Philippines
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World's outsourcing revenue worth $373B
News Global market will grow 14.4 percent by year-end, led by top performers India, China and the Philippines, which will account for 77.6 percent of total revenue.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, IT Services, India, Philippines, research company, recession, financial, China
Filipinos turn to Web for typhoon help
News Philippine online community rides on blogs and social networking sites in bid to galvanize relief efforts and assistance for victims of Typhoon Kestana.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Philippines, Powerline, social networking, Facebook, food, Internet, blog, Joel D. Pinaroc
Philippines puts brakes on vehicle RFID plan
News Public uproar compels Land Transportation Office to indefinitely postpone country's multi-million dollar project to install RFID devices in vehicles.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Local Government, Plan, RFID tag, IT infrastructure, Information Technology, RFID chip, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep.
Tech and a nation's altered psyche
Blogs The sun's out here in Metro Manila, but the northern part of the Philippines is currently pounded by "stationary" typhoo...
Where's technology when the earth shakes?
Blogs This past week has been calamity filled. Following the freak dust storm in Sydney, Typhoon Kestana flooded into the Phil...
WiMax: Waiting to explode in Philippines?
Blogs Last weekend, I had the chance to take part in an offsite press event organized by Smart Communications, the topdog in t...
A lawmaker's bad call on another's misfortune
Blogs It's just the beginning of the new year, but the tech world is already buzzing with interesting stories, albeit negative...
Philippine BPOs must drive higher value
News Country's outsourcing players should now focus on becoming high-value services hubs to differentiate themselves from India, urge industry watchers.
Tags: Services, Outsourcing, India, Philippines, BPO, Back-office, outsource, job, industry, talent
A series of unfortunate layoffs
Blogs Despite the depressing economic outlook around the world, most Filipinos that I've talked to still view the Philippines ...
A sign of things to come?
Blogs Dell Computer, the Texas-based computer maker, announced last Friday it is selling one of the only two company-owned cal...
Google links Philippine users to Google Maps
News Service's users can now view more accurate and updated online maps of the country, thanks to efforts of local Google Map Maker users.
Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Philippines, Google Inc., Internet, Google Maps, Joel D. Pinaroc, Search, Web 2.0
Russian security firm eyes Philippine growth
News Antivirus security company Kaspersky Lab targets Philippine consumer and mobile markets, with plans to appoint more resellers in bid to catch up to rivals.
Tags: Antivirus software, Applications and tools, Viruses and worms, Kaspersky Lab, Mobile, Vietnam, Philippines, corporate restructuring, antivirus, Malaysia
Nortel mulls over restructuring plan
News Currently under bankruptcy protection, the networking vendor is working on reorganization strategy. For now, it's "business as usual", says company's Asian execs.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Business models, Business plans, Nortel Networks Corp., IBM Corp., Philippines, Business Process Outsourcing Industry, Europe, BPO, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Need for Filipino IT firms to go global
Blogs Unlike India which has launched quite a number of successful global IT firms, mostly in the BPO (business process outsou...
WiMax still too pricey for rural Philippines
News Prices of WiMax customer premise equipment need to drop, before operators can justify going into the country's rural areas, according to Filipino operator.
Tags: WiMax, Network infrastructure, Operator, Philippines, IP, Broadband, CTO, network, VoIP, average revenue per user
