuals and stakeholders in the Industry (local and international).

 

The RIMA Industry Awards, Africa’s premier recognition of excellence and innovation in the management and security of business information. The Awards recognizes organisations and individuals for demonstrating vision and business skills through implementation of highly successful projects that utilize leading-edge business technologies.

 

The names of the ultimate winners for each category will be revealed at the Awards presentation slated for Saturday 29th October, 2011 at Sheraton Hotel (http://www.sheratonlagos.com), 30 Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria, starting 2pm prompt.

 

As a finalist, your organisation stands the chance of emerging as the eventual winner for the category or categories for which you have been nominated. And for this to happen, kindly visit (http://rimaw.org/Award-Categories.php) to download the appropriate entry form to supply details about your product or project to the awards panel which will be used to determine the eventual winner for your category.

 

Please, note that aside the ultimate winner, other finalist would receive a certificate stating their success as a finalist for each category.

 

Download list of finalists for the categories which you have been nominated at:

Click to access 2011_RIMA_Awards_Finalists.pdf

We would appreciate receiving your response on or before 30th, September, 2011.

 

Looking forward to seeing you at the 2011 edition of RIMA Awards in Lagos Sheraton.

 

Best regards,

 

 

[Name]

Research Intelligence Magazine

Chair, 2011 RIMA Awards Committee

ebsite: http://www.rimaw.org/RIMA-Awards.php

Comparison Of Mobile Phone Operating Systems – Android, BB, iOS, Windows 7

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The Operating System (OS) is the software that communicates with the computer’s hardware, manages resources and provides a user interface. All phones use an operating system of some sort but in recent years, as mobile phone and smartphone technology has become more complex and powerful, operating systems have grown more important.

The operating system of a particular handset is now an important factor to consider when deciding which mobile phone deal is right for you, as each mobile OS offers different advantages and disadvantages. Use this handy chart of features to compare the best Operating Systems and choose the best mobile phone contract for you!

 

 

Android Blackberry OS iOS Windows Phone 7
Developed by
Launched 2008
Open source		 2002
Proprietary		 2007
Proprietary		 2010
Proprietary
Key features
  • Gmail, contacts, calendar, maps & social networking
  • Range of phones & manufacturers
  • High security communication, email, text, instant messaging & BlackBerry Messenger
  • Contents & apps managed through iTunes
  • Library of corporate applications.
  • Integration of MS services such as Bing, Windows Live & Zune
Apps (approx.) 100,000 3,000+ 300,000 2,000
Free apps (approx.) 57% 26% 28% Unknown
No. of handsets 20+ 10+ 5 5
Limitations
  • Android Market Place for apps has received criticisms over quality of apps, search functionality & no desktop version
  • Relatively low number of apps available
  • Software upgrade potentially required on 3GS for multi-tasking
  • Higher handset cost
  • Relatively low number of apps available currently
Stand out features
  • Customisable multiple home screens.
  • Integration with Google mail & calendar
  • Streamlined communications with a high level of security
  • Straightforward user interface and iTunes integration
  • Hubs for easy access
  • Support of multiple Microsoft Exchange accounts for email
Manufacturers 10+ 1 1 3
Information correct at time of publication
This is provided courtesy of our UK Partner, Best Mobile Contracts.

Governance Matters For Growth And Jobs In Africa, Says World Bank Report

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A new World Bank report, Middle East and North Africa Economic Developments and Prospects: Investing for Growth and Jobs highlights the important links between good governance on a level legal and regulatory playing field, and the ability of investment to stimulate growth.

“Indeed, if we look at examples from other countries undergoing transition, investment surged in many economies that made early moves to improve governance,” says Caroline Freund, Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa region at the World Bank. “Overall, while improving government institutions is necessary for voice and accountability, it is also necessary for growth and efficient use of resources.”

To revive investment above and beyond pre-Arab-Spring levels, a move to transparency and accountability is urgent, she argues.

The report notes that investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been strong over the last two decades in comparison with Latin America and Eastern Europe. However, in the oil exporting countries, such as Algeria and Oman, it has been primarily supported by large and expanding public investment. Oil importers, in contrast, like Egypt and Morocco, have shown more strength in private investment, which has increased in recent years.

