After Arvind Krishna took charge as IBM CEO in April 2020, the company placed its cloud computing bets on the Red Hat OpenShift platform which it had acquired a few years ago. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is accelerating its plans to partner with IT services companies to take its...

By Axel  Reiserer The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) are joining forces to strengthen the impact of their work in addressing urgent and immediate recovery priorities as well as long-term challenges like climate change. In a Memorandum of Understanding, signed today by...

By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia Nokia and Mobily have extended their managed services partnership by signing a three-year agreement under which Nokia will manage and maintain the radio and transport network in Riyadh and other regions. Nokia has been a managed services partner to Mobily for the past ten years....

To Deliver New Levels Of operational improvement, Product Agility And Flexibility By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia Ericsson and Telefônica Brazil, trading as Vivo, have signed a six-year agreement which will make Ericsson Charging the strategic monetization platform for Vivo’s prepaid, postpaid, and hybrid-consumer and enterprise-convergent charging requirements. Vivo is the...

By Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK CrossBoundary Group and Brown Advisory announced the formation of a strategic partnership. CrossBoundary Group is a mission-driven investment firm serving underserved markets globally and Brown Advisory is one of the largest privately held US investment management firms, with responsibility for over US$100 billion in client...

By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA Sony Electronics Inc. has teamed up with Sketchfab, an online platform to share and sell 3D artwork, for a modeling challenge to design and showcase new innovative robot concepts. Sony Electronics recently announced its focus on 3R technology – reality, real-time and remote being their...

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa The African Energy Chamber has announced the launch of the African Coalition for Trade & Investment in Natural Gas (ACTING), a non-profit initiative jointly managed with Hawilti Ltd. ACTING will act as the central platform advocating for natural gas across Africa and will leverage...

By Cyber Era Staff Specialist in e-commerce related logistics of Deutsche Post DHL Group, DHL eCommerce Solutions has launched a new integrated solution for the French e-commerce market. Customers can now benefit from doorstep delivery via Colis Privé – an expansion to the existing parcelshop service offered by DHL partner...

By Cyber Era Staff The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, ASECNA, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd, NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) have announced their joint efforts to accelerate SBAS development for aviation in Africa. Following...

By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia Nokia has announced it has achieved a major network capacity milestone with its long-standing partner Elisa while preparing the operator’s network for the future. Through a live commercial trial, the companies are proving the world’s first 1T (terabit) clear-channel interface deployment to efficiently scale Elisa’s...