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  • Job Vacancy: Head of Operations for Ericsson, Lagos, Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Head of Operations for Ericsson, Lagos, Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Multinational telecommunications company Ericsson is short of a head of operations in its Nigeria branch. The company is reported to require a qualified applicant to fill the void.

    Ericsson Nigeria is currently looking for a Bachelor/Master Degree holder to fill the vacant spot in the operation office.

    The Job Vacancy application is open to applicants with at least 10-12 years of experience in handling customer Networks in bigger projects or similar operations. See below for Job details and requirements.

    Job Vacancy description

    Ericsson Overview
    Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empower people, business & society, we are working towards the Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit from a connection will have one. At Ericsson, we apply our innovation to market-based solutions that empower people & society to help shape a more sustainable world.

    We are truly a global company, working across borders in 175 countries, offering a diverse, performance-driven culture & an innovative & engaging environment where employees enhance their potential every day. Our employees live our vision, core values & guiding principles. They share a passion to win & a high responsiveness to customer needs that in turn makes us a desirable partner to our clients. To ensure professional growth, Ericsson offers a stimulating work experience, continuous learning & growth opportunities that allow you to acquire the knowledge & skills necessary to reach your career goals.

    Purpose of the role

    The purpose of the Operations Head of Managed Services is to deliver the same responsibilities as MSCOO but at MS Operations Level
    The Head of Operations will be responsible for:

    • Full responsibility for Managed Services Organization in the unit within the CU
    • Meeting the contracted KPI’s in the designated geographical circle/area
    • CU level organisation consisting of Field Operations a, LNOC and GSC governance
    • Customer Satisfaction in the designated geographical circle/area
    • 1st Level of escalation for customer complaints and major network incidents
    • Regular customer meetings and regional performance review
    • Capacity management for the designated geographical circle/areas, including receipt/sign-off of the capacity forecast, preparation of network change plans, project plans, rollout and material forecasts etc.
    • Analyze structural problems in the networks, set improvement plans and follow up
    • Management of budget, corrective actions and follow ups
    • Implementation of the Network Change Plans
    • Own ,conduct and follow up 3PP governance and management

    Education & Expertise

    • Bachelor of engineering / Masters degree
    • Professional/Technical Competence
    • Demonstrated Ability to Deliver P&L Results Successfully in a Major Services Division
    • Ability to Drive Business Development – Up-scoping, Upselling, Contract / Business Retention
    • Contract Execution
    • Senior Leadership Capability (qualified leadership experience of leading bigger organizations)
    • Multi-Cultural Awareness
    • International Mobility willingness to relocate globally

    Skill and Experience

    • At least 10-12 years of experience in handling customer Network in bigger projects or similar operations, with a Combination of:
    • Technical & Operational Management
    • Financial & Business Management
    • Customer Relationship & Business Development
    • Leadership & Change Management

    To apply for the job role, click here and fill the form in the resulting page. See Ericsson company profile.  

    Primary country and city: Nigeria (NG) || Lagos || Lagos || Consulting&SysInt IT; ProdMgt; R&D SalesStratMkt&ComMgt ServEng; SharedServ; Stud&YP Supply&Log

  • Job Vacancy: Public Relations Manager for Huawei Technologies

    Job Vacancy: Public Relations Manager for Huawei Technologies

    Leading global ICT solutions provider Huawei is currently looking to fill the vacant position of a PR manager in its Nigerian branch in Lagos.

    Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Their Nigerian office located in Lagos has set sight on a new PR manager for the local branch.

    The application is open for qualified applicant within the country. See job requirement below:

    Job description

    Executing the PR plans and programs of the corporate marketing unit, as agreed and set out by management making optimum use of the PR agency.
    Planning and directing all PR efforts, leveraging internal and external events, initiatives and activities including Media activities
    Ensuring targeted and effective dissemination of relevant press releases and activities of the Huawei Nigeria

    Ensuring high and basic level visibility for all Media activities and initiatives
    Management of PR element of all events & exhibitions in order to ensure recognition of a broader audience and to generate publicity (Press interviews, media visits)
    Ensuring zero or minimal negative media mentions for Huawei Nigeria
    Supervision and editing of the writing of media releases and press materials
    Deployment of PR support for all initiatives emanating from relevant business units

    Resource
    Implementing the work programs and plans of the Corporate Communications unit in line with agreed upon policies and processes
    Management of inter-functional relations to ensure synergy across the various divisions within the Brands and Communication department and with other departments

    Sponsorship
    Creative interpretation of all marketing and sponsorship briefs
    Leveraging sponsored propertied and events to ensure sponsorship objectives are achieved

    Media
    Maintaining strong professional and interpersonal relationships with key ICT, Brands, Sports, Entertainment and other journalists with a view to maintaining a core loyalty group of journalists. Identifying and leveraging new technologies, as well as creatively adapting traditional communication mediums to continually improve and enhance company public image.
    Interfacing with mid and top level media managers and editors with a view to maintaining excellent top level leverageable relationships.

    Desired Skills and Experience

    Technical Skills

    • Degree educated with previous PR and communications experience of 3-5yrs in a professional services environment
    • Excellent writing and editing skills
    • Demonstrable experience of advising and influencing senior stakeholders
    • PC literate with a good working knowledge of MS Office 2010
    • Good working knowledge of Nigeria Media

    Personal skills / attributes

    • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
    • Trustworthy with sensitive and confidential information
    • Able to quickly establish good working relationships and promote best practice across all offices and at all levels
    • Highly motivated, flexible, enthusiastic, innovative and creative with required determination to achieve results.
    • A successful team player, can demonstrate initiative and the ability to be proactive, whilst also being able to follow instructions and support the PR & Communications Director as appropriate
    • Highly organised in order to successfully manage and prioritise a varied and demanding workload
    • Excellent attention to detail with a methodical approach to work and a strong focus on accuracy, with an understanding of the need for documentation and well-defined procedures
    • Polite and confident in manner and ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in an organisational setting
    • Shows resilience to overcome obstacles to deliver what is required
    • Carries out all responsibilities in a way which supports the Company’s values and promotes its equal opportunities and diversity principles
    • Ability to be an ambassador for Huawei, being professional in outlook and attitude

    Application is via LinkedIn. Click here to apply.

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  • Top 10 Job Openings This Week From Mashable

    Top 10 Job Openings This Week From Mashable

    Are you looking for a new Job or a chance to port to a greener pasture? EwtNet is keeping tabs on various tech companies looking to fill their vacant positions.