A concern with public investment in the developing oil exporters is that in economies with weak governance there is no evidence that public investment stimulates growth. In contrast, in countries with an adequate level of protection of property rights and legal institutions, public investment is strongly linked to growth. Further, public investment cannot substitute for private investment, especially when governance is weak.

“When governance is good, public investments crowd in private investment by providing the energy, roads, logistics and communications links necessary for firms to function productively,” says Freund. “But with poor governance, public investment is more likely to crowd out private investment by using resources that would otherwise be used by the private sector. Moreover, public investment may not stimulate growth because it is spent on unproductive assets that are desirable only to special interest groups.”

The report also makes a strong case for private investment in services and manufacturing as engines of job creation and income growth in the region. It presents evidence that while the majority share of foreign direct investment (FDI) received by the region flows into the real estate and fuel sectors, most FDI-related jobs are in fact generated in the manufacturing sector.

 

“Services and manufacturing are where the action is,” says Elena Ianchovichina, Lead Economist in the MENA region and principal author of the report. “Services have been a source of strength for both income and jobs, in levels and growth, especially in the oil importing countries. Manufacturing has also contributed to growth in income and jobs, but in MENA the sector is small relative to the manufacturing sectors in Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey, for instance.”

 

She highlights that in recent years the public sector could not generate the attractive high-quality jobs typically sought by graduates, and the private sector has not been vibrant enough to make up the difference.

As in previous editions, the report also presents the near-term macroeconomic outlook, forecasting growth in the MENA region to average 4.1 percent in 2011 and 3.8 percent in 2012. With the strong caveat that global uncertainty is clouding the horizon, the forecast for 2011 is up by half a percentage point relative to the May 2011 forecast due to more expansionary fiscal policies in the region, expanded oil production (excluding Libya), better than expected growth in Iran, and a quicker than anticipated pickup in industrial production in Egypt. Growth is expected to decline by half a percentage point in 2012 because of lower expected oil prices and slower global growth.

Unlike in 2008, when MENA countries were in a strong position to weather the storm, the ongoing political and economic uncertainties have put a number of countries in a weaker position for additional response to another global downturn. With contracting global demand, lower oil prices will put further pressure on fiscal balances in many developing oil exporters, especially in a period of expanded government spending. Lower oil prices will be a relief to developing oil importers, but this will be offset by lower exports and remittances, and these countries have little room to stimulate their economies.

 

Editor’s Note: This is a press release from World Bank

Dear African Entrepreneurs, Become More Upset And Change Our Continent

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Few months ago, I read a report that developing nations have more entrepreneurs than developed ones, per every 1000 citizens. Those findings are believable if you include the artisans and subsistence farmers.  When people become entrepreneurs because they have no other alternative to survive, I may not necessarily call it the best move. I will prefer entrepreneurs that got into building companies because they have a mission for the society.  It is very ridiculous to  include market women selling corns on the streets of Lagos as entrepreneurs!

No matter how you see it, IBM was once a startup. Intel was one. GE was also in the loop. Facebook is just evolving from the startup status. Humans made them. So, every company on earth today, was at a certain time, a startup.

Take another look at these companies; the founders were motivated to solve problems which could affect a process, tool or people. In other words, they expected that their solutions will make the society better. That is the basic philosophy of entrepreneurship: see a problem and create a solution to solve it.

When you do it, without that determination and passion to solve a problem, rather, to make money, you seem not get it right. The purpose of entrepreneurship is not necessarily to make big bucks. It is to offer value to your clients which will surely make humanity better. The more you can get that done, the more successful you are. That was how disruptive innovation plays into the game of changing markets and society.

In America and Europe, when people see problems, they get upset and they get down to business to provide solutions. Of course, they could make money in the process. The medical devices were not designed to just make money. The designers had visions to make human existence better. The drug companies did the same. The mobile phones are conceived to simplify communication. The water purification systems are to make sure you drink clean water. The list is endless.

But move to Africa, when we see problems, we just write about them as I am doing now. As soon as we finish, we have a feeling that we have solved a problem for the society. We do not get upset to get to action and truly find a solution. Take for instance the case in Nigeria where for decades, electricity has remained a problem. Professors, businessmen, newsmen, etc have articles on it.   Yet, no one has been upset enough to provide a solution. Our roads are broken, our hospitals have no drugs.  In all these issues, there are opportunities for entrepreneurs. But unlike the Western counterparts that get to action, Africans are not doing that.

