Archive for the ‘Information Technology’ Category

Affordable quality laptops from Suzuki

Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Roy

A new laptop line was launched formally in Cebu City by Suzuki Technology. The new laptops promise speed, price and performance to attract the fast growing entry-level market segment.
Not to be mistaken, and has no relation with the motor vehicle brand, the company said it have the international trademark for all IT products. The Singapore-based [...]

Online mapping service launched by CREBA

Posted on February 6th, 2010 by Roy

Now, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and even foreign investors outside the country can check a real estate property they are interested in, without necessarily being in the Philippines. That is because the Philippine Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association (CREBA) have deployed in the Internet the Philippines’ first fully-automated Web GIS parcellary mapping service. [...]

US BPO firm opens office in the Philippines

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Roy

A new business process outsourcing (BPO) firm has chosen the Philippines as the location of its latest service center. US-based Cybernet-Slash Support (CSS) recently opened its 1,000-seat facility in Taguig, its first Philippine site and currently has 400 employees. CSS said the new facility will be used for the company’s outbound sales, technology and other [...]

BPO sector prepares for the challenge of the new decade

Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Roy

In the year 2010, the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, is seen to continue growing as it marks its 10th year in the Philippines. For this year, BPO is expected to earn at least $11 billion and continue employing over one million people in the country. But while the sector is optimistic, it also needs [...]

PBR provides computers for NERBAC Caraga

Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Roy

The Philippine Business Registry (PBR) recently gave a set of information technology (IT) equipment to the National Economic Business Assistance Research Assistance Center in Caraga (NERBAC Caraga). The IT equipments were the contribution of PBR to help strengthen the one-stop business assistance centers in all regions.

Locally developed online games pushed by game developers

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Roy

Online games always a ready audience in the Filipino market. There is a big market for Filipino online gamers, although most the games were created outside the country. A group of Filipinos with entrepreneurial mindset is eyeing to cash in on this online gaming craze capturing Filipinos from all walks of like.

Tracking down on software piracy in the Philippines

Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Roy

In the efforts to crack down software piracy in the Philippines, the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) caught two men installing counterfeit software as an “add-on service” at the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan City recently.
The two men, who are now facing up to nine years imprisonment and a fine of P1.5 million for violating [...]

Samsung to pay Kodak for patents infringement

Posted on December 25th, 2009 by Roy

Kodak, the name that is almost synonymous with pictures and images, has amassed more than 1,000 digital-imaging patents, being one of the pioneers in this industry. Almost all of today’s digital cameras rely on that technology.

“Wireless wallet service” from Smart and MoneyGram

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Roy

MoneyGram International and Smart Communications, Inc. tied up to provide families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) the convenience of wireless “wallet” service. OFWs may now send their remittances to their families in the Philippines faster through the facility which is likened to a “cross border wallet service.”

Local IT companies acquire European IT company

Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Roy

The Philippine’s PhilWeb Corporation, together with the ISM Communications Corp., will be acquiring a controlling stake in Acentic, a European information technology company. The two companies, in their disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), said that they made a deal with a private equity firm based in United Kingdom to acquire 65% stake in [...]

Easycall ventures into broadband business

Posted on December 12th, 2009 by Roy

Easycall Communicates Philippines Inc., the former paging leader in the Philippines, gets a boost from local technology firm Global E-Business Solutions Inc. as the company hiked its stake in Easycall to push it to pursue ventures in the wireless broadband Internet sector.
In their disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Easycall said that its board [...]

JP Morgan to open call center in Cebu

Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Roy

JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), an America-based outsourcing firm will opening a call center facility in Asiatown IT Park in Cebu. The company will be putting up a 420-seat center which was said to provide employment to at least 2,520 people in a two-shift cycle.
A five-year lease contract has been recently signed by the [...]

New BPO center tower opens up in Bonifacio Global City

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Roy

Asia’s leading developer and manager of business space, Ascendas Pte Ltd. (Ascendas), recently opened the ACCRALAW Tower located within the E-square in Bonifacio Global City. Present as guest of honor in its opening ceremony was Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo.

IBM plans to set up Innovation Center in the Philippines

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Roy

Because of the continuing growth of technology-based industries in the Philippines, and the support that they get from the government, computing giant IBM plans to pour more investments in the country. IBM developer relations general manager James Corgel said the Philippines, particularly Quezon City, was one of the only 40 locations worldwide which was chosen [...]

Two families received Model OFW Family Award

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Roy

Two overseas Filipino workers (OFW) families were recognized for their efforts in helping residents in their community gain employment or livelihood through promotion of entrepreneurship. The first OFW was from Lipa, Batangas, and the second one was from Baleno, Masbate. They were named this year’s Model OFW families.
The Model OFW Family of the Year Awards [...]

Mobile email launched by Smart

Posted on November 27th, 2009 by Roy

Here’s another first from the Smart Communications, the country’s leading wireless services provider. The company launched recently the beta phase of its mobile email, the first daily flat-rate, unlimited push email solution in the country.

Webby Awards’ Top 10 most influential internet moment of the decade

Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Roy

The Webby Awards is an annual award which was started in 1996. It is aimed to recognize and reward excellence on the internet in a number of categories including news and other websites, interactive advertising and online film and video.
The awardees are chosen by a 650-member academy, with members including one of the internet’s inventor, [...]

“Hot jobs” for 2010

Posted on November 15th, 2009 by Roy

JobsDB.com, one the premier online jobs search website came up with the “hot” jobs that Filipinos should apply for 2010. These include nursing, accounting, teaching, and even dog-handling. According to Jayjay Viray, managing director of JobsDB.com, while nurses and accountants continue to be in demand next year, other not-so-popular, but surprisingly high-paying jobs should also [...]

Smart provided Internet connection to Pampanga high school

Posted on November 15th, 2009 by Roy

Last week, a public high school in Floridablanca, Pampanga, became the first school to receive Smart Communication’s high-speed wireless Internet connection.
In spite of the presence of different Internet shops in the town proper, the Paguiruan High School (PHS) is a “dead” spot. Thanks to Smart, it received the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax), a [...]

Smart acquires Chikka

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Roy

Chikka Holdings Ltd., the pioneer of free web-based PC-to-phone instant messaging system in the country will be acquired by the leading wireless provider Smart Communications, in a transaction that is expected to be completed next month.