IT Management

Cisco is introducing a plan that uses what it calls mobile labs to make testing and certification of networking professionals available more easily to candidates in emerging markets.  read more »

As wireless devices become more numerous within businesses, their convenience will be counterbalanced by an increasing potential for security problems, according to a Gartner analyst.  read more »

Liberia is making efforts to develop ICT in the country, said Deputy Information Minister Gabriel I.H. Williams.  read more »

Oracle said Monday it is now giving customers more personalized support through a new system that combines the previous MetaLink portal with Oracle Software Configuration Manager.  read more »

Job-creating e-services such as call centers have been identified as ingredients in Uganda's next stage of development if the country is to attain its desired growth targets.  read more »

Google is sponsoring a conference in Silicon Valley, dubbed BarCamp Africa, aimed at familiarizing participants with the continent's technological developments.  read more »

The Kenya ICT Board has partnered with the Kenya Accountants and Secretaries Education Board (KASNEB) in order to review qualifications for the Certificate of ICT (CICT).  read more »

Cisco Systems has opened a second African training academy at the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute in Kenya (AFRALTI).  read more »

The London Stock Exchange began operating again in its final half hour of the day, after an unexplained network problem prevented trading for most of Monday.  read more »

MySQL cofounder Michael "Monty" Widenius is contemplating resigning from his position at Sun Microsystems, which bought the open-source database company earlier this year, according to a blog post Friday by Kaj Arnö, vice president of community relations for MySQL.  read more »