The proposed two-floor center, to be located in Bicutan, Taguig City, will house state-of-the-art equipment and laboratory facilities specifically designed to cater to the electronics industry.
Pres. Benigno Aquino has issued Administrative Order (AO) 39 establishing the Government Web Hosting Service (GWHS), which will host government-owned websites and serve as a central fort against online attacks.
Unknown to many in the ICT industry, the national government has allocated P9 billion as budget for ?Digital Empowerment Fund? that can be tapped by public agencies to procure digital devices for their use.
The masterplan will guide government agencies in aligning their information systems? strategic plans to the national e-government priorities such as efficiency and transparency.
[Government email and online transactions will now have an additional layer of security with the introduction of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which uses digital certificates and dual encryption keys in securing data.
The Philippines PC market grew by 18 percent sequentially QoQ but declined 15 percent Year-on-Year (YoY), to reach a total of 462,000 units in 1Q 2013.
The two DOST agencies responsible for the initiative -- the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) and the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) ? said GovCloud will enable government agencies to use secure online applications for their various computing requirements.
High-end and volume systems were the major streams driving the server market growth. The growth of high-end servers was driven by organic growth from the banking sector, which was enhancing technology infrastructures to meet rising customer banking needs.
The government?s IT officials are pushing the use of a recently launched Government Website Template (GWT) in order to give government websites a uniform corporate identity, ease visitor navigation, and enhance website security.
This development renders the Philippines the most upbeat market in Asia-Pacific which, in contrast, contracted year-on-year for the sixth quarter in a row and dropped by 7.6%.
