The government's ICT program, iGovPhil, is a part of the e-Government Master Plan of 2013-2016, which aims to maximize the use of ICT resources through shared ICT infrastructure, services, and applications for national government agencies. iGovPhil has a total project cost of P2.53 billion implemented from 2012 to 2016. The DBM has previously released P164.6 million to ICTO in 2012 for the first phase of the project.
To enable the government to use Big Data and analytics in disaster mitigation, tech giant IBM has formally turned over to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) a new multi-million intelligent operations center to provide a central point of command for disaster management.
Comelec chair Sixto Brillantes told the House committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms that P10 billion will be allocated for the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) machines, while the remaining P8 billion will be used to buy software and other election paraphernalia.
SolarWinds, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, inaugurated its first IT Shared Services site located at the Eco Tower in BGC in Taguig City. The Philippine facility will provide support a wide range of business disciplines such as IT product support, sales, finance, and operations.
In an attempt the cut down the huge number of unsolicited text messages being sent to mobile phone subscribers, Globe Telecom has filed before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) what is believed to be the first case against text spamming in the country.
The DOST, through the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICT Office), has started a series of start-up workshops this year, which will be held in various cities of Lingayen, Iligan, Tuguegarao, Naga, Dumagete, and General Santos City.
A sign that the Philippine tech scene is indeed starting to mature, the Founder Institute ? said to be the world's largest start-up launch program -- has officially launched its chapter in Manila.
Bayan Muna party-list representative Neri Colmenares has urged the National Telecommunications Commission to order mobile operators to include interest payments in their refund to subscribers. He also said the NTC should increase the fine it imposed on the telcos for their refusal to implement the NTC decision to lower SMS rates by P0.20 since 2011.
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Board of Investments (BOI) have followed the lead of the Department of Trade and Industry in adopting cloud computing in the public sector with the roll-out of Microsoft Office 365.
Seeing the vast potential of the rural areas in the development of the country?s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, the national government is undertaking a series of workshops aimed at providing jobs and other opportunities in the countryside.
