Twenty years ago today, the Philippines was connected to the global Internet at the ?First Philippine Email Conference? in Cebu. This very title reminds us of what the expectations were at the time and emphasizes how far we?ve come since then.
In the world we live in today, any type of downtime even a brief one can make the headline and would definitely create a negative image for a business.
As the country celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Internet in the Philippines, one of the persons responsible in making that milestone a reality said that while the cost of going online has gone down tremendously over the last two decades, the cost of data access should still go down in order for more Filipinos to have access to the Internet.
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2014, a 6.9 percent increase from 2013.
Consolidating backup and recovery systems across the organization is the highway to efficiencies in costs, risk management and performance for business continuity.
Access to broadband could be the universal catalyst that lifts developing countries out of poverty and puts access to health care, education, and basic social services within reach of all, according to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
The Filipino students took home a prize of $750 for their study "Communect: Secure Community Connection Using OpenBTS as an Alternative Base Station," which was presented at the regional event held at the Korea University in Seoul, South Korea last March 11 to 13.
The Philippines joined the 17th Clock Tower School International Mathematics Contest, held from March 20 to 23 in the capital city of Ramnicu Valcea in Valcea, Romania.
DBM secretary Florencio B. Abad said the initial implementation of the Aquino administration?s Cashless Purchase Card System program is the first step in preventing unliquidated spending in government, especially in light of a Commission on Audit (COA) announcement that P5 billion in state funds have yet to be accounted for.
