Third Pillar, which was co-founded by veteran IT executive Jennifer Ligones, is now slowly making a name for itself after just three years of local operations. Fuelling its growth is its status as the preferred local partner of recognized brands in cloud computing, data analytics, and IT consulting.
US-based cloud computing powerhouse Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced at its first major local event recently that it has opened an office in the country to further support the growing customer base across the Philippines.
Hours after the closing of voting precincts in cities and municipalities in the country on Monday, the public may view the "uncanvassed" electoral results from the precinct level at the newest public site of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Facebook has announced that it will give the 51 million Filipinos on Facebook the chance to share that they've voted in this Monday's elections, with an "I'm a Voter" button that will appear in the Facebook News Feeds of those eligible to vote.
Social media powerhouse Facebook said that as of May 2, a total of 20.8 million people have engaged in election-related conversations on the platform, generating 229 million interactions.
People who are concerned about voting fraud on Election Day can report any unusual election activities, violations and irregularities via Twitter, too.
Compared to the first two automated polls held in 2010 and 2013, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that it is more prepared to conduct the forthcoming polls.
In a hyperconverged environment, all elements of the storage, compute, and network components are optimized to work together on a single commodity appliance from a single vendor.
The Philippines may be the world's business process outsourcing (BPO) superpower but its government has no unified 24-hour call center that will reply to queries on often-transacted documents or often-sought services.
The teacher-BEIs who passed the DOST certification process are capable of operating the Vote Counting Machine (VCM), which the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be using in the forthcoming national, regional, and local elections on May 9, 2016.