    IMAGE: FLICKR, JOSH HALLETT

    If you have been reading EwtNet lately, you will notice a lot of changes in our website layout, especially the new Jobs column at the right sidebar. This is to primarily help you find new job opening in major tech firms.

    We are also keeping eyes on various social media for newly posted job opening by tech companies. Here will be looking at the top ten job ads posted on Mashable this week.

    Position: Manager, Marketing Analytics
    Company: Invaluable
    Location: Boston, Massachusetts

    Invaluable is looking to add a key player to a growing, data-driven marketing team that will help answer complex analytical questions to help shape the marketing acquisition strategy and customer data landscape. The Manager, Marketing Analytics will be instrumental in solving complex marketing business issues using statistical analysis and reporting data across multiple segments and acquisition channels. This position will serve as a pivotal contributor connecting insights from data to other parts of the business.

    Position: Product Manager
    Company: Radius
    Location: San Francisco, California

    Radius is a fast-growing, venture-backed startup in the heart of San Francisco. We’re developing breakthrough technologies that make it easier for all companies – large and small, established and pioneering – to understand and do business with each other. Your job, as a product manager, is to help our team identify the right problems, ask the right questions, and arrive at the right solutions.

    Position: Payments Risk Manager
    Company: Zoosk Inc.
    Location: San Francisco, California

    Zoosk is seeking an experienced payments professional to manage chargeback and refund management and response for our online payments. This role will report to the CFO/COO and is highly cross-functional and will need to develop and manage effective working relationships with external payment providers, as well as Product Management, Engineering, and User Operations.

    Position: Marketing Director
    Company: Honest Buildings
    Location: New York, New York

    Honest Buildings is looking for a self-starter with a strong background in B2B digital marketing to help grow our business. In this role, you will be the business owner – the lead on marketing – responsible for generating qualified leads to drive new business, build awareness, and analyze performance.

    Position: Associate, Email Marketing
    Company: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
    Location: New York, New York

    Lincoln Center’s Marketing team is looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated E-mail Marketing Associate. You will make an immediate impact on our marketing efforts by supporting the loyalty marketing team in the planning, production, execution, and reporting of our e-mail marketing campaigns for all performance series, types of memberships, educational programs, and brands at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

    Position: Director of Marketing Optimization
    Company: Innate
    Location: Washington, D.C.

    Established interactive marketing agency is seeking a Director of Marketing Optimization. This position is responsible for implementing growth strategies and achieving revenue targets for a large portfolio of strategic partners in a major multinational brand. This position will maximize revenue through a number of strategic digital initiatives, including analysis reporting, online optimization, digital marketing, website and sales analytics, and content management. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled problem solver and expert communicator who can both dive in to data at a granular level and be able to discuss them with clients in a clear and understandable manner. The Director operates with considerable independence while managing a growing team of analysts and content specialists.

    Position: Publicist
    Company: WebDAM, a Shutterstock company
    Location: San Mateo, California

    WebDAM, a Shutterstock company, is seeking a results-driven and self motivated professional to join our talented Marketing team. By building and maintaining strong media relationships, this individual will be a key player in ensuring that our brand reach continues to grow. We are looking for a candidate who will be instrumental in the development and execution of successful media and public relations strategy.

    Position: Online Media Strategist
    Company: Tenthwave Digital
    Location: New York, New York

    Tenthwave (www.tenthwave.com) is looking for an Online Media Strategist to help support and expand our growing online media team in New York City. The ideal candidate is driven by a passion for technology, search marketing (SEO/SEM), and media buying on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. He/she should enjoy working in a creative environment and interacting with team members across various job functions. Candidate must display a high degree of self-motivation with 2-3 years first-hand experience at an interactive agency or in managing the online presence of a large brand.

    Company: Univision Communications Inc.
    Position: Social Media Analyst
    Location: New York, New York

    The Enterprise Social Media team is responsible for accelerating social media efforts across Univisions media properties including Broadcast TV, Cable TV, Interactive (Online, Mobile), Local Television, Radio, and emerging digital platforms. The team is tasked with expanding Univisions social media capabilities and leading the strategy and integration of social in all enterprise priority properties, including daily/weekly news, entertainment, and sports programming, tent-pole award shows, major news events, and other corporate initiatives.

    Position: SEO Specialist
    Company: ThomasNet
    Location: New York, New York

    Join the award winning ThomasNet® Results Powered Marketing (RPM) team! The RPM services team is seeking a results driven and energetic SEO expert to join us. In this fast-paced agency-style role, you will serve as an SEO Analyst and organic traffic generation expert for manufacturing businesses both large and small. Through our partnership with Hubspot®, tracking with Google Analytics and Raven Tools, and your analytical skills, you can achieve all the goals set before you.

    Check out more career opportunities on the EwtNet Job Section.

  • The alternative networking site to Facebook: WeeShare! – The World’s Social Network.

    The alternative networking site to Facebook: WeeShare! – The World’s Social Network.

    A new social website has sub-merged, though it isn’t exactly “new.” We’re sure you’ve heard of the site “Ello” that recently appeared, and the rise and fall of Diaspora*, and now a new social network (a social discovery network to be exact) has merged claiming to be the alternative to Facebook: WeeShare!
    WeeShare! is a website started by Jake Brunton all the way back in 2011; hence it not being so “new.” It started out as a mobile chat site, and then eventually adapted to be a desktop social network around the end of 2011/beginning of 2012.
     
