February 5, 2012

Less than week after its launch, the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) online Philippine Business Registry System (PBRS) has been receiving positive feedbacks, Malacañang reported over the weekend.

Photo shows President Aquino being briefed by DTI officials during the unveiling of the PBRS on Jan. 27

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said those who have used the online service cited the speed by which they were able to register their business name online and the fact that physical appearance is no longer needed to make the transaction.

Valte, however, did not indicate the number of people who have used the system so far.

The PBRS serves as a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs…

A lawmaker has filed a bill mandating the establishment of a national crime database to upgrade, modernize, and facilitate the resolution of criminal cases nationwide.

Teodoro

Marikina representative Marcelino Teodoro authored House Bill 5709, which would require the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to give information and records for the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File in order to provide criminal history records in a timely fashion.

Teodoro said the bill, to be known as the “National Crime Database Act of 2012,” would create a complete and accurate nationwide criminal record database crucial to fighting crime.

“The system will facilitate the resolution of cases being…

Dell has debuted in the country the PowerEdge R710 rack server, which was engineered in response to input from IT professionals for virtualization.

The R710 features the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, a large memory capacity and I/O (input/output) bandwidth, and streamlined deployment with hypervisors from VMware, Citrix and Microsoft, which help build a foundation for virtualization.

The Dell unit has Active Power Controller and Intel Intelligent Power Technology, which proactively put the server into lower power states when demand decreases.

Dell PowerEdge R710 is distributed by MSI-ECS. For product information and availability, contact Kat Cac at kcac@msi-ecs.com.ph or +63-2688-3906.

The wireless technology known as 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) is expected to claim the lion’s share of wireless infrastructure capital spending next year as mobile carriers definitively migrate to that next-generation standard.

Global capital spending on LTE technology is projected to reach $24.3 billion in 2013, nearly triple the $8.7 billion of 2012, according to research firm IHS iSuppli.

LTE infrastructure spending in 2015 will rise to $36.1 billion, compared to just $9.0 billion for 3.5G, as presented in the figure below.

The rapid growth is expected to allow LTE to overtake 3.5G, which will end its five-year run this year as the dominant category in wireless infrastructure gear spending. In…

PLDT Alpha Enterprise has beefed up its services portfolio by converging with Vitro Data Center, the country’s first purposely-built, industrial-strength data center.

With Vitro, PLDT Alpha Enterprise said it can deliver data center services for businesses such as co-location, hosting, business continuity, facilities management, virtual private servers, data security, network management, and other managed IT services.

While powered by PLDT, the data center’s carrier neutrality also gives clients the freedom to reach diverse audiences with services delivered in the best way possible as well as enjoy Service Level Agreements (SLA) that cover both co-location and connectivity.

The facility has a fault-tolerant environment, with 24/7 professional support from certified information technology teams.

Vitro is…