Behind the strength of its 3-wave strategy, Lenovo’s business transformation continued to gain traction during the first quarter, delivering solid profitability in its core PC and smart devices business, and revenue and profit improvements in targeted growth areas, including the data center and mobile businesses.

Fueled by new investments in people and products, Lenovo’s Data Center Group (DCG) introduced the most comprehensive product"...

Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), today announced its Landslide E10 network test platform has been used with O2 to validate the Wi-Fi network performance and capacity at the Coca-Cola London Eye, before the launch of a new smartphone application last month. Merlin Entertainments plc, operator of the London Eye, wanted to measure its Wi-Fi network performance, to ensure its infrastructure could provide an excellent experience for users of the new app, which puts increased demands on the Wi-Fi network. “The London Eye is a global attraction and the customer experience is a big reason for our success,” said Sunny Jouhal, Coca-Cola London Eye General Manager. “Innovation and technical prowess are a key part of our attraction, and this project, with O2 and Spirent, continues that tradition.” Wi-Fi networks have grown in recent years to help deliver more smartphone app......

Writer and podcast host Ryan Hogarth will set the pace in an opening keynote “We Are Not Robots” at ISACA’s 2017 Africa Computer Audit, Control and Security (CACS) Conference, to be held 11-12 September 2017, in Accra, Ghana. Hogarth, author of “How to Win Influence and Friend People,” will cull from his work in digital and business transformation, and change and customer relationship management, to make a case for increased attention to human and team behaviors for business success. “In addition to bringing research data and examples from organizations around the world, I look forward to engaging the ISACA audience--professionals across a spectrum of business-critical IT roles--and enriching their understanding about themselves; the people and behaviors they encounter every day; and the team and organizational dynamics that can accelerate, or stymie, growth and success,” Hogarth said. “There will be myths debunked, mindsets hopefully expanded, education--and perhaps a little entertainment on the side.” Events at......

Professor Philip Diamond, Director General of the international Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project, will be the keynote speaker at SC17, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in Denver, Nov. 12-17.

SKA is an international collaboration to build the world’s largest radio telescope that will change our understanding of space as we know it.

Professor"...

Rimini Street, Inc., a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading independent support provider for Oracle and SAP products, today announced that it was named to Inc. magazine’s 36th annual Inc. 5000 list for the seventh consecutive year. The Inc. 5000 list is an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies and represents the most comprehensive look at America’s entrepreneurs. Rimini Street has earned a place on the annual Inc. 5000 list since 2011, joining an elite group – approximately 2% – of Inc. 5000 honorees to ever achieve this milestone. Rimini Street experienced 167% revenue growth from 2013 to 2016, making it one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. 'The Inc. 5000 is the most persuasive evidence I know that the American Dream is still alive,” says Inc. President......

State Minister at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Al-Sadiq Fadlallah stressed the availability of political will, infrastructure and support of his ministry to

benefit from communications technology in the agricultural field.
In a workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry yesterday at the Grand Holiday Villa, the minister said that the Sudanese staff"...

Entrepreneurship and Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMME’s) are the catalyst to achieving economic growth and development in South Africa. This is according to the South African Government which has prioritised their advancement.

Kevin Tucker, founder of PriceCheck – Africa’s largest product discovery and comparison service, maintains that the growing local e-commerce industry presents an exciting solution for fast-track"...

Julphar, the largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), announced sales revenue of AED 639 million in the first semester of the year 2017. The company posted a net profit of AED 64 million.

Julphar’s Chairman, His Highness Sheikh Faisal Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, said: “Julphar is now moving forward towards achieving its objectives for 2020 to stay at the top of the regional market. We are very proud"...

Murex, a global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions, is pleased to announce the successful launch of the MX.3 platform at China Merchants Bank (CMB). As one of China’s largest commercial banks, CMB financial market department currently averages 8,000 trades per day with a portfolio of 320,000 live trades on MX.3.

CMB decided to launch the project to implement an enterprise-wide solution for their capital markets teams"...

Toshiba Tec Corporation (TOKYO: 6588) announces that its e-STUDIO4508A has earned Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab's Summer 2017 Pick. Toshiba's latest monochrome product surpassed comparable multifunction peripherals (MFPs) in reliability, usability, security, value and features during six months of rigorous, side-by-side product testing. Keypoint Intelligence-Buyers Lab presents its 'Pick' awards twice annually to acknowledge the best hardware and software offerings in specific product categories. Its unique and comprehensive testing assesses a wide range of features and performance factors that are most important for buyers. “The Toshiba e-STUDIO4508A offers excellent reliability and a feature set that is designed to enhance end-user productivity,” said Keypoint Intelligence Associate Director George Mikolay. “Users can create and access driver profiles to streamline frequently recurring print chores, while one-touch templates and the Simple Scan and Simple Copy menus make scan and copy jobs a cinch.” The industry-recognized......