    WeeShare! from May 1st, 2012.
    WeeShare’s mission since 2012 of June was to be the world’s safe, fast, and open-source alternative to Facebook. It stands true to it’s open-source ways, being powered on the Open Source software “Oxwall” and with many functions/designs contributed by users and everyday people.
    WeeShare’s owner and his colleague Mateo Celis continued the project without ever shedding more than a couple dollars on it; none of which went to advertising. The site made it to 800+ members by April 2014, right before it was removed by the host it was on due to a late bill.
    Jake took the project on again and it was live as an [alpha] project in mid-July, now being live and online as a beta project for anyone to contribute to since mid-September of this year.
    The goal of WeeShare! is to be the people of the world’s alternative to Facebook; to protect their info, data, and privacy while letting them connect with the people they know with similar tools to that of Facebook’s. Such features include non-filtered Newsfeed, instant chat, a sleek mobile website, photos, etc. Users are free to do this all while knowing they’re safe and their data/info and swapped messages and content are safe and are NOT used for marketing purposes, or used at all even except for making the website better.
    WeeShare! as of September, 2014.
    WeeShare! stands by its claims over Ello, and other networks aimed at being Facebook alternatives by being a project: not owned by any company or business. WeeShare! is simply a project of the creator, and that’s that. Anyone can contribute code, designs, donations, suggestions, and more via the right resources like the About Website or the Developers Site (not live yet).
    The project also has a list of Contributors that have made some more outstanding changes to the website. WeeShare! doesn’t seem to have any “invite only” registration, and users are free to customize their profile’s info and content at will. The entire site uses CSS and Javascript compressions to make sure it’s fast for almost all connections, and if a user can’t access via the desktop site; they can always use the mobile site that lacks some features but let’s user instant chat, message, post updates, photos, etc.
    Jake chatting with his friend on WeeShare! mobile.
    Despite being a project of the Ohio high school student for only 4 years, WeeShare! has been through a lot of changes and major blows. Since it’s initial start as a desktop site, the overall design has changed at least 20+ times, and features have been added and removed quicker than hotcakes at a restaurant. However, it is believed that those contributing to the project will leave the design the way it is as of now – with some minor customizations here and there in the future. It was also the target of a hacker from the UK that Jake and a friend got in a scruff with online – however nothing really happened.
    The project had (up until it’s first time being live until removed) little to no budget for advertising and promotion. Jake and his friend Mateo both worked hard in their spare times by spreading the word online, at school, around town, and more – with little but still satisfying results. WeeShare! is also stated to have no main funding behind it since it is not the property of a business or company; it’s only monetary sources are any of Jake’s jobs, or donations from contributors.
    The contributors and project creator knows that being a “alternative to Facebook” or anti-Facebook is a bold claim to make, but they have a full-page article telling users why they should switch from Facebook to WeeShare! It seems the project’s new promotional push is to inform users as to why Facebook isn’t a evil villain, but why it’s not a good social tool. Several reasons the about site lists are that Facebook limits you from truly unlocking social media power, filters your newsfeed; all the way to others like it being accused of spying on user’s chats.
    Naturally, WeeShare! collects cookies on users to make the site work but in their soon-to-update privacy policy, they state how they use no third-parties to make cookies for account data collection; meaning their affiliates (J-List and Amazon) may use their own cookie systems, but they get no info about you from WeeShare! However, WS! has come to believe neither of their affiliates are collecting info – and they hope their affiliate ads will become a good source to keep the project alive. On the subject of ads, WeeShare! claims to only show ads from their two affiliates that aren’t targeted or data-based, and are simply copy and pasted JS code. The ads are also placed in non-interruptive places around the website.
    All in all, WeeShare! wants to be a social discovery network by the people, for the people, made by the people. Users are the coders and contributors: and no changes are made to anything based on the idea of pleasing “shareholders” or advertisers, making this a sleek safe haven for social networking and meeting new friends.
    With that in mind, we of EWT would like to humbly recommend trying out WeeShare.ws as it seems to be shaping up to be a good social networking alternative with more user control. Have you already made the switch? Let us know below in the comments.
  • Freelancer.com Acquires Digital Marketing Marketplace, Warrior Forum for $3.2M

    Freelancer.com Acquires Digital Marketing Marketplace, Warrior Forum for $3.2M

    According to a report on Techcrunch, job outsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com has put down a portion of the money it raised from its IPO last fall on buying Warrior Forum, a marketplace and forum for digital marketing professionals.

    Freelancer.com filed for an IPO last October, with the aim of raising ~$14.2 million — noting at the time that it intended to use the IPO funds for organic growth and also acquisition opportunities.

    It confirmed today it’s spent $3.2 million to buy the 732,000+ member strong marketing community site, Warrior Forum, where marketing professionals swap intel on topics including SEO, mobile marketing, social media, ad networks and more. More than 7.2 million postings have been made to the forum since it was founded, back in 1997.

    Freelancer.com said Warrior Forum will be run as an independent site, post-acquisition, with its new parent contributing resources and a dedicated team to help fuel further development of the community site.

    Freelancer.com, which was founded back in 2009, has acquired several companies over the years — including tech freelance jobs site vWorker/RentACoder and IT marketplace Scriptlance, both in 2012. More recently (this March) it picked up Polish freelance marketplace, Zlecenia.przez.net.

  • VMware is Looking for a Strategic Partner Business Manager – Kenya

    VMware is Looking for a Strategic Partner Business Manager – Kenya

    VMware a visualization cloud infrastructure solution company is currently looking for qualified applicant to fill its position of a Strategic Partner Business Manager, Kenya branch. The full details of the job is contained below.

    Job description

    The Strategic Partner Business Manager (SPBM) will be responsible for account managing and selling to some of the largest and most strategic corporate resellers in Kenya in order to develop strategic relationships and dramatically increase the revenue driven through each partner.

    Main Duties:

    • Create working business plans covering sales training, technical enablement, lead generation and marketing activities, as well as maintaining and increasing partner competency accreditation .
    • Drive large opportunities and incremental revenue through building strategic relationships with key corporate resellers.
    • Establish and grow VMware practices expertise within large corporate resellers to strengthen VMware market place defensibility and growth.
    • Establish Virtualisation and other VMware technologies as a key component of IT strategy that is embraced and promoted by large corporate resellers.
    • Market and sell to the corporate resellers in defined region to ensure that we become a standard part of relevant practices, such as Cloud, and End User Computing
    • Present to and educate the key influencers at the corporate reseller to ensure they are including VMware in their recommended solutions/proposals to customers.
    • Create direct relationships with key corporate resellers management team and map to VMware management and establish contractual relationships with the key partners.
    • Map Solution Providers field organization to VMware field organization, including technical resources where appropriate.

    Required Skills:

    • A proven track record in managing corporate resellers for either an enterprise software or hardware vendor, or within sales at a corporate reseller.
    • Demonstrated experience in enterprise software sales with a proven track record of over achieving sales goals.
    • Substantial experience of working in a channel environment.
    • Good presentation skills
    • Ability to work with a portfolio of partners
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills
    • Strong interpersonal skills: relationship building, influencing
    • Focus on results with ability to follow through
    • Good attention to detail and reporting skills. The role, responsibilities and geographical focus will change and develop over time along with the company’s rapid growth.

    Before you join, VMware will require you to go through a pre-employment screening process. This means that we will want to verify your details and the information you have given us to ensure your suitability for a certain role considering its nature, seniority and other relevant factors.

