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Nigeria-Based Manufacturer Cuts Project Costs by 45 Per Cent

United Cement Company of Nigeria UNICEM operates the most technically advanced cement plant south of the Sahara. The company needed a modern business process management system to comply with new reporting standards and improve controls. After considering SAP and JD Edwards software, UNICEM opted for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, which...

Tags: Business Process, BPM, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Nigeria, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software

Case studies 2009-08-01

Do you know where your computers are being recycled?

I have almost 200 really old iMacs that are supposed to be recycled by Apple before school opens in September. I have an abandoned school building closed last year due to budget cuts with another 100 or so badly battered PCs that are in really sad shape, too. ...

Tags: boy, e-waste, nigeria, computer, productivity, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-10

I guess they read my blog in Nigeria

Yahoo News is reporting that the Nigerian government has decided to accept and use Mandriva Linux on at least 11,000 of the Classmate PCs they ordered. Previously, the agency handling the transaction had decided to accept and pay for the Mandriva-installed computers, but overwrite the OS with Windows XP...

Tags: Blog, Mandriva, Nigeria, Mandriva Linux, Yahoo News, Linux, Open Source, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Gecko Programming Language EVALUATION (Windows)

This is a FREE Evaluation Version of the Gecko Programming Language. It is intended to introduce you to programming in Gecko. Gecko is a Query language with High-level syntax and procedural linkage construct. This EVALUATION version lacks its main features but introduces you to Gecko programming.

Tags: Nigeria, Programming, Gecko Programming Language, Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-10-03

GeckoMapper 2.5.1 (Windows)

Encrypt your messages. Send secure emails and messages with this wonderful software package. This software allows you to convert plain text in any language provided Latin characters are supported to a special encrypted language, so that your message cannot be read by hackers over the Internet, or by sneaky people....

Tags: Message, Nigeria, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, E-mail, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Online Communications, Security

Software downloads 2006-08-29

Photos: E-waste piles up in Nigeria

Environmental group says much of the old electronic gear sent abroad for reuse and refurbishment is nothing but junk.

Tags: Nigeria

Image galleries 2005-10-24

Photos: E-waste piles up in Nigeria

Environmental group says much of the old electronic gear sent abroad for reuse and refurbishment is nothing but junk.

Tags: Nigeria

Image galleries 2005-10-24

Case Study: Financial Records Systems in Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with 130 million inhabitants. The Government of Nigeria has identified governance and corruption as issues that must be tackled in order to reverse economic decline and has taken pre-emptive action. Fundamental reform of budget processes will need to be part of this...

Tags: Financial, Nigeria, International Records Management Trust, Financial Accounting, Finance

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Global warming? No, no, no, it ain't me, babe

Harry, cut the BS. Write about tech some time.or get a job.Stop Preaching...and writing in a condescending tone. You and Blanchenwhatshisname should start your own site and stop posting this junk to a TECH site. Throwing in a line at the end about Green Jobs doesn't mean your...

Tags: Gender and diversity, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Let's blame addictive oil

The blame game is getting grimmer as the global warming warnings get more strident. Now comes a book pointing to petroleum as "the devil's excrement." Damn, wish I thought of that epithet. This book is Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil. Says Knopf's marketing text,...

Tags: Oil, Iran, Consumption, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Big Oil greening up--is this a good thing?

"Newsweek" would like you to believe it's a happy sign of the times to see global oil companies putting serious money into alternative fuels. They site investments by major oil companies in ehtanol. The "Newsweek" piece refers to more nations putting taxes or caps on carbon emissions,...

Tags: Oil Company, Newsweek, Oil, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-20

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Dear Mr Fuller you have to understand a few thing WEll even if i find your post always refreshing and deeply educating you must understand this until there hurrican lvl 6and 7 or twister force 6 or 7 or all coastal area will be under...

Tags: Ban Ki-moon

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Thieves ransack NJ Apple Store in 31 seconds

WowSomething tells me they had this planned out in advance...Who is this reporter?He makes it sound like these guys were criminal masterminds."Throwing a blunt object through the plate glass window like pros."How is that a pro move? "Me pick up brick and throw it through window."Honestly...he picks the brick, he...

Tags: GPS, NJ Apple Store

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Console Ayo 1.0.0.1 (Windows)

Ayo is a game commonly played in Nigeria, West Africa. Is is classified as a mancala game due to the similarity of the equipment but played with it own distinct native rules. The rules are actually very simple to learn but the game can become very engaging, with complex strategy,...

Tags: Console, Microsoft Windows, Ayo, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-18

419 scammers using Dilbert.com

Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started  using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...

Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Would antivirus ruin the iPhone experience?

Would antivirus ruin the iPhone experience?Huh ? I'm confusedIf that were the case, CLAM-X A.V. would beat them to the punch. But honestly does one really need that kind of protection on a phone? Will it be free? I don't see this going anywhere.Personally, I wouldjust wipe and restore. Would...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Apple iPhone, iPhone Experience, antivirus, Symbian Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Is $400 billion a lot of money?

One U.S. Senator says we spend that much every year importing petroleum from our friends in Saudi, Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Venezuela. I use the term "friend" advisedly. They are in fact pushers for the American addiction former President George W. Bush called out so pointedly. ...

Tags: Car, Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Bolivia:lithium=Saudi:oil?

Bolivia:lithium=Saudi:oil?The virginia modelis the one that works. If Bolivia is smart, they'll adopt it and tell the environmentalists to practice what they preach and go live in a cave somewhere.RE: Bolivia:lithium=Saudi:oil?This is a thought provoking commentary Mr. Fuller. Bolivia is indeed very rich in resources. I have full faith...

Tags: Engineering, business capacity, battery company, Mario

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Bolivia:lithium=Saudi:oil?

What's a poor country with rich resources to do? There's the Nigeria model: tribal hatred and long-running civil war. There's the Saudi model: bribe your own people, hire aliens to do the dirty work and execute any dissenters. There's the West Virginia model: give the mining companies...

Tags: Lithium, Bolivia, Battery, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Ireland: Shell's new Nigeria?

Just as Shell brings to a close a difficult chapter in its troubled relationship with the Ogoni people in Nigeria, its relationship with community groups in the west of Ireland appears to be reaching new lows. Shell is the senior partner with Statoil and Marathon in an effort to bring off shore...

Tags: Ireland, Community, Shell, Government, Vertical Industries, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-17