E-Business
Responsive Website is Every Business’s Lifeline-Iroegbu
Responsive website stands as a face of the organization and are created to make the business profitable, as reaffirmed by Kanu Iroegbu, a certified digital marketing consultant.
He said that custom made websites has been inspired by many owners compared to standard templates. The reasons are canny!,“ Iroegbu emphasised.
He noted that web design showcases the “personality” of a brand and portrays the image of the company or an individuality.
“ Somehow it can be regarded as your own sense of style. When designing though, you cannot only think about what you want all the time but also consider the impact of the outcome on your intended audiences – no matter what device they choose to use“.
Iroegbu however, identified top five techniques for a profitable website to include,
1. “Less is more.”
There are web pages that are too heavy with graphics thus affecting the loading speed and the performance of the site, especially if bandwidth is just limited.
The trend now is to put these elements aside and replace them more useful and informational objects such as typography. Instead of placing too many pictures, web designers have also recognized that it’s better to publish educational content where readers can put more focus on.
This new paradigm of simplicity and minimalism with clear layouts and interfaces caters to most people as the known intention of landing to a site is the content overall.
2. HTML5 Conversion
HTML is one of the widely accepted languages in the world of web design. Recently, it has upgraded to another level for animation and multimedia.
Especially useful for sites that are made for web-based games and online advertisements, HTML5 conversion is embraced by many web designers and developers to provide interactive content to users.
3. Use of Vivid Colors
Regardless of demographics, people would always respond to sites that have vivid colors. They are appealing to both old and younger generations, as nobody wants to read green text on a red background or orange text on a neon yellow background.
To achieve a cohesive appearance, work with vivid colors that do not hurt your users’ eyes. If in doubt, use the color wheel or adapt to a safe color palette.
4. User-centered Design
Web design trends come and go year after year, but one thing remains the same. It is that the design should be centered on the user’s point of view.
The web design should only enhance their experience in navigating through and browsing the pages. Interaction and engagement with the readers are very important keys to make them stay. It’s recommended to have well-patterned designs for consistency and familiarity.
5. Oversized Typography
Just like the first point, limiting decorations in a site will make the more important elements such as the text content and call for action items stand out.
You can use oversized typography to emphasize the design and increase its impact on getting attention. As a replacement for images, this type of graphical element will make wonders in simple ways.
It’s okay to use trendy techniques to beautify your web design. But incorporating evergreen methods is one of the determining factors in reinforcing your company’s image, providing information and highlighting only the important features.
There are many online tutorials and references available for you to be able to blend in artistic works into your website design almost perfectly.
A custom made website brings a sense of trustworthiness to the audience. Every user will realize that the website owner has taken many efforts in crafting the designs and layouts. Dallas web Design Company says that ‘Right combinations of layout, content, title and the tone of the website, will surely become a hit’. Before building a website – every owner should perform a website planning.
Most important finding would be, Target Audience, Budget and Hiring a Web design company
The first two becomes internal issues whereas the last (Hiring a web design company) becomes external.
Today, web designing company has mushroomed up in every nook and corner of the world. Analyzing whom to approach will be the million dollar question.
Every web design company will have their unique feature in communicating an exclusive USP – which is nothing but ‘Ultimate customer satisfaction with an Engineering Excellence’.
A set temple will always be set. If we do not need a column or row – It is bound to have them as they are totally set and unchangeable. Whereas a custom made website can be altered in any way possible. It can be created according to the requirement of the product or service of the company. Various flash and videos, separate link for pictures, scroll bars wherever applicable, a neat footer and header, color combinations, size of the layout, mobile navigation and lots more can be structured in a tailor made websites.
Custom made website has made life simpler for users especially when it comes to online shopping websites. The backend work that goes into such websites is most challenging. Web desin professionals take care of every step that help a website appeal to customers.
E-Business
Cyber Resilience a Critical Priority for Manufacturing Amid Rapid Digitalization – Report Shows
As 60% of manufacturers race toward full digitalisation, cyber risk is increasingly manifesting as a business risk, according to a new global report by Kaspersky and VDC Strategy.
This means cybersecurity is not merely a compliance function, it is a cornerstone of production assurance, safeguarding uptime, quality, and operational continuity.
Manufacturers are modernising to deliver safer, more consistent and more cost-effective production and digitalization is moving fast: just 9% of organisations describe themselves as fully digital today, but 60% expect to get there within two years, according to the joint report by Kaspersky and VDC, titled ‘Cyber Resilience, Built for Manufacturing’.
That shift links shop-floor equipment, production lines and site operations to platforms such as Manufacturing execution systems (MES), Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and historians, turning many plants into cyber-physical systems (CPS), where a digital disruption doesn’t stay digital. It can slow production lines, quarantine work in progress, invalidate traceability records, or halt production outright.
What’s driving manufacturing digitalization?
Manufacturers are digitising for measurable operational gains, not novelty. Survey respondents identified the primary drivers of their digital transformation strategy as:
- Improving production output or efficiency (24%)
- Reducing operational or production expenses (15%)
- Enabling new strategic opportunities (14%)
- Improving cyber resilience (13%)
The same connected systems that unlock these gains, including MES, IIoT sensors, automated material handling, remote engineering access, also become the systems that determine whether production can be trusted to keep running.
Cyber risk is now a business risk
Cyber risk has evolved from a mere IT concern to a direct threat to revenue generation, as environments transform into cyber-physical systems. In these integrated settings, digital disruptions like malware no longer just affect data, they can cause unsafe operations, scrapped batches, and halted production on the plant floor. This shift highlights the urgent need to treat cybersecurity as a key part of operational resilience.
According to the report, nearly 60% of manufacturing organisations estimate that cyber incidents cause damages exceeding $1 million per event, with an average disruption of 15.3 hours. The most significant losses often result from production halts, missed delivery commitments, and penalties, rather than just forensic costs.
In this context, downtime links cybersecurity risks to overall business performance. Cyber incidents can reduce Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), strain staffing, and disrupt supply chains. Recovery involves more than system restore, it requires re-establishing confidence in process parameters, quality records, and traceability before resuming operations.
Mature cybersecurity programs now incorporate OT security into governance, focusing on metrics valued by production leaders such as time to restore, backup confidence, legacy asset coverage, and safe degraded operation. This alignment ensures cybersecurity supports continuous production and resilience, not just IT compliance.
However, challenges remain due to split ownership. While 59% of organisations’ IT departments manage security policies, these often overlook plant realities. Managing many security tools (44%) and OT patching issues (38%) show that cybersecurity must be embedded into daily routines of production, engineering, and quality teams. Only through such integration can cybersecurity effectively enhance operational reliability and defend against evolving threats.
“As manufacturing environments become increasingly interconnected, cybersecurity shifts focus from merely adding protective layers to ensuring the availability, resilience, and integrity of production processes. The goal is to minimise operational impact and speed up recovery, rather than solely preventing intrusions.
“Kaspersky offers a unified ecosystem that integrates IT, OT, and IIoT security, empowering manufacturers to pursue digital transformation securely. This strategy helps maintain operational continuity and reduces long-term cybersecurity costs,” comments Andrey Strelkov, Head of Industrial Cybersecurity Product Line at Kaspersky.
To implement this strategy, manufacturing companies can leverage solutions from the Kaspersky OT Cybersecurity Ecosystem, centered around Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity (KICS), a native Extended Detection and Response platform designed for critical infrastructure protection. KICS enables centralised detection and response to complex attacks across the entire industrial network, ensuring comprehensive visibility and security.
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.
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