The Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) officially became the first port in the Philippines to transition to an automated gate system (AGS) backed by machine learning.
Department of Finance (DOF) secretary Benjamin Diokno identified digitalization as the key to transforming the system and eradicating corruption within the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs.
Sen. Grace Poe highlighted the need to also dig deeper on how the telcos guarantee that their respective database is shielded from breaches and leakages.
Last Monday, the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology approved the SIM card registration bill as a rush of "personalized" text scams sent to mobile subscribers made it to the headlines.
A lawyer for local operator Globe Telecom said during a Senate hearing on Thursday, Sept. 8, that lawmakers may consider inserting a provision in the proposed SIM registration bill that requires SIM cards to be activated only after registration.
Local software firm Multisys Technologies Corp. announced on Wednesday, Sept. 1, the appointment of Victor Aliwalas as its chief executive officer, replacing David Almirol who recently joined the Department of Information and Communications Technology as undersecretary for e-government.
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) committed to provide free cloud computing skills training to 29 million people by 2025, it set its sights on reaching both technologically experienced and inexperienced individuals and has since carried out its upskilling activities through four initiatives.
Showcasing its potential as a digital hub, the Visayas region recently hosted the 10th Visayas ICT (VICTOR) Conference in Boracay Island, Aklan as it highlighted the importance of convergence between the national and local government units, academe, and private sector through an ICT-enabled whole-of-the-nation approach.
According to NetDragon, the artificial CEO will be put to task as a real-time data hub and analytical tool to help streamline the company’s daily operations.
