WE?RE THERE FIRST. Stephen Brobst, chief technology officer of Teradata, makes a point during a press briefing in Makati City on Monday. The exec said unlike other IT vendors who hopped on the ?Big Data? trend just recently, Teradata has been focused on this phenomenon from the start.
FIRST TIME VISITOR. Pres. Benigno Aquino III shakes hands with Accenture Chief Operating Officer Jo Deblaere. Looking on are (from left) Accenture Chairman and CEO Pierre Nanterme, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo and Accenture PH Country Managing Director Manolito Tayag.
VIDEO-ON-DEMAND. Ariel Fermin, head of the PLDT?s Home Business, speaks during the launch of PLDT's partnership with online movie streaming website Clickplay.ph. The new service allows PLDT's Fibr subscribers to watch free movies based on their monthly plans.
SOCIAL MEDIA HOLE. Siva Belasamy, regional sales director for Oracle Asean, said in a recent media briefing that percent of consumers (2 out of every 5) prefer social log-ins over creating a new or guest account. He said this practice could open up a slew of security threats, especially in the workplace.
HITTING THE POT. Photo shows (from left) Narciso Reyes, Google Philippines country manager, Usec. Manuel Quezon III of the Presidential Communications and Development and Strategic Planning Office, and Julian Persaud, Google Southeast Asia managing director, aim for the Google-themed pot during the ceremonial pot breaking ceremony to formally launch Google Philippines in Taguig City on Wednesday.
COOL TREND. Luis Sison, program leader at DOST-UP Enterprise Center for Technopreneurship, answers a question from the media during a recent business forum on start-ups in UP Diliman. Sison said young Filipinos should become more technopreneurs in order to seize opportunities offered by current start-up boom.
ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL. Intel Philippines country manager Ricky Banaag makes a point during in a recent yearend briefing held in Makati City. After stumbling in the wireless space, Intel is eager to regain its dominance back with a new strategy that spans the entire mobility spectrum.
FRIENDLY RIVALS. Jose Mari Mercado of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (right) and Ameet Nivsarkar of Nasscom seal the deal in the presence of Vice President Jejomar Binay at The Oberoi, Zakir Hussain Marg in New Delhi, India.
UPBEAT FORECAST. Ronnie Latinazo, EMC Philippines country manager, discusses his company?s prognosis for 2013 during a recent press briefing in Makati City. He said cloud computing, virtualization, and big data will continue to dominate the local enterprise IT space this year.
