Everywhere in the world today regardless of race or tribe now tend to be united by a common sphere and that sphere is Technology, Technology has re-position the way we all see and approach things and as such made the world a small global village. As at the time of filling in this report technology has been recorded as a key to any Nations that most get to its utopia in diplomatic and international relations.
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to integrate the Bank Verification Number (BVN) in the national identity database.
The Director-General of NIMC, Mr Chris Onyemenam, made the disclosure in an interview with the Nation Development Organisation correspondent on Friday in Lagos.
Onyenam, whose tenure expires today, said that the planned integration was borne out of the need to obey a presidential directive to harmonise various databases in the country.
Are companies ready for billions of everyday objects to join the Internet?
The technology industry is preparing for the Internet of things, a type of computing characterized by small, often dumb, usually unseen computers attached to objects. These devices sense and transmit data about the environment or offer new means of controlling it.
It was not a good time for Miguel Torres’ 4-year-old computer to give up the ghost. Torres, owner of Proremodels, a West Jordan, Utah, home remodeling company, was already strapped for cash when his computer conked out.
He poured $300 into repairs; it crashed again, and he couldn’t afford to replace it. He got by on borrowed computers, but his tech problem was hobbling his business, leaving him unable to answer e-mail, issue estimates or create invoices in a timely manner. “It was a really bad time for me,” Torres says.
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What do Emulex, the White House website, and Microsoft have in common? All have been the victims of network security compromises. While these are some of the more high profile cases, there are daily examples of network security failures and the high costs imposed on companies as a result.
There was a time when only large companies worried about network security breaches. However, in this brave new world where everyone from the home user to the large corporation relies on technology for functions that range from email to the storage of sensitive data, it seems no one is immune to the havoc that viruses, worms, spyware and hackers can wreak.
If you look at the economy over the last several years, you get two very conflicting stories.
The first is that the stock market and GDP growth have been positive thanks to companies being profitable and increasing worker productivity. The second is that there has been a distinct lack of job creation. According to Bloomberg View, there are 10 million fewer jobs than there should be.