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Oracle OpenWorld 2015- Attend to Hear, Learn, Find Out & Network
The best, most innovative sessions are at Oracle OpenWorld 2015. Nigeria CommunicationsWeek looks at some of the sessions individuals, businesses and governments can explore.
Big Data Central @ OpenWorld
Ensure your company can take advantage of big data information opportunities by turning customer interactions into big opportunities. Improve the quality of digital data received from customer interactions and drive business growth by delivering data integration and data management.
Gain a competitive advantage with an information strategy and big data architecture focused on data liquidity.
Attendants at Big Data Central will hear how customers are turning customer interactions into big opportunities that give them a competitive advantage; learn how to provide the best foundation for big data analytics with next-generation big-data integration with Oracle Big Data, Hadoop, and analytics and find out about the latest product road maps in big data management, integration, analytics, and applications.
Cloud Central @ OpenWorld
See how Oracle is delivering modern cloud-computing technology that can help you see new business opportunities and innovate faster.
Hear customers and partners share their latest successes achieved with Oracle Cloud, private cloud, or managed cloud adoption.
Broadest Cloud Solution will form the central focus of discussion. Oracle offers the most comprehensive portfolio of cloud solutions for your business, IT infrastructure, and development needs.
So whether you’re looking for modern SaaS applications for greater business productivity or an innovative cloud platform for application development and deployment, you’ll find what you need here. Hear how customers are driving business opportunities and innovating faster with Oracle Cloud Solutions; learn how to enable greater responsiveness and innovation as business requirements evolve over time and find out about the latest Oracle Cloud Solutions offerings from private to managed to hybrid cloud, including DaaS, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
CX Central @ OpenWorld
Whether your focus is marketing, sales, or service, you need to deliver consistent, personalized customer experiences.
Find out how Oracle customers are increasing business agility and delivering ROI through their customer experience implementations. Are you ready to modernize your customer experience? Of course, in today’s world you need to exceed your customers’ expectations. Your customers expect a seamless experience when they interact with your brand. Don’t fall behind.
Attend CX Central @ OpenWorld to hear how customers are modernizing their business with native mobile, social, and analytics technologies to beat out their competition; learn from industry experts and discover how to leverage best practices for never missing an opportunity with a customer and gaining a competitive advantage and find out about the latest in Oracle Cloud and CRM solutions, including marketing, sales, service, and commerce.
Engineered Systems @ OpenWorld
Are you optimizing your entire hardware and software technology stack to deliver extreme performance?
Oracle customers and partners will share their stories about improving performance while dramatically reducing acquisition and operating costs.
Yes! Extreme Performance. Minimal Cost.
Everyone is being asked to reduce IT complexity and spend while enabling innovation and business transformation. Attend Engineered Systems Central to hear how customers are cutting complexity, reducing costs, adding extreme performance, and delivering faster deployments; learn how Oracle Engineered Systems optimize the entire hardware and software technology stack to deliver extreme performance that enables you to get more work done and find out about the latest offerings from Oracle Exadata, Oracle SuperCluster, Oracle Exalogic, and more.
ERP Central @ OpenWorld
Oracle customers are building the business of tomorrow with Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud.
You can’t deny the fact you need to equip your workforce with modern ERP and empower them to higher levels of productivity.
In other words, Modernize Your ERP. At OpenWorld2015, learn about the latest digital and innovative technologies and how they can help you modernize your current ERP solution. Packed with keynotes, sessions, and demos, attend ERP Central to hear how customers are equipping their workforce with a modern ERP and empowering them toward higher levels of productivity; network with your peers and industry leaders to hear about the latest innovations that can help modernize your back office into a collaborative, efficient, intuitive operation with enriched financial and operational capabilities.
Find out about the latest product road maps for Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud and how companies are migrating their legacy systems for increased value and efficiency.
HCM Central @ OpenWorld
Find out how modern HR organizations are creating a great employee experience that serves their customers and the business. Be there to get tips on how to Modernize Your HCM
HR organizations that don’t have a modern HR and talent strategy are missing out on creating real value for their business.
