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- 14 Jan 2016
Cisco Hints MEA Cloud Traffic Could Quadruple By 2019
Cisco believes consumer cloud demands will represent 61% of cloud data centre traffic by 2019, compared to 30% in 2014. Cloud traffic in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will more than quadruple by…
- 5 Dec 2013
Cisco Projects Cloud Traffic to Dominate Data Centers
In the third annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2012 – 2017), Cisco forecasts that global cloud traffic, the fastest growing component of data center traffic, is expected to grow 4.5-fold – a 35…
- 16 May 2013
'Freight Train’ of Added Traffic to Hit ICT Networks Globally
Two recently published white papers have projected large increases in ICT network traffic over the next five years. Each points to a different source of growth, which impacts different parts of…
- 7 Nov 2013
Cisco Launches Data Center, Cloud Solution Built Around Applications Needs
Application-centric infrastructure is set to help businesses in Nigeria unlock new routes to innovation and profit, Cisco announced on Thursday. “A new paradigm shift driven by cloud, mobility and…
- 8 Jun 2021
Global Websites Rumble Back to Life after Fastly-Linked Outage
Government, news and social media websites across the globe were coming back online Tuesday after being hit by a widespread outage linked to U.S.-based cloud company Fastly Inc. High traffic sites…
- 21 Jun 2020
Why Your Company Needs Cloud Visibility
As organizations migrate to the cloud, they outsource the management of their computing infrastructure to cloud service providers. These specialized firms take care of the complex engineering…
- 21 Oct 2013
Cisco Powers “The Internet of Everything” with New Network Convergence System
With Internet traffic rapidly growing amid new waves of cloud, mobile, video and machine-to-machine applications, Cisco® at the weekend introduced the Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS), a…
- 3 Dec 2020
5G Forecast to Create Almost 23m Jobs within 15 years
With 5G-enabled job growth forecast to be 22.8 million globally over the next 15 years, the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks is one of the major trends that will…
- 22 Oct 2019
Sophos Cloud Optix now available on AWS marketplace
Sophos a global leader in network and endpoint security, has announced availability of Sophos Cloud Optix on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace . As a new agentless software-as-a-service…
- 29 Nov 2013
Nigerian Businesses go to Cloud Computing
A report released at the weekend revealed that 44% of Nigerian businesses say they will embrace the Cloud in the coming year, although Nigerian businesses still lag behind, with only 36% of them…
- 30 Sept 2014
Cisco sets $1Bn Investment for Global Cloud Computing Network
Cisco Systems will invest $1 billion over two years to expand its cloud offerings, the company said on Monday, linking hundreds of data centers and cloud providers around the world in a network with…
- 22 Jun 2023
ADC Partners London Internet Exchange for East Africa Interconnection Hub
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies group, is pleased to announce that the London Internet Exchange (LINX) has brought them on board as a full point of presence (PoP) for the new…
- 11 Feb 2014
Cisco Forecasts 14-Fold Increase in MEA Mobile Data Traffic in 5 Years
Cisco® Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2013 to 2018 indicates that worldwide mobile data traffic will increase nearly 11-fold over the next four years and reach an…
- 13 Dec 2022
Best Practices for Secure Cloud Infrastructure in Africa and the Global Digital Landscape
As the world increasingly shifts towards digital transformation, organizations globally, including those in Africa, are rapidly adopting cloud technologies for their scalability, flexibility, and…
- 21 Jun 2023
ADC Expands Deal with London Internet Exchange
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has broadened its partnership with the London Internet Exchange (LINX) after being engaged as a full point of presence (PoP) for a new East African interconnection hub. The…
- 29 Aug 2019
Dell Technologies Advances Software-Defined Networking Solutions
Dell Technologies has announced new advancements in software-defined networking, so customers can simplify and help lower the cost of networking in today’s multi-cloud world. “Dell EMC and VMware are…
- 2 Nov 2017
African Businesses Can Compete Globally With Cloud Technology
By Opeyemi Olaniran If you are still struggling to grasp what exactly the cloud is and why it will completely change your business, here’s a simple explanation. If you’ve ever experienced the…
- 3 Jul 2016
Oracle Brings SPARC to the Cloud
Oracle at the weekend announced major new additions to the SPARC platform that for the first time bring the advanced security, efficiency and simplicity of SPARC to the cloud. Built on the new SPARC…
- 19 Jan 2022
Check Point Software Introduces the World’s Fastest Firewall for Datacenters
Check Point® Software Technologies, provider of cyber security solutions globally, has extended the Check Point Quantum portfolio with Quantum Lightspeed Firewalls to introduce the biggest network…
- 10 Feb 2023
Check Point Software Unveils Quantum SD-WAN to Protect Branch Offices Unifying Best Security
Check Point Software Technologies, a provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has today introduced Check Point Quantum SD-WAN, a new software blade in the Check Point Quantum Gateways. Check…
- 21 Apr 2021
Sophos Unveils XGS Series Firewall Appliance with Industry-Best TLS Inspection
Sophos , a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today unveiled new XGS Series firewall appliances with unrivaled performance and advanced protection against cyberattacks. The new…
- 1 Apr 2021
Global Online Traffic Spikes as Cisco Outlines Internet Strategy
Together with remote healthcare services, streaming video and gaming, internet traffic spiked by 25-45% in many regions across the globe during the pandemic. According to Cisco this is only a glimpse…
- 11 Feb 2017
NCS Int’l Conference 2017 Theme Centres on SGDs, Calls for Paper
Sustainable development has become one of the major global issues of this era and in recognition of the world’s need for sustainability, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda…
- 11 Oct 2013
Prolexic Protects OnCourse Systems for Education, SaaS Applications against DDoS Attacks
Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, announced today that OnCourse Systems for Education, a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) K-12…
- 22 Jun 2017
NCS Int’l Conference ’17: ‘Early Bird’ Registration Door Closes
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has closed the ‘early bird’ registration window for participation at the 13th International Conference holding net month in Abuja, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can…
- 9 May 2017
#NCSAbuja2017 Focuses on Technology as Catalyst for Achieving SDGs
Experts in the Nigeria’s technology industry are to converge on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, with a focus on technology as catalysts for achieving the United Nations Social Development…
- 5 Oct 2022
How Google is Delivering on its $1B Commitment to Africa
Google on Wednesday announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its first on the continent. The news, which came at the second Google for Africa event, is the latest…
- 17 Jun 2020
Ericsson Predicts Mobile Data Traffic to Grow 12 Times in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by 12 times the current figures, with total traffic increasing from 0.33 Exabytes (EB) per month to 4EB by 2025. Meanwhile, average…
- 19 Oct 2013
Cloud Computing is ICT Future – MainOne CMO
Cloud computing has been described as the future of the IT world in terms of data storage and security. Folu Aderibigbe, chief sales and marketing officer, MainOne, West Africa’s leading…
- 6 Jun 2016
Gartner Predicts 60% of Digital Businesses Failures Due to Digital Risk
As organizations transition to digital business, a lack of directly owned infrastructure and services outside of IT's control will need to be addressed by cybersecurity, according to Gartner, Inc.…