E-Business
Check Point Appoints CWG, Others as Resellers in Nigeria
Check Point Software Technologies Limited, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has entered into partnership with five leading IT firms in Nigeria as reseller partners of Check Point’s security solutions.
The companies are Computer Warehouse Group, Dimension Data, iTeco, Jetlink and Resourcery.
This partnership with leading local IT firms is to strengthen Check Point’s activities and penetration into the Nigerian market and enable the partners offer their clients Check Point’s security solutions as a part of their total solutions for networks.
Shmuel Agi, Regional Director of the Middle East and Africa at Check Point Software Technologies said the company’s intention is to bring the Nigerian IT security market to the next level and to fulfill the increasing demand of sophisticated security solutions and IT infrastructure.
“In order to accomplish these goals we have collaborated with five new experienced partners to reinforce Check Point’s presence in Western Africa. Our new partners cover all market sectors in Nigeria and have the ability to enhance local support and to deliver optimum customer services” said Agi.
He added that “We see tremendous business prospects in the Nigerian market, presenting a significant and untapped development potential for Check Point across our product lines. We look forward to further developing our customer base, mainly across the finance, oil and gas, telco, information communications technology and governmental sectors.”
“As Check Point’s exclusive distributor in Nigeria, we believe that our mission is to offer a total solution to the Nigerian market, from SMB to enterprise solutions. In addition, we intend to keep investing in training both partners and clients as we believe that the IT security know-how should be available locally, with minimum dependency on offshore professional services. We believe that this is the key to success in the IT security arena and we intend to bring the local know-how and services to a new level,” said Nir Kunik, CEO, DataGroupIT, Check Point’s exclusive distributor in Nigeria.
The five partners have attained tremendous growth through strategic alliances and partnerships with world-class organizations to ensure quality of service that exceed customer’s expectations.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, 75 percent of enterprise software engineers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) code assistants, up from less than 10 percent, currently.
According to a Gartner poll of 598 global respondents conducted in the third quarter of 2023, 63 percent of organisations are now testing, deploying, or have previously implemented AI code assistants.
AI code assistants provide for more capabilities than only code development and completion, notes the research firm.
According to Gartner, the use of AI code assistants can lead to higher work satisfaction and retention, resulting in lower turnover costs.
Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, comments: “Software engineering leaders must determine ROI and build a business case as they scale their rollouts of AI code assistants.
“However, traditional ROI frameworks steer engineering leaders toward metrics centred on cost reduction. This narrow perspective fails to capture the full value of AI code assistants.”
Gartner notes that software engineering leaders must “reframe the ROI conversation from cost reduction to value generations”.
Walsh adds: “Calculating time savings on code generation is a good place to begin building a more robust value story. To convey the full enterprise value story for AI code assistants, software engineering leaders should connect value enablers to impacts, and then analyse the overall return to the organisation.”
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks.
NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards,” the agency said at the weekend update on its official X handle.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW GENERAL MULTIPURPOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
- The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC) , eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
- The single GMPC has multiple use cases:…
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) April 12, 2024
It said applicants need to request their cards with their NIN “through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks”.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS,” NIMC said.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated center or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” the update read.
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the new national Identity card, powered by AfriGo Card, is a single card with multiple services.
NIMC made the clarification against the confusion and criticisms that have trailed the AfriGo Card , touted as a National Domestic Card Scheme.
NIMC is launching the AfriGo Card, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), and has had appointed SecureID, a Lagos headquartered company to manufacture the Card Scheme
Making clarification on the card, Kayode Adegoke, head of Corporate Communications of the NIMC, said the General multipurpose card (GMPC) will eliminate the need for multiple cards.
“The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multi-purpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
“The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc.
“The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and financial use cases.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS. Applicants for the card will have to request with their NIN through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks, in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated centre or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” he said.
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