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NO NEED TO BUY EVERY YEAR. Ariel Arias, Samsung Philippines business unit head, discusses the features of the latest Samsung Smart TV series at the NBC Tent in Taguig City on Wednesday night.

EYE ON UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS. Ralph Ede, Jabra managing director for South Asia, discusses the company’s newly launched headsets developed for the growing Unified Communications (UC) market. The series is developed for virtual office with a behind-the-ear wearing style.

WIN NO. 2. Lito Tayag, country managing director of Accenture in the Philippines, receives from Jovy Hernandez, head of PLDT corporate business, the trophy for BPO Company of the Year during the recent awarding ceremony of the International ICT Awards Philippines 2012.

STILL EVOLVING. Patrick Tang, VP for retail voice at PLDT, takes the podium to launch the “app-graded” version of the company’s Telpad landline and broadband service at White Space in Makati City on Wednesday.

SOFTWARE MAVENS. Sen. Edgardo Angara (3rd from right) recently led the oath-taking of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) Board of Directors during its first general membership meeting for the year held at the A. Venue Suites in Makati City. Eight new PSIA member-companies were also sworn in during the night.

THEY’RE THE BOSS. Carlos Dominguez, senior vice president of Cisco Systems, participates in a “Telepresence” session fromAustraliato discuss the trends sweeping the technology landscape. He said the roles of large firms and consumers have been reversed, with consumers now driving the innovation circle.