February 10, 2012

The Technology Resource Center (TRC) of the Department of Science and Technology will soon give a wider range of support to countryside entrepreneurs with the establishment of its Community Technology Business Incubation program this year.

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TRC Director Dennis Cunanan said the program, an offshoot of DOST’s Open Technology Business Incubation (Open TBI), will be implemented in partnership with the DOST regional offices.

A technology business incubator, or TBI, is a program that helps entrepreneurial companies and start-up businesses to take off and develop through the TBI’s array of business support resources and services.

Some of TBI services include business space for rent, marketing assistance, accounting/financial management assistance, links to partners, help with…

Energy equipment vendor Emerson Network Power announced that it has partnered with local distributor Bridge Distribution, which has extensive network of over 1,300 resellers in the Philippines.

Ruther Ng, GM of Bridge Distribution (left) and Rey Lugtu, country manager of Emerson Network Power Philippines

“Emerson Network Power’s solutions are valued additions to our portfolio, as more companies place increasing value on keeping critical business operations running,” said Ruther Ng, general manager for Bridge Distribution.

The partnership between Emerson Network Power and Bridge Distribution was recently forged in Makati City to an audience of 140 resellers.

Prior to affiliating with Emerson, Bridge’s product portfolio consisted of networking devices, desktops, notebooks, servers, storage, monitors, projectors…

After a successful effort with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) last year to block the dangerous Kelihos/Hlux botnet that was responsible for a widespread spamming activity, security experts at anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab have found that the botnet could still roam freely as long as the cybercriminals behind its operations are still at large.

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Botnets are actually a collective of Internet-connected computers that are controlled by a single or a group of cybercriminals with the devious purpose of sending out spam to as many computers as possible. Botnets are also used for denial-of-service (DOS) on websites to slow or take down the website.

The Kelihos/Hlux botnet was among the…

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in partnership with Accenture and ABS-CBN Bayan Academy recently held a two-day training for BiD entrepreneurs.

Sixteen small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owners took part in the training held last November 28-29, 2011 in Manila to hone their abilities in self mastery and critical thinking.

They also went through series of lectures and workshops on market, operations, people, and financial assessment, and investing.

The entrepreneurs are either winners or finalists of the Business in Development (BiD) Challenge Philippines, an annual business plan competition for innovative business ideas that combine poverty reduction and profit.

The winner of the BiD Challenge will receive a grant to materialize their…

The Oracle Academy and the Department of Science and Technology – Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) have expanded their relationship to bring the Oracle Academy’s technology training program to 10,000 students over two years.

As part of the collaboration, 24 state universities and colleges will integrate the Oracle Academy’s Advanced Computer Science curriculum into their programs.

In addition, the Oracle Academy will provide software, technical support, and faculty professional development to the enrolled institutions. Faculty will receive discounts to attend training and students will receive discount vouchers for certification exams.

More than 1.5 million students in 95 countries are currently enrolled in the Oracle Academy program. In the Philippines, over 3,000…

Globe Telecom has tapped its parent company Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) to bring to the country MyAppsMall, a portal where customers can search, purchase, and download mobile applications.

Available to Globe prepaid and postpaid subscribers for free, MyAppsMall offers a combination of over 20,000 free and paid apps ranging from games, entertainment, social networking, productivity, lifestyle, sports, news, finance, and weather and is accessible via mobile browser or via PC Web browser.

Once registered, users can personalize their homepage with social networking sites, emails, news updates and RSS feeds. Users will also be provided with a free MyApps email account.

MyAppsMall can be accessed via a single portal, with its cross-platform allowing users…

Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday inaugurated the second site of the Manila hub of the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Banking Group Ltd. at the 29th floor of MDC Building in Libis, Quezon City.

Aquino touring the facility with ANZ Philippines and Thailand CEO Panadda Manoleehakul

Aquino said despite the challenges in the global economy, the total of number of employees in the sector are expected to increase to 610,000.

“As a country that prides itself as having the best customer-oriented and service-driven English-speaking workforce in the world, this opening ceremony further validates the competitive strengths of the Filipino people,” he added.

The chief executive again harped on the recognitions achieved…

After staging a series of stops in Baguio and the Visayas, the 17th STI National Youth Convention (NYC) recently gathered more than 20,000 STIers in Manila for the annual youth camp at the Aliw Theater in Pasay City.

Veteran trainer Pido Aguilar is shown speaking in front of a full-house crowd at the Aliw Theater in Pasay City

“We are nearing three decades of providing innovative and superior learning to the growing STI community. From our experience, when we want the students to really keep something in mind, we teach them through unique learning avenues that are relevant, fun, and enjoyable such as the NYC,” said Mitch Andaya, STI’s VP for…

Research firm Ovum said there is now solid evidence that leading operators in Asia-Pacific, the US, and Sweden are veering away from unlimited data tariffs for LTE due to traffic growth and management issues they generate.

“These operators are devising new ways to transition to LTE without continuing to offer burdensome unlimited tariffs. Experience is showing that the move to LTE without flat rates can be achieved with positive results,” Nicole McCormick, Ovum senior analyst telco strategy, said in a comment.

McCormick said the best method for the transition is to abandon unlimited tariffs from the launch of LTE.

“Operators should not feel compelled to simply roll over their existing pricing models….