The Philippines PC market grew by 18 percent sequentially QoQ but declined 15 percent Year-on-Year (YoY), to reach a total of 462,000 units in 1Q 2013.
The two DOST agencies responsible for the initiative -- the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) and the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) ? said GovCloud will enable government agencies to use secure online applications for their various computing requirements.
Amar Mehta, Cyberoam country manager for the Philippines, said during a recent press briefing that the local subsidiary will provide support for distribution to further grow the Cyberoam brand in the country.
High-end and volume systems were the major streams driving the server market growth. The growth of high-end servers was driven by organic growth from the banking sector, which was enhancing technology infrastructures to meet rising customer banking needs.
Apple?s unveiling Monday, June 17, of a new streaming music service as well as a major redesign of its vaunted mobile operating system shouldn?t be construed as defending what many see as an increasingly embattled position.
The government?s IT officials are pushing the use of a recently launched Government Website Template (GWT) in order to give government websites a uniform corporate identity, ease visitor navigation, and enhance website security.
With Google Apps for Education, they will be able to send and receive e-mail with a @tesda.gov.ph domain name, store data and share documents with Drive, hold Web-based video conferences with Google+ Hangouts and build websites with Sites.
BayadLoad, whichc allows users to pay their contributions for social security, housing, provident and health insurance using load on their mobile phones., will initially address the need of domestic service workers to comply with the Kasambahay Law, which took effect last June 4.
This development renders the Philippines the most upbeat market in Asia-Pacific which, in contrast, contracted year-on-year for the sixth quarter in a row and dropped by 7.6%.
Recovery of semiconductors (10.6%) and automotive electronics (2,323.1%), following three consecutive months of contraction since January 2013, tempered the overall decline in exports.
