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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

In space, no-one can cancel your software license NASA is a scientific marvel that does all sorts of cool and inspiring space stuff; it’s also a sprawling government bureaucracy with thousands of employees and computer systems under its umbrella.

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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

The Internet disagrees, as our examination of Who Has the Most Servers? wow microsoft should be paying more than $1 billion for licensing then. December 2010 (119). November 2010 (121). October 2010 (99). September 2010 (152). August 2010 (139). July 2010 (126). June 2010 (154).

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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

Data Center Knowledge

JVC quickly licensed VHS, giving up control, while Sony didn’t take what the consumers wanted into account. In the past he’s covered all things Internet Infrastructure, including cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), mass market hosting, managed hosting, enterprise IT spending trends and M&A. December 2010 (119). November 2010 (121).

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The convergence of the Internet and TV: how will it happen? - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

and virtual worlds | Main | Strategy in a networked world for professional service firms » The convergence of the Internet and TV: how will it happen? Ross Dawson, December 11, 2007 2:04 PM US PT Several media executives have asked me about the convergence of the Internet and TV over the last couple of months.

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Internet advertising revenue soars – how much further to go? - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Playing with new event formats: Mobile Meshwalk | Main | The vast potential of Internet radio is in jeopardy » Internet advertising revenue soars – how much further to go?