Melvin G. Calimag
40 Stories
Asian call centers target for social media
News Call centers, abound in India and Philippines, need to retool and deploy social media tools to say competitive in market, say top Salesforce.com execs.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter Inc., Marc Benioff, network, Web 2.0
Mobile broadband still lagging in Philippines
News Sector has surpassed fixed broadband in country but mobile broadband adoption still lower than other markets in region, say industry watchers.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, 3G (Third Generation), Frost & Sullivan, Globe Telecom Inc., GSMA, mobile, Wireless, Philippines, Mobile platforms/communications
Philippine govt, IBM quarrel in flood aftermath
News Glitch in Philippine pension system causes pileup in emergency loan applications, leading to yet another finger-pointing tiff between GSIS and IBM.
Tags: Database management, Politics, Services, Database, IBM Corp., IBM DB2, software, U.S., Information Technology, Philippine Government
Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., software, Information Technology, CTO
Philippine government proposes new IPR laws
News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government
Filipino court unlikely to recognize Facebook libel
News Lawsuit involving damaging status updates made on social networking site won't go far in court because Philippines has no Internet libel law, says lawyer.
Tags: Lawsuits, Local Government, Web 2.0, Philippines, sexual orientation, entertainment, social networking, Facebook, Internet, general manager
Data center firm activates second S'pore facility
News Downturn likely spurred demand for data center services as more companies turn to cloud computing to cut costs, say Equinix, which opened its second data center in Singapore.
Tags: Data centers, Cloud computing, Philippines, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Cloud computing, network, data center, Web
Open source adoption 'anomaly' in Philippines
News Country's private sector is unexpected early adopters of open source, which analysts say will be further boosted by entrance of Google's upcoming Chrome OS.
Tags: Open source, Support, Open-source Software, Philippines, Google Inc., International Data Corp., Survey, Asia-Pacific, Open source, Melvin G. Calimag
Philippine NTC transfer made known after delay
News Presidential directive to transfer country's telecom regulator back to the ICT commission was released to the public more than 16 months after it was signed.
Tags: Regulations, Mobile platforms/communications, Local Government, Telecommunications, Philippines, Directive, Information And Communication Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Senate, CICT
Jockeying starts for Philippine automated polls
News Country's main elections body and poll machine vendors rush ahead of Philippines' first nationwide computerized elections in May 2010.
Tags: Politics, E-voting, Technology, Richard Gordon, Philippines, Spokesperson, Procurement, E-voting, chairman, leader
Salesforce touts Asia's cloud computing era
News Hosted CRM provider opens data center in Singapore, its first outside United States; says businesses of all sizes can reap benefits of cloud model.
Tags: Cloud computing, SMB, Asia, India, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Cloud computing, U.S., data center
Web community must realize IPv6 urgency
News IPv4 is "near exhaustion", says official from regional Internet registry APNIC, urging Internet community to recognize need to move to IPv6 within two years.
Tags: IPv6, Domain names, Web sites, Internet Service, DNS, Internet Service Provider, Internet, U.S., industry, service provider
Philippine carrier outsources to Israeli firm
News Country's largest carrier Smart Communications, ropes in ECI Telecom to provide network management services that include surveillance and maintenance.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Mobile platforms/communications, Network administration/implementation, ECI Telecom Ltd., Telecommunications, Philippines, network equipment, Israel, network management
Microsoft drops job axe on Philippine office
News It offers voluntary separation package, allowing staff of its Philippines operations up to May 15 to decide whether or not they wish to accept the offer.
Tags: Layoffs, Recruiting, Career, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Philippines, Compensation, Worker, job, severance package
Philippine Senate approves e-polls budget
News Once formally approved by President Gloria Arroyo, US$231.7 million will be set aside to support country's first fully-automated elections in 2010.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Election, Supplier, Philippines, Procurement, U.S. Senate, violence, chairman, U.S. Congress