     
     
  • Sony To Close Two-Thirds Of Its US Retail Stores

    Sony To Close Two-Thirds Of Its US Retail Stores

    Sony announced today that it is shuttering 20 of its 31 retail stores located throughout the States. The 11 remaining stores are located near major markets.
    This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. As the company’s press release states, this move is designed to place Sony in a more competitive stance. The Sony of today is in flux. It’s offloading unprofitable divisions left and right in an attempt to right the capsizing ship and sold off its PC business just last month. The company has eliminated over 12,000 positions over the last two years. These store closings will kill an additional 5,000 jobs.

    Sony is clearly looking for any way to reduce its liabilities and size. Even though it’s had retail stores for more than a decade, the stores never took off despite a rebranding in 2011. They used to be called Sony Style stores and were awash in Sony products. They were lifestyle stores, designed to showcase product rather than sell it.

    But while Sony’s retail strategy was influx in 2010 and 2011, Apple’s stores were taking off. Sony later cloned Apple stores and dropped the word Style from the name. But it didn’t work.

    Retail is hard. Ask Circuit City, Gateway and small town computer shops. To be successful it requires equal parts luck and skill. Sony clearly doesn’t have either.

  • Job Vacancy: Central East West Africa and North Africa Diversity Program Manager – IBM

    Job Vacancy: Central East West Africa and North Africa Diversity Program Manager – IBM

    We got an information from a reliable source that IBM is currently looking for a program manager for Central East West Africa and North Africa Diversity. Applicants must attain the qualifications stated in the job details below.

    Job description

    The Diversity Program Manager has responsibility for engaging with the Country General Manager, HR Leader, the broader HR team and Diversity stakeholders to define the diversity business case; to formulate the strategy and oversee actions that deliver results in line with the global diversity and inclusion strategy; to understand and implement all Equal Opportunity (EO) compliance requirements that are in line with IBM global strategy and local country/region legislation. In this role the individual is responsible as the geo focal point for planning and hands-on executing on all global and local constituencies/ EO focus areas as they relate to CEWA(Central East West Africa) and NA(North Africa).

    Key Responsibilities

    • To maintain a close relationship with the HR team on Diversity and EO related matters
    • Ensure the Diversity and EO Strategy is executed in line with Diversity and EO Function expectation
    • Provide Subject matter expert (SME) support to council executive sponsors for internal and external diversity meetings
    • Provide SME support for Diversity-related EO compliance requirements to local management team
    • Facilitate and support Business Resource Groups
    • Where applicable, manage and support the Global work-life fund dependent care programmes
    • Accountable for constituency/ focus area budget allocation /tracking/forecast and assessing return on investments
    • Accountable for Management Self-Assessment (MSA) submission and EO/business controls documentation. Ensure tight Business controls execution and to comply with IBM internal control requirements 
    • Provide diversity metrics as required by clients with support from CEE(Central East Europe)/MEA(Middle East Africa) Diversity Leader
    • Develop a full-year Diversity event schedule in collaboration stakeholders
    • In collaboration with the region and country teams manage branding in marketplace including events, awards, advertising, board appointments, government recognition at an Country level
    • Ensure integration of diversity into all core HR Functions: recruiting, Business and , Technical Leadership, Recruitment, Learning and other Talent programmes 

    Requirement

    • Bachelor’s Degree
    • At least 3 years experience in Client management – to build collaborative relationships with key clients to drive positive outcomes for diversity and inclusion strategy in CEWA and North Africa
    • At least 3 years experience in Strong project and programme management techniques
    • At least 3 years experience in Implementing HR Programs and Policies and Strategies
    • At least 3 years experience in analysing financial reports related to diversity spending and analyse employee data as applicable to prioritised Diversity areas
    • At least 3 years experience in EO compliance legislation in CEWA and NA is essential. Demonstrated ability and experience to plan and execute Diversity-related initiatives to mitigate compliance risk
    • English: Fluent

    Preferred Requirement

    • At least 4 years experience in Client management – to build collaborative relationships with key clients to drive positive outcomes for diversity and inclusion strategy in CEWA and North Africa
    • At least 4 years experience in Strong project and programme management techniques
    • At least 4 years experience in Implementing HR Programs and Policies and Strategies
    • At least 4 years experience in analysing financial reports related to diversity spending and analyse employee data as applicable to prioritised Diversity areas
    • At least 4 years experience in EO compliance legislation in CEWA and NA is essential. Demonstrated ability and experience to plan and execute Diversity-related initiatives to mitigate compliance risk
    • IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

    Apply Now or View Company’s Profile

  • Job Vacancy: IBM is Looking for an IT specialist/Architect

    Job Vacancy: IBM is Looking for an IT specialist/Architect

    The global innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY is looking for an IT Specialist/Architect for it’s branch in Lagos.

    The job is available for holder of Technical Diploma and equivalent. Full job details are provided below.

    Job description

    Lab Services IT Specialist /Architect Enterprise Content Management : SWG (Soft Ware Group)Services specialist with deep skills in one or more of the following areas : SWG Services specialist with deep skills in one or more of the following areas : WebSphere Application Server, MQ, Message Broker/WebSphere Enterprise Service bus (IIB) or equivalent product area, The person should have experience performing complex installations, Tuning, troubleshooting, architecture, solutioning, estimation, scoping, implementation, client communication

    The candidates should executed a minimum of one project in any one of the above products or equivalent non IBM Product
    Should be willing to travel at short notice, will involve upto 50% travel
    Local pay scale
    Experience in banking and telco domain will be desirable

    Responsible for the solution construction, implementation and systems integration, delivering high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements. Tasks performed include integrating hardware, software, and network solutions. Identify project requirements, developing solution delivery, which may include vendors and subcontractors. Apply their IT Specialist skills in an internal or external customer billable services and implementation environment.
    IT Specialist – Technical Solutions Support Specialist
    Responsible for the support of solutions, implementation and systems integration, delivering high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements. Tasks performed include integrating hardware, software, and network solutions. Identify project requirements, developing solution delivery, which may include vendors and subcontractors. Apply their IT Specialist skills to support the operation and maintenance of customer solutions.
    Responsible for providing IT services in a billable project/engagement or providing technical support in a sales organization.
    As an individual contributor or member of a team, performs a technical role in support of the solution construction, implementation, and system integration in a technology/industry specialty or product sales. The IT Specialist assists in delivery of high quality solutions to clients in response to specific business requirements. Develops technical skills and absorbs professional knowledge quickly. Performs assigned technical tasks including study, analysis, programming, product installation. The IT Specialist has specific product, technology, or industry-related specialized skills and works with proposals, requirements, designs, implementations and production projects/engagements. May use tools to analyze and implement portions of a customer solution.

