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Dataflex Bags Oracle Specialized Partner of the Year Award

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From Left - Frederick Udoaka, Oracle Systems Sales Director West & Central Africa, Andy Nwani, Managing Director Dataflex Nigeria and Janusz Naklicki, Vice President A&C, General Business Eastern Europe, CIS, Middle East & Africa at the presentation of the Specialised Oracle Partner of the Year Award for Servers and Storage to Dataflex in Accra, Ghana recently.
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Dataflex Nigeria was at the just concluded Oracle Partner Day in Accra Ghana, honoured with the 2014 Oracle Specialized Partner of the Year Award for Servers and Storage.

This was the first time Oracle had organized an award ceremony in this region since its purchase of Sun Microsystems over two years ago.
 
The purchase of Sun by Oracle has indeed revolutionized the world of Information Technology globally and across the African region.

Oracle today, presents a one stop customer experience for both software and hardware solutions which can all be configured in a box and like Oracle would say, has been ‘Engineered to work together’.

Dataflex Nigeria greatly values her partnership with Oracle which is just a little over one year.

This recognition of Dataflex by Oracle has been attributed to the huge investments in human and capital resources Dataflex have committed itself to since the inception of its partnership. 

According to Janusz Naklicki, Oracle VP Africa Operations, ‘Dataflex has shown it is a partner of focus to watch and work with as Oracle expands its strength in the African Market’.

Dataflex currently has the highest amount of certifications in the Oracle specialized Server and Storage Space in West Africa and is growing a team of Oracle Professionals to handle the challenges of the business environment in the long term. The Company is taking staff training as an integral aspect of its continued success and business growth and development with Oracle.

Andy Nwani, Dataflex’s founder and managing director was at the Oracle Partner day event in Accra, Ghana to pick up this award which he views as one of honour and a huge encouragement to the Dataflex team.

Nwani states further, ‘I am thankful to Oracle for this recognition done on us and I must also commend the team at Dataflex Nigeria for the efforts and commitment they have put into this partnership since its inception. As a young partner, we have also enjoyed quality support from the Oracle team in Nigeria. This award attests to the fact that we can do more when we work together as partners and as a team’

Dataflex is also a Gold Preferred partner with Oracle. With this award and specialization on Servers and Storage, it further confirms Dataflex’s strength in the Hardware and Enterprise Management space for solutions and services.

For over two decades Dataflex has continued to help and deliver on corporate IT solutions to corporate Nigeria

From building, supporting and consulting on Datacenter operations to the supply, deployment and maintenance of high-end enterprise infrastructure, Dataflex has built a solid team of Engineers and Technology Solutions experts who have evolved with the company and have contributed to the success of Dataflex.

In 2012, The Nigeria Communications Week honoured Dataflex with her Beacon of ICT Awards as ‘The Innovation Company Of The year’. Dataflex is the Foremost and one of the leading Technology Solutions Companies in Nigeria.


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Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

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Chinese “threat actors” have hacked Microsoft’s SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.

Microsoft Servers Hacked by Chinese Groups

 

China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have “exploited vulnerabilities” in on-premises SharePoint servers, the kind used by firms, but not in its cloud-based service.

The US tech giant has released security updates in response and has advised all on-premises SharePoint server customers to install them.

“Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are still ongoing,” Microsoft said in a statement.

The firm said it had “high confidence” the hackers would continue to target systems which have not installed its security updates.

It added that it would update its website blog with more information as its investigation continues.

Microsoft said it had observed attacks in which hackers had sent a request to a SharePoint server “enabling the theft of the key material by threat actors”.

Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting firm, a division of Google Cloud, told reporter, it was “aware of several victims in several different sectors across a number of global geographies”.

Carmakal said it appeared that governments and businesses that use SharePoint on their sites were the primary target.

A number of adversaries who stole material encoded by cryptography were then able to regain ongoing access to the victims’ SharePoint data, he said.

“This was exploited in a very broad way, very opportunistically before a patch was made available. That’s why this is significant,” Carmakal said.

Carmakal said the “China-nexus actor” was deploying techniques similar to previous campaigns associated with Beijing.

Microsoft said Linen Typhoon had “focused on stealing intellectual property, primarily targeting organizations related to government, defence, strategic planning, and human rights” for 13 years.

It added that Violet Typhoon had been “dedicated to espionage”, primarily targeting former government and military staff, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, higher education, the media, the financial sector and the health sector in the US, Europe, and East Asia.

Meanwhile, Storm-2603 was “assessed with medium confidence to be a China-based threat actor”.

 

 

 


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NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

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National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a public warning that it is not associated with NINcard.com.

NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake NIN Website

According to the commission, the website has been circulating online to offer services for Nigerians seeking National Identification Number (NIN) services.

NIMC, in a post on its official X account on Wednesday, said, “NINcard.com is not in anyway affiliated to NIMC. Stay vigilant!”

The warning was accompanied by screenshots of fake payment receipts and OTP request pages from the website, both of which were boldly stamped “FAKE” by NIMC to alert the public.


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NITDA, API Partner Against Harmful Online Content

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National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with the Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API), has convened a one-day workshop in Abuja to advance dialogue on the draft Online Harm Protection (OHP) Bill to confront harmful online content.

NITDA, API Partner Against Harmful Online Content

The bill, a rights-based, locally rooted, and multi-stakeholder initiative, is aimed at addressing the challenges of the digital age.

The event, which held yesterday, brought together government officials, civil society, academics, digital platforms, and legal experts to shape a policy framework designed to combat online ills such as cyberbullying, disinformation, hate speech, digital exploitation, and gender-based violence, while safeguarding democratic freedoms and digital inclusion.

In his keynote remarks, Kashifu Inuwa, director general, NITDA urged a paradigm shift in the way society engages with digital technologies.

“For almost two decades, we have viewed digital technology through a consumer lens. But these technologies are not just products and services. They are transforming how we live, work, and interact. They shape our politics, our society, and our democracy,” he said.

Warning against unaccountable digital power in the hands of private corporations, the DG likened the digital journey to the tale of Alice in Wonderland, where initial fascination with innovation has given way to deeper concerns about privacy, autonomy, and manipulation by big tech platforms.

“We thought we were using Google, but now we realise Google is using us. Social media, once a tool of expression, has become a tool of surveillance and influence,” Inuwa noted.

He, therefore, emphasised the urgency of developing a democratic and accountable framework.  He explained that following the 2021 Twitter ban, NITDA facilitated dialogue between the government and platform operators, leading to a Code of Practice that stressed Nigeria’s sovereignty and legal standards.

According to him, the same process birthed the multi-stakeholder steering committee and the OHP White Paper in December 2024, laying the foundation for the current legislative push.

Earlier in her opening remarks,  Victoria Manya, co-founder, API, observed the moral and civic necessity of the bill.

Her words: “The internet did not break society, it merely revealed its unfiltered version. Every day, Nigerians are exposed to harassment, disinformation, exploitation, and even algorithmic violence. The OHP Bill is not a war on the Internet. It is a peace offering to its users, a social contract for a digital future that is safe, inclusive, and democratic.

“We cannot answer the question of algorithmic power with unchecked state control. We must answer it with shared, rights-based governance. This bill must not be written for the people, but with them.”


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