Innove not open to compromise

INNOVE COMMUNICATIONS, Inc. has asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to enforce a six-year-old circular that will allow the company to offer broadband service at the Fort Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

Philippine Silicon Valley

Tech slump

BY DENNIS POSADAS

Looks like the bad news isn’t over. Nokia, Intel, Sun, Applied Materials and a host of other tech bellwethers reported precipitous drops in their earnings this quarter and cancelled orders for next year. Distribution channels like Best Buy are in trouble and Circuit City just filed for bankruptcy. The New York Times reported last Saturday that Intel’s earnings are expected to fall 19% this quarter compared to last year. Sun Microsystems announced a layoff of 6,000 employees. It’s starting to become a bloodbath in Silicon Valley these days.

Ovum Research

Mobile World in 2013: All about emerging markets, players

We do not expect the growth potential for China and India to recede over the next five years. It is these two markets, along with rapidly growing markets such as Bangladesh, which will power 77% connections growth between 2008 and 2013 in the China-India region.

XMG Global ICT Research

Proactive steps needed to boost employee commitment

ACCORDING to IT Talent Development studies conducted by XMG since 2005, organizational initiatives that include employee input from the outset have a greater chance of being successful than those that do not.

Features

Vidres: Finding the right person for the job

WHO SAID Internet videos such as those found on YouTube are only for entertainment? The Ocean8 Multimedia Group introduced last year an online venue where Filipinos in search of jobs can post their videos.

Test Drive

Hybrid internet phone packs a punch

IF YOU THINK you are spending too much on mobile overseas calls because using Skype, Yahoo Messenger and other computer-based VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) technology is out of the question, there is hope.

Open House

The data center

BY RONNIE LATINAZO

In the heart of every company, knowledge is power.

And no matter the industry, that knowledge is stored in a data center which is essentially the information soul of the company. With all the cooling controls, servers, and racks of equipment, many of today’s data centers could be considered the SUVs of high-tech: They accomplish a lot, but their inefficiencies guzzle way too much energy.

MentorNet from Peso

Raising the competitiveness of the Philippine outsourcing industry

By Jaime Enrico R. Singson

The outsourcing market has traditionally been divided into two major categories: IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing.

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