    Required

    • Technical Diploma
    • At least 1 year experience in Basic Understanding of the zOS Platform
    • At least 1 year experience in 1st line support to zOS customers
    • English: Fluent

    Preferred

    • At least 2 years experience in Basic Understanding of the zOS Platform
    • At least 2 years experience in 1st line support to zOS customers

    IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.Apply Now or View Company’s Profile

  • Job Vacancy: Sourcing Category Manager Job stage 6 – Ericsson NG

    Job Vacancy: Sourcing Category Manager Job stage 6 – Ericsson NG

    Ericsson a popular telecom operator in Nigeria, the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators and the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies has thrown the door wide open to job seekers who are searching for a secured and reliable job offer.

    The Job seeker within Nigeria must meet the requirements stated below to earn a chance to work with Ericsson Nigeria as Sourcing Category Manager Job stage 6.

    Job Details

    Req ID: 5541

    Job Summary

    The Sourcing Category Manager shall develop cost effective Ericsson wide category strategies that are based on cross-functional requirements and business needs in both Regions and Business Units. The Category Manager is accountable for supplier business intelligence, benchmarking practice and category market knowledge, establishing a cost effective and competitive market place that optimizes Ericsson’s supplier business. The role is also responsible for the Preferred Supplier List and internal compliance to it. Through requirement alignment and opportunities from Sourcing and stakeholders, sustainable solutions fulfilling stakeholder requirements, policies, laws and regulations shall be secured.

    Responsibilities & Tasks:

    • Define and implement cross-functional strategies
    • Define and secure implementation of a preferred supplier list
    • Define and implement applicable category targets
    • Create cost effective and sustainable category business solutions
    • Optimize category team performance
    • Develop the category business model and define best practices
    • Position Qualification

    Core Competences

    • Leading and supervising
    • Working with people
    • Relating and networking
    • Persuading and influencing
    • Analyzing
    • Adapting and responding to change
    • Behavioral Competences
    • Commercial Acumen & Skills
    • Communication Skills
    • Ericsson portfolio knowledge
    • Facilitate diversity and awareness
    • Financial acumen and skills
    • Fundamental Leadership Competence
    • Knowledge sharing and collaborative skills
    • Leadership through cross functional networks
    • Market insight
    • Presentation skills
    • Team working skills
    • Minimum Qualififcation & Experience Requirements
    • At least 5 years of relevant experience
    • A first academic degree or equivalent qualification
    • Preferred Qualification & Experience Requirements
    • Business understanding
    • Change and Improvement Management Skills
    • Local laws and Regulation knowledge
    • Negotiation and argumentation skills
    • Sourcing practice, process and strategy knowledge

    Note: Primary country and city: Nigeria (NG) || Other/Not Applicable || Lagos || SalesStratMkt&ComMgtApply Now or View Ericsson’s Profile

  • Job Vacancy: IPTV Solutions Specialist – Prodeco Limited Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: IPTV Solutions Specialist – Prodeco Limited Nigeria

    How much do you know about IPTV Networking? Time to put your skills in use: Prodeco Limited Nigeria has declared an open door for qualified candidate to occupy the position of IPTV Solutions Specialist in their local firm.

    The Job is only available for qualified candidates within Nigeria. Details of qualifications and requirement are stated below.

    Job description

    This is a hands-on position. The successful candidate will be responsible for our IPTV network operations. This network consists of Set Top Boxes (STBs) at the customer end, and streamers and servers (VPN, VOD, IPTV, EPG, Middle-ware, etc) at the head-end, distributed via a GPON network. This position will provide technical support to internal staff as well as limited customer technical support.

    Duties include:

    • Operations and maintenance of the IPTV Head-end services to ensure quality of service delivery to customers
    • Planning to ensure that resources are available for capacity expansion, spares and new configurations.
    • Meeting and working with vendors to support our IPTV Head-end requirements
    • Testing and implementation of upgrades, channels or system requirements.
    • Support satellite downlinks, IP streams, and terrestrial incoming feeds for the IPTV services.
    • Manage the infrastructure and housekeeping of the IPTV Head-end System.
    • Planning of the recovery and continuity plan/procedure of the IPTV services.
    • Participating in meetings to improve on workflow and operation for the IPTV services.
    • Develop and maintain customer user guides/manuals for current and future IPTV features, such as website functions and account management, STB operation, STB Install, STB Reboot, etc.
    • Develop and maintain documentation on all IPTV equipment inventory, their connectivity to the network, VLAN information, and switch ports information, etc.
    • Develop and maintain up to date topology drawings of IPTV head-end connections, including content sources, Splitters, Streamers, Server, and Access Switches.
    • Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly IPTV Operations reports
    • Communicate with vendors regarding updates/patches and deployment of updates/patches
    • Liaison with Information Systems, Network, and Support teams.
    • Any other duties as required

    Desired Skills and Experience

    • A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent, or a minimum of 10 years operational experience
    • Experience in operations and maintenance of IPTV Head-end systems, including both software and hardware
    • Experience in GPON networks preferred, especially with Huawei OLT and ONT.
    • Strong experience with service provider routing and switching protocols and technologies (BGP, OSPF, MPLS/VPLS, VRF/VPN, PIM, STP)
    • Experience with high-end Cisco IOS/IOS-XR routers and switches (6509, 7609, ASR, Nexus) desired
    • Strong experience designing and configuring QoS/CoS for multi-play service provider offerings
    • Ability to work in a 24 x 7 environment and have an operational readiness mindset.
    • Strong experience authoring network specifications and diagrams (MS Word/Visio or equivalent)
    • Experience working with multicast and next-generation Video delivery technologies (IPTV, ABR HLS, Smooth Streaming, etc.)
    • Experience with Web technologies and protocols (HTTP, SSL, HTML, etc.)
    • Experience with tools for stress testing of networks and related equipment
    • Experience with packet/protocol fault analysis for common IP and Ethernet protocols using network traces or sniffer captures
    • Experience configuring and maintaining content delivery systems such as caches, streamers, origin servers, request routing systems, load balancers, log aggregation systems, etc. desired
    • Familiarity with Windows and Linux system administration and related tools
    • Familiarity with programming and/or a working knowledge of scripting languages used in UNIX and Web systems
    • Familiarity with configuring common Internet services and applications (Web, DNS, SFTP, etc.)
    • Strong Microsoft Visio, Word, PowerPoint skills
    • Strong understanding of the Service Provider technical challenges including intimate knowledge of the end-user needs.
    • Strong ability to work in a complex environment, effectively building and sustaining relationships at multiple levels with the customer as well as internally.
    • Proactive, self-motivating with a good grasp of the key business drivers.
    • Fluent in English
    • Strong team and people skills, with both Nigerian and international exposure.