Modern HR leaders can create a great employee experience that serves its customers and the business. Attend HCM Central to hear how leaders from some of the most innovative companies are using mobile and social to improve collaboration and performance that help drive their business forward; network with your peers and industry leaders to discuss upcoming trends in HR and how you can prepare for them.
Find out about the latest product roadmaps for Oracle HCM Cloud that focus on global HR, talent management, workforce rewards, and workforce management.
Mobile Central @ OpenWorld
In today’s world businesses need to create and deliver engaging user experiences on a secure platform, for any application, for any device, and with any data. Experience what the most innovative enterprises are doing. Thinking of simplifying and enabling the mobile enterprise? Are you optimizing for mobile? Learn how Oracle can help extend and enhance your existing applications—and your competitive advantage. Attend Mobile Central to hear how customers are creating a modern workforce to help their employees stay connected, and how they’re disrupting their business with mobile to gain a timely edge; discover how Oracle’s complete, flexible mobile solutions can help organizations keep up with the demands of a modern workforce and find out how to optimize for mobile using Oracle Applications while strengthening security and capturing business opportunities through mobile and social.
OPN Central @ OpenWorld
As an Oracle partner there is no better place to learn the latest on Oracle strategy and vision than Oracle OpenWorld. Take the opportunity to network with other partners and expand your list of contacts and resources.
Build and Grow Your Business with Oracle
Increase your knowledge and gain valuable insight from Oracle executives and other Oracle partners as you learn about Oracle’s direction and strategy.
Attend OPN Central to hear how Oracle partners are growing their business with Oracle offerings, allowing them to expand their markets and find new market opportunities; have the ability to earn OPN Certified Specialist accreditations at no cost and network with Oracle executives and other Oracle partners at the OPN keynote, OPN Lounge, and famed OPN AfterDark reception.
SCM Central @ OpenWorld
Learn how you can gain a sustainable advantage and drive innovation by transforming traditional supply chains into integrated value chains. Hear from customers on the latest trends and successes in supply chain management.
Modernize Your Supply Chain
In today’s world businesses are repeatedly asked to grow their top and bottom lines, reduce operational costs, and empower their people. Hear how Oracle customers are succeeding. Attend SCM Central to learn how customers are gaining a sustainable advantage and driving innovation by transforming their traditional supply chains into integrated value chains; find out how to reduce costs while improving customer service and supporting expansion in new markets and product lines and hear about Oracle’s latest product offerings with Oracle Transportation and Global Trade Management Cloud Service, Oracle Product Value Chain solutions including Oracle Product Value Chain Cloud, and more.
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has commenced a forensic investigation into the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Lotus Bank and Hackerbella Ltd over alleged violations of data protection laws involving students’ personal information.
The investigation follows public complaints alleging that students’ personal data were used to open bank accounts without a lawful basis.
Dr Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner and chief executive officer of the NDPC, directed the investigation team to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the circumstances surrounding the collection, processing, use and disclosure of the affected students’ personal data.
The investigation will also determine the respective roles and responsibilities of UNILAG, Lotus Bank and Hackerbella in the alleged processing of the data.
According to the Commission, the investigation will assess the data protection compliance obligations of the parties under the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (NDP Act), as well as potential risks posed to the rights and freedoms of the affected data subjects.
The NDPC said the probe would cover several areas, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), the lawfulness and transparency of credit scoring or profiling activities, and the use of automated decision-making systems.
It will also examine the adequacy of privacy notices, data-sharing arrangements, lawful bases for processing, data minimisation and purpose limitation.
Other areas include data retention policies and the adequacy of technical and organisational measures put in place to safeguard the rights and personal data of affected students.
The Commission reiterated that institutions entrusted with the personal data of students, staff and other members of their communities have a heightened responsibility to ensure that such information is processed lawfully, fairly, transparently and securely.
The NDPC therefore warned educational institutions that are yet to comply with its existing data protection compliance directives to take immediate steps to achieve compliance.
The Commission said it would continue to exercise its regulatory mandate to protect the privacy rights of Nigerians and ensure that organisations processing personal data comply with the provisions of the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023.
Microsoft is planning to unveil its new Maia 300 AI chip this fall, potentially as soon as next month, The Information reported on Monday, citing people with direct knowledge of the plans.
