The electronics sector, which accounts for over half of the country’s total merchandise exports, experienced a steep 18.8% decline in export value from January to May this year.
Tech startup Connected Women is training both Filipino women for them to become data annotators, which are considered to be essential in any program that uses artificial intelligence (AI).
It is not business as usual yet in the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) space, but the sector continues to open job opportunities amid the pandemic, industry group IBPAP said.
Purpose-built container platform company Diamanti has appointed ICT distribution firm VST ECS Philippines as its newest distributor for hardware and software solutions that address the growing need to modernize IT infrastructure.
As restrictions around the world tightened in the first few weeks of the quarter, demand for notebooks continued to grow to maintain continuity of business and schooling for many communities.
According to a new cloud survey from cybersecurity Sophos, organizations in the Philippines experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year – including ransomware and other malware (77%), exposed data (40%), compromised accounts (40%), and cryptojacking (16%).
