Online gambling in the Philippines is going to overtake local casinos sooner than later. That?s the fearless forecast of Dennis Valdez, president of PhilWeb, the only authorized online gambling operator in the Philippines.
As addresses using IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) begin to run out, technology investors and stakeholders in the Philippines and Asia Pacific are being urged to transition to IPv6 in order to maintain a scalable Internet for the region.
Although the Philippines topped the SEA region in having APT activities, it only ranked fifth among the ten APJ countries included in the report. Unlike other cyberattacks, APT bypass traditional defenses like firewalls, next-generation firewalls, IPS, anti-virus, and security gateways.
What started as light-hearted social media posts about the lack of “Chicken Joy” in the menu of Jollibee stores has exploded into a full-blown crisis for a French-owned systems integrator that is implementing the fast-food giant’s “IT systems upgrade”.
The Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICT Office) and the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) have launched the first Philippine Start-up Challenge (PSC) to promote ITpreneurship among Filipino students.
Saying that Internet data that travel outside of the country are vulnerable to security risks and contribute to the slowdown in Internet speed, a major cloud computing firm has thrown its full support behind the IP (Internet protocol) peering initiative of the government via the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Called ?ONE Philippines Act?, the bill highlights the role of national government agencies, particularly the Information Communications Technology Office (ICT Office) of the DOST and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), in creating a new system of providing access to information, which includes IT infrastructure where both the private players and government can invest in.
A lawmaker is calling for the regulation of online gambling, stressing that easy access to the Internet has exposed minors to gambling. At present, there is no existing law to monitor Internet gambling.
Though deemed highly successful, the government?s tech-driven disaster preparedness and mitigation program -- Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) -- needs more scientists and advanced equipment so it can deliver more responsive and accurate information and alerts.
Trading activity from online investors also grew in 2013 with their share to total number of trades in the stock market growing to 29.3 percent in 2013 from 28.2 percent in 2012. In terms of value traded, online trading turnover went up by 23.9 percent in 2013 representing 6.1 percent of total regular market trades.