The truth is this: until we learn how to get upset when we see problems in the society and get to work solving them, nothing will change. Yes, it will be the same process and system – poverty, pains and hopelessness. Schools are not educating the kids right. We know that, but what are we doing about that?  We have no medical database and many people are dying as doctors cannot coordinate health delivery. From medical professionals to engineers, no one has taken it up to give Nigeria one. Simply, we all complain, but never get upset to the point of doing something. That needs to change!

by Ndubuisi Ekekwe

Cisco Slashes Forecasts, Out For Competition – Juniper Feels The Heat

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Cisco Systems Inc slashed its long-term forecasts, acknowledging an end to an era of scorching growth after cutting thousands of jobs in a sweeping four-month reorganization.

 

The reduction in projections had been expected from a company grappling with both nimbler rivals and a rickety global outlook for government and corporate tech spending. Yet investors pushed its shares 1.6 per cent higher, relieved the overhaul was bearing fruit: reducing costs and setting Cisco on a path for slower but more stable growth.

 

CEO John Chambers in April launched a broad restructuring after declaring that the erstwhile Wall Street darling had lost its way. That included plans to reduce its workforce by about 15 percent — with nearly 13,000 taken off its payroll so far — and shutter its Flip video camera division.

 

Investors have turned cautiously optimistic at the pace with which the revamp has progressed. And on Tuesday, Chambers said customers he spoke to in the past 120 days had all pledged to either keep their spending with Cisco intact, or even increase it.

 

“Cisco was very upbeat. It sounds like their efforts in terms of streamlining the company and simplifying the structure are paying off and allowing the company to execute better at least in the near term,” Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said.

 

Analysts generally applauded the speed with which Chambers has restructured the business in roughly 120 days. Sources familiar with the situation told Reuters this week that the 62-year-old CEO is looking to end his 16-year run on a high note, with the company on firmer footing. They said speculation has centered around a succession by the likes of Silicon Valley veteran and Oracle president Mark Hurd once Cisco returns to stable growth.

 

“In terms of the board and the management team, we’re completely in sync,” Chambers said. “They asked me personally would I be willing to commit to another three years.”

 

Cisco — a bellwether for the networking industry because of its global, diverse clientele — shaved its long-term revenue growth target by roughly half to 5 percent to 7 per cent from 12 to 17 per cent previously. The new target was also below Cisco’s estimate for total market growth of 7 to 8 per cent which raised eyebrows among some analysts.

 

But it forecast 2012 gross profit margins that were better than investors feared. Cisco also said earnings would grow at about 7 percent to 9 per cent in the coming three years.

 

“Growing earnings faster than revenue is also a plus. This is Cisco’s new world,” said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis. “Everybody knew the old targets were off the table. It’s not a surprise, it’s not as bad as it could have been.”

 

Even as Cisco looks to reemerge from a slump due to entering businesses that were outside of its core routing competency, the vendor is taking a public swing at its Silicon Valley neighbor, Juniper.

 

In its campaign, called “Can You Trust a Vendor who Overpromises and Underdelivers?” Cisco argues that Juniper has failed to meet its promise to deliver key products, including its 100 Gigabit Ethernet and MX Series edge routers, two-and-a-half years after they were first announced. Cisco also said that Juniper’s T4000 core router–which was supposed to debut last year–isn’t available yet. In addition, Cisco alleges that Juniper has not publicly debuted its Project Falcon platform despite three launches of the solution, and its QFabric data center system is still unavailable.

 

“Vision doesn’t mean much if your track record of execution is murky,” Cisco operations executive Robert Lloyd said in a company blog post, referring to Juniper. “No amount of future promises can make up for failures in execution. Over-promising and under-delivering does not result in a strong reputation with customers.”

 

Of course, Juniper was quick to dismiss the allegations. Stefan Dyckerhoff, who oversees Juniper’s platform systems division, said in a Wall Street Journal article that “I can honestly say we have met every date we have ever put out there.” On Monday, Juniper told analysts that the remaining two elements of QFabric will actually be available this week.

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