The company introduced its Maia AI chip in November 2023 but has lagged rivals such as Alphabet and Amazon in scaling up its in-house chip efforts as it seeks to reduce its reliance on Nvidia’s costly processors.
Google began recognizing revenue from direct sales of its custom AI chips, called Tensor Processing Units, in the quarter ended June, while Amazon has also seen growing adoption of its processors, including its Trainium chips.
Microsoft has been in talks with chipmaker TSMC to secure manufacturing capacity for more than 300,000 units of the chip for delivery in 2027, according to the report. It is also looking to significantly ramp up production and persuade major cloud customers such as Anthropic to adopt the chip.
Microsoft ultimately aims to secure capacity for more than 1 million Maia 300 chips, though component supplies and ongoing capacity negotiations with TSMC could constrain its plans, according to the report.
It unveiled its second-generation Maia 200 in January, built by TSMC using 3-nanometer technology.
Microsoft packed the chip with a significant amount of SRAM, a type of memory that can provide speed advantages for AI systems handling large numbers of user requests.
X has announced plans to discontinue its Revenue Sharing programme and introduce a new Original Content Rewards programme to reward creators for producing original content on the platform.
The social media company announced the changes at the weekend in a post on its X Creators handle, saying the new programme would reward creators who contribute original content.
“Today, we’re introducing the Original Content Rewards Program, a new way to reward creators who bring original ideas, expertise, reporting, creativity, and commentary to X,” the company said.
X said it would stop accepting new enrolments into the Revenue Sharing programme from Friday, while existing participants would continue earning until September 7, 2026.
“Starting today, we’re no longer accepting new enrollments into Revenue Sharing,” it said.
According to the company, existing Revenue Sharing participants will receive three final payouts, with two scheduled for August 14 and August 28, while the final payment for earnings accrued through September 7 is expected around September 11.
X said existing Revenue Sharing participants would begin getting access to apply for the new programme from September 8, subject to meeting its eligibility requirements.
The first payout under the Original Content Rewards programme will be made on August 28, 2026, while existing Revenue Sharing creators who enrol in the new programme from September 8 will receive their first payment on September 25.
Under the new programme, eligible creators will earn from qualified impressions generated by their original content, with payments made every two weeks.
X defined qualified impressions as unique impressions from Premium users on the Home Timeline feed, where at least 50 per cent of a post is visible.
On the other hand, “The following are excluded from qualified impressions: impressions from the same account counted more than once per post; paid, promoted, or artificially generated impressions; and fraudulent impressions,” it said.
To qualify, creators must be at least 18 years old, live in a country where the programme is available, maintain an account in good standing and have either a personal or vusiness account.
They must also subscribe to X Premium, Premium+ or Premium Business, have at least 500 verified followers and record at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users within the previous 90 days.
X said creators must also regularly post original content to remain eligible.
“We want to recognize creators who break news, share expertise, tell stories, create entertainment, and contribute meaningful perspectives to the conversation,” the company said.
The platform said original content could include threads, videos, memes, graphics, illustrations, reporting, analysis, commentary and reactions that add meaningful value to existing conversations.
It said creators who use content produced by others would need to add meaningful commentary, context, analysis, humour or creative transformation for such posts to qualify.
“Building on existing conversations is a core part of X, but simply reposting someone else’s content is not enough,” it said.
X said minor edits such as cropping, filters, borders, watermarks, speed adjustments or simple text overlays would generally not qualify as meaningful transformation on their own.
It also warned that content copied or substantially reproduced from another creator, content downloaded and re-uploaded from X or another platform without being the original author’s, automated content, disinformation and misleading content would be ineligible.
The company said accounts that violate the programme’s requirements could be temporarily or permanently removed from it, depending on the severity of the violation.
It added that creators would be responsible for ensuring they had the necessary rights, permissions or licences to use content created by others.
“Original content is content you personally create that reflects your own voice, perspective, expertise, or creativity,” X said.
The company said the new programme was intended to reward creators who make the platform more valuable by bringing original ideas and perspectives to its conversations.
“The Original Content Rewards Program is designed to reward the creators who start them, shape them, and move them forward,” it said.
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