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Philippines to launch ICT program to drive national development

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Initiative seeks to apply ICT as a tool to broaden priority sectors in the Philippines Sectors include governance, people, agriculture, healthcare, public protection, power THE Philippines Government, thru the Information and Communications Technology Office of Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICTO), is ready to introduce a new ICT flagship software that is focused on some vital industries.   Called ‘Smarter Philippines,’ the initiative seeks to use ICT as a tool to expand precedence sectors within the us of a.   It consists of several additives together with Smarter Governance, Smarter People, Smarter High-Tech Industry, Smarter Computing, Smarter SMEs, Smarter Agriculture World Development, Smarter Environmental Healthcare, Energy and Transport, Smarter Disaster and Mitigation Public Safety, and Smarter Cities.   Alejandro P. Melchor III, deputy executive director for ICT industry improvement of ICTO, said the Government has recognized the big strength of ICT as a fir...

Developers the new rock-stars in the Philippines

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· Hackathon now not for the faint-hearted · Only 9 hours to develop a mobile app COMING at the heels of its a hit WebGeek DevCup Hackathon in August, which noticed 38 groups take part, Smart DevNet and WebGeek are about to unleash a brand new hackathon on Dec 1.   The Foursquare Hack Day Philippines  (#4SQHackPH) promises to be an extreme all-day cell app hackathon that its organizers desire will give upward thrust to the most creative and skillful group to supply the nice mobile application the usage of Foursquare APIs (software programming interfaces).   Applications may be assembled using any blend of programming languages, application frameworks, and improvement tools. Participants are anticipated to bring the essential tools to build their opposition access and must demo their app via a smartphone.   Participants may be given nine hours to craft a cell app conforming to the topic to receive on the event day itself. 43 teams have confirmed their participation to date.   The idea ...

Obama’s re-election not bad for Philippines

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‘Outsourcing commercial enterprise offerings to the Philippines helps make US agencies greater aggressive and profitable’ In 2011, the Philippines’ IT-BPO enterprise generated more than US$11bil in sales and hired nearly 640,000 THE Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s re-election amid speculation that his victory may additionally resurrect talks on the passage of anti-outsourcing rules inside the US Senate. “We congratulate President Barack Obama (%) on his reelection. While there has been hypothesis that anti-outsourcing legislation may be revisited, the Philippine IT-BPO enterprise will maintain to support america economy and American corporations to help ensure they're the various maximum aggressive in the global whilst releasing up sources to create more jobs inside the United States,” said BPAP president and CEO Benedict Hernandez. According to Hernandez, “Outsourcing commercial enterprise services to the Ph...

ANZ Thailand and Philippines big winners in Cloud Readiness Index

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14 economies assessed across 10 indicators, inclusive of public policy Japan nonetheless tops list, Singapore and Malaysia keep 4th and 8th spots THE Asia Cloud Computing Association’s Cloud Readiness Index 2014 (CRI 2014) reveals Asia Pacific divided into three development businesses.   The Index, now in its 0.33 new release, assessed 14 international locations towards 10 indicators which contribute to the infrastructural and regulatory preparedness for cloud computing adoption inside the location, the affiliation said in a declaration.   While Japan maintained its lead on the pinnacle of the Index for the 0.33 time jogging, the large improvers had been New Zealand, Australia and Thailand, all whom moved up four places, and the Philippines, moving up two places.   Between 2011 and 2014, the Philippines has now moved from backside of the desk to tenth, the Asia Cloud Computing Association said.   Common to all of the improvers appears to be the presence of an overarching ICT an...

Philippines Supreme Court suspends controversial cybercrime law

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Temporary restraining order issued, first take a look at case had just popped up Justice Dept claims there are many misconceptions being floated a crime THE Philippines Supreme Court, in an en banc session on Oct nine, voted unanimously to problem a brief restraining order in opposition to the newly-enacted controversial Cybercrime Law.   The excessive courtroom became performing at the 15 petitions filed before it thinking the constitutionality of the Cybercrime Law. The Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO), however, stated it is hopeful that the law can still be fixed.   Filipinos have taken to the streets (percent) to protest the Cybercrime Law (RA 101750), even as hackers, in a display of dissent, were attacking authorities web sites.   The decision got here at the same day that the Department of Justice (DOJ) held a public discussion board to resource within the drafting of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Cybercrime Law. Stakeholders f...