KakaoTalk, a Korean mobile messaging application, made its official launch on Thursday, Aug. 8, in Makati City, in an attempt to draw Filipino mobile users into the habit of using instant messengers for their communication needs.
Globe Telecom became one of the high-profile clients of Internet giant Google on Wednesday, Aug. 7, when it announced its shift to Google Apps for its internal communication and collaboration requirements.
Thakral One, one of the technology divisions of Thailand-based IT conglomerate Thakral Group, has announced the appointment of Sawfin Saw Buan as the country general manager for its Philippine operations.
Seeking to boost its business recovery system (BRS) offering in the country, the local office of tech behemoth EMC has unveiled a new ?Protection Storage Architecture? which is aimed at arresting the proliferation of the ?accidental architectures? prevalent in current technology landscape.
DBM secretary Florencio Abad said the government is moving to reform the existing payroll system of the entire bureaucracy with the implementation of the National Payroll System (NPS).
The DOST said the Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil) Project has completed the guidelines for migrating all government websites to its hosting service as contained in the recent order of Pres. Benigno Aquino III.
To further expand the capability of the Philippines in the outsourcing arena, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently launched an English language training software for Filipinos considering a career in the BPO industry.
The pilot deployment in the country of TV White Space technology ? which are basically unused TV channels ? will be conducted among fishermen of Bohol as part of an effort to help improve fisherfolk registration in the island-province.
The rationalization program of the government has taken hold at the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO), with about 1,900 employees getting affected, mostly coming from the Telecommunications Office (Telof).
