Computer Warehouse Group Launches $10mn Data Centre in Lagos

LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria’s Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) has launched a $10 million ultra-modern data centre in Lagos. The company said that the tier three grade data centre, which was constructed within 24 months, would provide services for its customers, banks and small to medium enterprises.
Speaking at the commissioning of the centre in Lagos, Austin Okere, chief executive officer of the company, said that the centre would primarily offer entrepreneurs the prerequisite connectivity for advancement. “Apart from offering services to our customers like banks, we are targeting about 17 million SMEs who we are going to offer connectivity for a token
“The idea is that through the process, about 1.6 million of them would have migrated from the low level they are now, repackaged themselves, and can obtain loans from banks,” he said.
According to Okere, the facility has incorporated state of the art power and environmental management infrastructure providing combined 0.7MVA generating capacity coupled with redundant and modular 200 KVA uninterruptible power supply to ensure incoming main power is conditioned and available 100% of the time.
Engineer Lanre Ajayi, who is president of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), said CWG had proven its competency as an indigenous company in Nigeria.
“Due to their pragmatic efforts, CWG has motivated many other local firms. The launching of this data center is a big leapfrog,” he said.
He however urged the company to incorporate other stakeholders that host the .ng domain to ensure that the expected customers make use of this all important infrastructure. Ajayi added that with such data centres in the country, the rate of capital flight, connectivity (routing) and other issues that have bedeviled the industry could be minimised.

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November/December, 2013 WASSCE result is out

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released what its official called ‘a discouraging’ result for the November/December 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The WAEC Head of the National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu said that there was worrisome decline in candidates’ performance in the examination when compared with students’ performance in 2011 and 2012.
“This year, 2013, we have a total of 86,612 candidates representing 29.17 per cent obtaining credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
“In 2012, a total of 150,615 candidates representing 37.97 per cent obtained credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

Students of a public school in Lagos: 2013 WASCE results discouraging

“In 2011, a total of 139, 827 candidates representing 36. 07 per cent also obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics,” he said.Eguridu said that of the 308,217 candidates that registered and sat for the 2013 examination, 299,784 had their results fully released while 38,260 other had theirs withheld in connection with examination malpractice.
Giving further breakdown of the results, Eguridu said that 120,115 candidates obtained six credits and above, while 161,721 others recorded five credits and above.
He said that 198,832 candidates who sat for the examination obtained credits and above in four subjects, while 230,325 others obtained credits and above in three subjects.
The HNO also said that a total of 256,500 other candidates recorded credits and above in two subjects.
Eguridu said that 82 blind candidates registered and sat for the examination, adding that, of the figure, 17 candidates obtained credits in five subjects including English Language.
According to him, blind candidates do not take Mathematics and Science practical in the WASSCE.
Eguridu attributed the poor performance of candidates during major examinations to wrong values, lack of role models, poor incentives for teachers as well as lack of qualified teachers, among other challenges.
He said that the council was set to partner with any state government in providing strategies to teaching and learning processes.
He said that this would will help in effective curriculum delivery
He announced that the council will deploy cutting edge technology in the conduct of its examinations as from May, 2014, beginning with the May/June, 2014 WASSCE.
Eguridu said the council would use Radio Frequency Identification Smart Cards.
He said that the cards would be for easy and accurate identification.
Eguridu said that there would also be automated attendance registers, instant and accurate identification, instant malpractice reporting and effective post examination management.
“In view of the council’s zero tolerance for malpractice and increased use of mobile handsets during examination, the council has made it mandatory for all schools to provide serviceable metal detectors.
“This will be used to prevent candidates from smuggling mobile handsets into examination halls,” he said.
According to Eguridu, the council will continue in its quest to improve on service delivery through the deployment of information communication technology.
He said that the council had fully migrated from paper-based registration to electronic registration of candidates for its examinations.
Eguridu noted that in the November/December, 2013 WASSCE, the council deployed biometric technology in the registration of candidates, while data capturing was the basis of identifying candidates and taking attendance.
He said that reports from the field indicated a drastic reduction in impersonation of candidates.
He said that the reported cases were being investigated and the reports of the investigation would be presented to the Nigerian Examinations Committee of the council in due course, for consideration.
According to the HNO, a total of 8,433 other candidates have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors mainly traceable to them and cyber cafes in the course of registration or writing the examination.
“Such errors are being corrected by the council to enable the affected candidates to get their results soon,” he said.

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The beta period will soon be closing for the Oracle Linux 5 and 6 System Administration

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Western Africa’s first Tier III data center has gone live in Lagos

Western Africa’s first Tier III data center has gone live in Lagos with 3,000 rack spaces and 6 Mva of power, making it the most powerful data center in the region.
Rack Centre, part of the Lagos-based Jagal Group, said it is the first Tier III-designed, neutral colocation data center facility offering services in Nigeria and Western Africa.
The company said it has set its sights on “positioning Nigeria at the center of the worldwide growth in disaster recovery, data storage and cloud-based data centre services”.
The data center is expected to cover more than 6,000 sq m once complete, and is located at the centre of Ikeja – the capital of Lagos State - on a 20,000 sq m site.
The site is 23m above sea level and within a private estate, with eight levels of physical security to ensure “uncompromized security”.
Steve Brookman, Rack Centre’s managing director, said the “revolutionary” data center would “out Nigeria at the heart of the global growth in disaster recovery and applications development”.

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CBT Nuggets announces a new training course

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