    Apply Now or Read More About IBM

  • Job Vacancy! IBM is Looking for a Client Technical Advisor

    Job Vacancy! IBM is Looking for a Client Technical Advisor

    IBM is currently in need of a Client Technical Advisor within Nigeria. IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is one of the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. (Find out more about IBM).

    The company announced recently that the position of a Client Technical Advisor has been thrown open to qualify candidates within Nigeria. Details are provided below.

    Job description

    Provide proactive technical counsel to CIO – Chief Information Officer and key IT executives on technical strategy, direction and projects
    Improve and broaden client access to IBM’s global technical and innovation expertise
    Increase the value that clients derive from application of new and existing technologies and accelerate innovation

    Requirements

    Bachelor’s Degree
    At least 5 years experience in Understanding Banking industry and business objectives
    At least 5 years experience in Understanding client’s IT strategy and architectural goals
    English: Fluent

    Preference

    At least 6 years experience in Understanding Banking industry and business objectives
    At least 6 years experience in Understanding client’s IT strategy and architectural goals
    IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.Apply Now or Read More About IBM

  • GoDaddy Partners with Microsoft to offer Office 365 to small businesses

    GoDaddy Partners with Microsoft to offer Office 365 to small businesses

    Microsoft  has partnered with a domain name and hosting company GoDaddy to offer Office 365  as the exclusive business-class email and productivity tools service for GoDaddy’s small business customers.

    GoDaddy is offering customers three different tiers of Office 365 service: Email Essentials, Business Essentials, and Productivity Plus. The Email Essentials plan is only $4 per month, and is tailored to very small business customers. It lets the business set up an email using the company’s own domain; comes with 5GB of email storage, plus 2GB of SkyDrive Pro cloud storage; and lets customers sync email, calendar, and contacts across devices and platforms.
    https://www.youtube.com/embed/xvK76H9olXM?feature=player_embeddedThe Business Essentials plan is closer to the standard Office 365 offerings. For $9 per month, it includes 50GB of email storage, and 25GB of SkyDrive Pro cloud storage. It also adds online HD video conferencing, file sharing and collaboration, and online access to the core Office Web Apps.

    For $12.50 per month, Productivity Plus customers get to install the full Microsoft Office desktop suite on up to 5 PCs or Macs, and gain access to use Office Mobile Apps for Windows Phone, iPhone, and Android.

    All of the tiers of service offered by GoDaddy also include the main benefits of Office 365 for small business customers. First, the infrastructure and applications are maintained by Microsoft, so it’s like getting a whole IT department thrown in for free. Second, the tools included in the Office 365 service will always be updated, and customers will have access to whatever is the most current version of the software available.

    There are nearly 30 million small businesses in the United States, and an estimated 92 percent of them have fewer than four employees. Businesses that small face a challenge because they still need business-class tools and services, but lack the resources to implement and manage those tools on their own. A Boston Consulting Group study commissioned by Microsoft found that if more small and medium businesses had access to cutting edge IT tools, it could boost revenues by a combined $770 billion and create an estimated 6 million more jobs.

    If your small business has a domain bought from or hosted by GoDaddy, you should take a look at the new Office 365 offerings and see if they make sense for you.

  • Orion Group is Recruiting People to the Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria

    Orion Group is Recruiting People to the Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria

    Dreaming of working in the Nigeria oil and gas sector? Orion Group is currently recruiting qualified applicants into the Nigerian oil and gas sector. Details and requirements are stated below this section.

    Read the details below to see if you are a qualified applicant.

    Job Responsibilities

    • Verify and validate Contractor ICAPS commissioning preparation activities to ensure conformity with company OPERCOM specifications and project planning.
    • Manage and follow up execution of (pre)commissioning and punch list clearance activities performed by contractor.
    • Responsible for issuance of (pre)commissioning handover dossiers (RFC & RFSU) to achieve a smooth handover process.
    • Produce company progress reports, close out and various commissioning document deliverables.
    • Company(pre)commissioning ICAPS focal point.
    • Verify and validate contractor technical preparation of ICAPS (pre)commissioning activities, relevant project documents and dossiers compilation.
    • Verify proper punch list management set up and ensure timely ICAPS database back up practices by Contractor.
    • Company focal point for ICAPS punch list report activities.
    • Work closely with Company and Contractor CSL & Discipline Leaders, participate actively in overall commissioning schedule, planning and optimization activities.
    • Verify consistency of (pre)commissioning ICAPS database versus Ccontractor actual (pre)commissioning progress.
    • Ensure proper overall contractor tracking management for punch list clearance activities (priority based, follow up delivery date for spares/equipment).
    • Report comprehensively ICAPS status, including performed man hours, and punch list management progress.
    • Attend project.

    Skills and Experience

    • Minimum High School Certificate (technical discipline) qualification or equivalent combination of relevant experience and training.
    • Moderate experience in Oil & Gas Plant construction, upgrade, commissioning, start up or maintenance activities.
    • Experience with ICAPS implementation and execution on projects.
    • Extensive knowledge of OPERCOM/ICAPS methodology.
    • Hands on and computer literate.
    • Able to communicate and work efficiently with company, contractor and vendor personnel.
    • Spoken and written command of English language is a requirement.

    This is a contract position.

    The rate for this position is negotiable.

    If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference 893801.

    Orion Group currently supplies over 3,500 personnel in roles including Oil & Gas, Renewables, Power & Utilities, Construction, Mining, Rail, Aerospace, IT & Telecoms, Office and Commercial. With 29 offices worldwide, Orion Group operate in the UK and internationally and in January 2009, were named the UK’s number one for engineering recruitment.

