2016 - Nasni Consultants

Amazon’s AWS looks to extend its reach to connected devices and IoT

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 5, 2016
Post category:Emerging Technologies Information Technology Innovation
Post last modified:December 5, 2016

Original by Telecom TV: Amazon has taken steps last week to shore up its cloud business in the face of growing competition, whilst also expanding into supporting the emerging IoT ecosystem. Not that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in danger of losing its crown anytime soon; at last week’s re:Invent developer event in the US it announced that the company […]

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How can cloud computing help with sustainable development? Microsoft’s Astrid Tuminez explains at #ITUWorld (VIDEO)

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:November 16, 2016
Post category:Emerging Technologies Information Technology Innovation
Post last modified:November 16, 2016

What can information and communication technology (ICT) companies do to help the world get closer to realizing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? “The SDGs are aspirational, but give us a guide on what we as companies can do with our resources,” said Astrid S. Tuminez, Microsoft’s Regional Director of Corporate, External & Legal Affairs for South East Asia, […]

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Google and Facebook invest in trans-Pacific infrastructure

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:October 18, 2016
Post category:Emerging Technologies Information Technology Innovation
Post last modified:October 18, 2016

By Lucy Spencer: Google and Facebook have teamed up to build the largest-capacity trans-Pacific undersea internet cable to date, between Los Angeles to Hong Kong. The 12,800 km Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) will have an estimated cable capacity of 120 Tbps once completed in 2018 – double the speed of FASTER, which is also backed by Google. Google said […]

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Smart Cities: Nokia joins ‘Bristol Is Open’ initiative

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:October 12, 2016
Post category:Smart Cities Web Apps Development Website Design and Development
Post last modified:October 12, 2016

Nokia has joined the Bristol Is Open initiative, becoming the first major telecoms company to participate in Bristol’s living laboratory. Bristol Is Open (BIO) encompasses the entire city, effectively transforming it into a test bed to explore how integrated technology solutions can benefit citizens, from helping solve problems such as traffic congestion, air pollution and assisted living for the elderly to trials […]

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Cisco’s IoT pivot highlights tech industry’s digital transformation

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:September 20, 2016
Post category:Emerging Technologies Information Technology Innovation
Post last modified:September 20, 2016

By Carolyn Mathas: Cisco is in the midst of a digital transformation toward becoming a more software-focused company. One need only look at its recent acquisitions to see the pivot toward the Internet of Things (IoT) and the cloud that many other mature tech companies are also making as the industry adapts to rapidly changing service provider and enterprise needs. […]

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Europe and Japan collaborate on Smart Cities with cloud-based ‘CPaaS.io’

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:September 9, 2016
Post category:Emerging Technologies Information Technology Innovation Smart Cities
Post last modified:September 9, 2016

Original by Cities Today: The European Union and Japan have launched a two-and-a-half-year programme that aims to provide cities with a cloud-based platform to link government data with the Internet of Things. Called CPaaS.io (City Platform-as-a-Service–integrated and open), the platform will link technologies like the Internet of Things, big data, and cloud with open government data and linked open data, in […]

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Will Facebook’s OpenCellular boost remote Internet access?

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 19, 2016
Post category:Web Apps Development Website Design and Development
Post last modified:August 19, 2016

By Carolyn Mathas- Facebook’s recently introduced OpenCellular project hopes to deliver wireless Internet access to the 10 per cent of the world’s population that lives in the most remote places – outside the range of existing cellular networks, and with no access to the Internet. OpenCellular is linked to a flurry of recent Facebook projects to connect the 4 billion still unconnected. These […]

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Can Orange and AT&T accelerate open-source and standards for NFV/SDN?

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 16, 2016
Post category:Emerging Technologies Information Technology Innovation
Post last modified:August 16, 2016

By ITU News- Network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) are seen as crucial to the future of the telecoms industry, with carriers keen to grasp new opportunities to innovate and increase the dynamism of their networks. Last month, Orange and AT&T announced that they would collaborate on NFV/SDN open-source initiatives and standardization efforts, aiming to make the […]

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Open Innovation and Open Education Promote Women in ICTs

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 9, 2016
Post category:Innovation Web Apps Development Website Design and Development
Post last modified:August 9, 2016

Ayesha Dawood- There is global recognition that our digital world must address the needs of all people – but the digital gender gap remains a fundamental challenge. To promote women’s equal participation in the creation and use of innovative technologies and digital media, we need to ensure that they have the necessary access, knowledge and support to ensure new technologies […]

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Open systems are key to Smart Cities: report

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:August 3, 2016
Post category:Smart Cities Web Apps Development Website Design and Development
Post last modified:August 3, 2016

original by Telecom TV IoT specialist Machina Research has teamed up with Philips to produce a white paper entitled ‘The Smart City is Open: the role of open systems as a key enabler of the smart city’.The paper is a timely reminder of the huge challenges the smart city concept presents. The central observation is that smart cities are unlikely […]

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