Worries over cybersecurity threats are growing in the small and medium-sized business spheres in the Philippines over the outcomes of cyber incidents, a majority of which are losing customer information to malicious actors. This trend is directly affecting the decision making of SMB players towards strategic measures to improve overall cybersecurity posture.
Cisco Philippines managing director Karrie Ilagan noted that work-from-home arrangements do have challenges including connectivity, an ever-growing demand for broadband, and video-call “fatigue” that many customers and partners have experienced.
As a result, cybersecurity now tops corporate priorities, with 93% of organizations in the Philippines saying that cybersecurity is extremely important or more important than before the pandemic.
Cisco has launched Ugnayan 2030, a collaboration framework with government leaders, industry, and academia aimed at building greater digital resilience by unlocking the value of digitization in the Philippines.
The new devices from Webex are designed to promote functionality without sacrificing simplicity. In fact, in the case of the Webex Desk Camera, users can now mute and unmute their microphones with a gesture - a function that the company claims is an industry first.
The country’s GDP by 2024 stands to gain between $26 to $28 billion with the digitalization of Filipino small and medium enterprises, according to the 2020 Asia Pacific SMB Digital Maturity study commissioned by networking hardware maker Cisco.
As a result, there is a clamor for dedicated meeting technology. The most requested by participants are a high-quality headset, a digital meeting assistant to capture notes and action items, and digital whiteboards.
Network gear maker Cisco recently held a virtual event called Cisco Live! Digital to highlight its new solutions that are geared towards the industry’s “next normal” landscape and operating parameters.