    Consultant details

    Consultant name: Iona MacDonald
    Email: [email protected]Apply Now or Read more About Orion Group

  • Google is Hiring: Become a Technical Account Manager, Publisher and Distributor in Nigeria

    Google is Hiring: Become a Technical Account Manager, Publisher and Distributor in Nigeria

      If you have  a good knowledge on web technologies such as  XML, HTML and HTML5, JavaScript, Flash and exceptional skills on scripting language knowledge such as Bash, Python and  PHP here is your opportunity to work with Google in Nigeria.  

      The internet search engine giants are currently looking to fill the vacant position of Technical Account Manager, Publisher and Distributor in Nigeria. View the full job extract below.

    Job Description

    Our relationships with partners should run like well-oiled machines, and Google’s Publisher & Distribution Solutions ensures partners are empowered to grow their businesses by making the most of Google’s expanding suite of products. Technical Account Managers are advertising and technology consultants who serve as liaisons between our top partners and Google’s Engineering and Sales teams. You are a Google product expert who can nurture and deepen the partner relationship through successful multi-product integrations, providing day-to-day support with your extensive expertise in AdSense, AdMob, DoubleClick, Chrome and other Google products. 

    You flawlessly lead implementations and integrations for a variety of our product lines during the pre-sales and post-sales process. You provide end-to-end support to our publisher partners, from deployment to ongoing support of daily business. As the technical expert, you work closely with the partner sales teams to monitor our products’ performance for top clients, develop tools that address their technological and business needs and identify opportunities to grow Google’s partner business.

    Responsibilities

    Help partners resolve day-to-day challenges by delivering innovative and scalable solutions. Ensure the prompt and proper resolution of any technical challenges.
    Evangelize new product features and assist clients in the adoption of new products via upgrades and migrations to help them build long-term success. Provide documentation and technical guidance to ensure the technical success of clients’ integrations.
    Improve product offerings by providing client feedback on features to Google product managers and engineers.
    Perform implementation reviews, and analyze and optimize clients’ product mix to ensure their success.

    Minimum Qualifications

    BA/BS degree in software engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.

    Preferred Qualifications

    Strong troubleshooting skills in common web technologies, such as XML, HTML and HTML5, JavaScript, Flash.
    Good scripting language knowledge such as Bash, Python, PHP.
    Collaboration skills for working across geographically dispersed functions.
    Fluency in French and English and at least one another African language.

    Area

    The Google Technical Services (gTech) team serves as the primary point of contact for our global Sales, Business Development, and Partnerships teams to support our sales organization across all products. We provide tools so that our sales teams can focus on what they do best. Our team collaborates with many of Google’s engineering groups to create technical solutions that enable our sales organization to help grow our customers’ businesses.Apply Now or Read More About Google

  • LinkedIn Profiles – Are they Really “Responsible”?

    LinkedIn Profiles – Are they Really “Responsible”?

    The use of LinkedIn “Creative” profile is gradually fading to oblivion. The company is releasing its list of the most overused buzzwords in 2013, based on the words that appear most frequently on the professional networking site’s profiles. In 2011 and 2012, the most overused word was “creative”, but this year “creative” was beaten by “responsible.” On one hand, that’s less obviously self-defeating than describing yourself as creative. On the other hand, it’s more than little … uninspiring.

    Personally, I find the whole idea of pumping up your LinkedIn profile with flattering adjectives to be kind of strange, but then, my profile says, “I write stuff,” so what do I know? However, in LinkedIn’s own press release, the company’s “career expert” Nicole Williams says that including buzzwords in your profile isn’t a great idea: “If you sound like everyone else, you won’t stand out from other professionals vying for opportunities.”   And if you’re staring at the buzzword list below with dawning horror because it’s basically the same as your entire LinkedIn profile, well, the company has some suggestions. Among other things, it says you should let other users vouch for you (given the random requests and recommendations I get, I’m not crazy about this feature either, but, uh, let’s move on …), include actual work or results that show you’re creative or (bleh) responsible, and be more specific in your wording so that it’s better tailored to the jobs, companies, and industries you’re interested in.   Anyway, here’s the top 10 list:   1. Responsible 2. Strategic 3. Creative 4. Effective 5. Patient 6. Expert 7. Organizational 8. Driven 9. Innovative 10. Analytical   This article first appeared on techcrunch.

  • All Hail iPad – Your New Sheriff

    All Hail iPad – Your New Sheriff

    The ‘wonder’ Apple technology has ensured that it’s thief will not go uncaught. Last week saw the house of Mr. Tunde Makhinde, a Lagos based Nigerian visited by some robbers who took his iPad among other things. Little did they know that the iPad will eventually turn out to be the nail to their coffin: The tech whiz had activated the tracking device on his iPad, and within a matter of days, had gone with law enforcement agents to catch the thieves red handed.


    Recently, an amazing app, Find my iphone, was used to track down a stolen iPad and the man who allegedly took it from underneath a family’s Christmas tree in the US. The victim on the ‘Find my iPhone’ app that sends out a signal to the device.Using his computer, the victim was then able to locate the iPad on a map, and alerted police to its whereabouts – just a few houses away.

    Even the burglar who broke into Steve Jobs’ house was caught last year two weeks after the crime thanks to the technology in one of the late Apple founder’s own inventions. He might never have been caught if he hadn’t logged onto iTunes on one of Jobs’ personal iPads. Investigators say they were tipped off about the perpetrator when one of the stolen devices connected to Apple servers.

    What if…?

    ‘But I am no tech whiz!” you might say. That doesn’t matter. How smart would smart technology be if it can’t holler at its owner when it gets stolen? There are simple ways to be two steps ahead of the thief. The ‘Find My iPhone’ application can be used if an Apple device is stolen or misplaced. It does not come installed but can be downloaded for free.

    The user then signs in with their unique Apple ID.a device goes missing, the owner can activate the app on a computer. Signals ‘ping’ the device and its whereabouts can be seen on a map online.can then choose to display a message on its screen, play a sound for two minutes at full volume, lock the device or erase all of its data.can be used on iPhones, iPads, Apple computers and iPods.

    iOS 7 includes a new feature called Activation Lock, which makes it more difficult for anyone to use or sell your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch once it’s gone missing or has been stolen. And it starts working the moment you turn on Find My iPhone in iOS 7. Turning off Find My iPhone or erasing your device requires your Apple ID and password. And your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can reactivate it.

    But what happens if you find your device on a location you can’t reach? Go for second best-initiate a remote wipe to delete your personal data and restore your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac to its factory settings. With iOS 7, Find My iPhone can continue to display your custom message, even after your device has been erased. And if you do retrieve your device, you can restore it from your iCloud backup. iCloud is not just for backup, it can help you find your apple device on the map. If one of your Apple devices goes missing, iCloud can help you figure out where it is. Just sign in at iCloud.com or use the Find My iPhone app to see your missing iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac on a map.

  • 7 Sure Ways to Make Money Online

    7 Sure Ways to Make Money Online

    By: Joseph Onyemakonor 

    How to make money online:There are so many articles on “How to make money online” and over 1000 get rich quick schemes jobs online which has proven useless and abortive in assisting you in earning online. Before I continue, I want you to know that this is not a get-rich-quick scheme and I am going to tell you why it is not. This article does not promise you any sure means, through which you can make money online doing little or no jobs neither is it an investment program that you go into and sit and home. In a nutshell you have to work hard to make money through the methods you will be seeing below.

    In making money online, the first thing to have in mind is that you have to be offering a service before you get paid. The services you may offer can be affiliate marketing, selling your self published e-book or someone else’s,blogging e.t.c.

    1. Blogging: This is one of the most discussed means of making money online. Although most successful bloggers will just tell you to start a blog and start earning, making money online with a blog requires effort, time and hard work to keep your readers loyal. Some of the advantages of owning a blog is that you get to share your thoughts and opinion, build an audience and make cool cash eventually. You should be ready to put in your best if you want to succeed as a blogger. You can’t make money online free

    –> 2. Freelancing: This is another way of making money doing various jobs online for people, organizations and companies. This method of making money is not that popular and most people do not know they can make over $1000 each week if you are skilled and have at least four (4) hours a day to put into freelancing.

    3. Simply Jobs website: Another way of making money online is doing jobs for people in five $5 jobs websites. You can make money with this by selling or reselling e-books, coming up with cool ideas and selling it to people for $5. An example of this kind of website is fiverr. If you can do 5 – 6 jobs a day, you will realize up $30 daily.

    4. Internet Marketing: This is another widely discussed means of making money online. You can sell your services or be an affiliate marketer (Help someone else sell their products and services and get commission on sales). If you are a writer, you can start selling your books online or become an affiliate marketer. If you don’t have any idea or experience in writing, you can go to any freelancing sites and pay a freelancer to write for you. This can serve as a steady source of income for life. You should have in mind that this also is not easy too and requires effort.

    5. Website Flipping: You can start flipping websites today after you are able to build traffic to that site. It requires time and effort. I will recommend this for people with experience in making money online and building website traffic.

    6. Investment programs: You can start today and invest online and watch your money grow. Before you go into this, have in mind that you earn according to what you invest. One of the fastest growing and stable investment program right now is Justbeepaid they will lend you $10 dollars to invest with first, this will enable you understand what the program is about and how quick your money can grow

    7. Articles writing: Everyday, more and more people are joining the blogging community, and they are all looking for new and unique contents to publish. If you are a good writer, you can start writing today. The best place to start is with a freelancing site. You can be paid about $2 per 400 word articles. This requires creativity and experience in SEO. You can learn all about SEO writing on ezine articles courses. You can also start your own articles websites where your write and sell articles.

    Have in mind that making money online is not easy. It is a gradual process, which you have to put your time and effort to. When you become established, yoiu can earn upto $5000 monthly. Its not possible to make money online fast

  • Google Reaction To Adobe Dropping Flash Player for Android

    Google Reaction To Adobe Dropping Flash Player for Android


    Adobe announced Thursday that it would not provide a version of Flash for Android 4.1, dubbed Jelly Bean, or any updates thereafter. Google introduced version 4.1 this week at its I/O conference in San Francisco. The OS will be available in July.
    The Flash Player has never posed much of a security risk, because hackers have not used it as a pathway to Android. “There hasn’t been a piece of malware using the Flash Player technology as a vector,” Tim Armstrong, malware researcher for Kaspersky Lab, said.

    Adobe’s decision to wind down Flash on Android is not surprising. The company said in November that it would switch to Adobe AIR as the cross-platform runtime environment for mobile applications. Adobe believes AIR is the better option as Web developers move to HTML5, the latest version of the markup language used for presenting content on the Web. The company will continue to develop the Flash Player for PCs.
    Whether the technologies replacing the Flash Player will pose a greater security risk is not yet known, Armstrong said. “We can’t say yet whether these technologies could be leveraged for malicious purposes,” he said.
    In general, dropping Flash with Jelly Bean is not expected to have much of an impact on Android users, because almost 90 percent are running versions 2.1 to 2.3.7. By the time they upgrade to version 4.1, Flash alternatives are expected to be firmly in place.
    Adobe has also decided to limit access of the Flash Player on Google Play, the official Android app store. Beginning Aug. 15, only Android phones already running Flash will be able to get newer versions in the store. “Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will no longer be able to install if from the Google Play Store,” the company said in its blog.
    Adobe’s latest announcement only involves Android, because Apple doesn’t use Flash in the iPhone or iPad. In 2010, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who died in October of complications from cancer, bashed Flash as too slow and a battery hog, arguing that HTML5 would become the better platform for showing video and other multimedia content. Adobe initially fought back, but later realized development trends for mobile apps were against Flash.

  • 15 Best Skins For Windows Media Player

    15 Best Skins For Windows Media Player

    Windows is the one of the widely used operating system world wide due its most easy interface and wide range of features. It doing grate jobs in almost every field, either in development, security or social media and of course  in entertainment. When we thought about entertainment Windows Media Player is at first number. Media Player is a proprietary digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. There are many versions available for it but we will discuss about the Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Media Player 12.
    Windows Media Player 11 and 12 have the many changes in features such as Instant Search, Cd Burning, Global Status, Support for ripping audio CDs to WAV and WMA 10 Pro formats (MPEG-4 Part 2 video formats, AAC audio and 3GP, MP4 and MOV container formats in 12th version) and much more from its earlier version. Now if you get bore from a same look window from a long time here are the best skins for Windows Media Player while using in Windows7 or earlier versions of windows.

    1.Sony Xplod

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    2.Batman Begins

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    3.Into One EMERALD

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    4.WM Tab

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    5.Ultimate Simple

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    6.Sleek

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    7.Papo fandangos

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    8.STS Control

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    9.Official DVD Profiler Skin

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    10.Neon

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    11.Alienware Invader

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    12.L.C.D. 2.0

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    13.OSX Media Player

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    14.Xbox

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    15.T3D WMP Skin

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