IT talks!

Up until this year, brownouts were rare in Davao City. Well, when I was in high school it was rather common, even expected, especially during summer. But for years, Davao has enjoyed practically zero brownouts since then. The Davao Light & Power Co. is even an awardee for being one of the best power companies [...]

Davao City is now being recognized by Japan as a potential I.T. investment destination, as well as a source of manpower. But is Davao’s I.T. industry ready to accommodate Japan’s requirements?

VeriSign, the company that globally manages the two most popular top-level domains (TLDs), has announced that it will raise the wholesale rates of .com and .net domain names this 15th of October 2007. Domain names ending in .com, from $6.00, will be increased to $6.42; and .net domains, from $3.50 to $3.85. This rather huge [...]

Good news to Filipinos! PayPal has now opened its full system to Philippine-based account holders. Previously, we could use PayPal only for remitting or paying, but not for accepting funds online. Now, we can accept moneys via the Internet, as well as make use of PayPal’s industry-strength and secure payment gateway facility. This is indeed [...]

The 18th of September 2007 was an auspicious day for Davao I.T. That day saw the inauguration of the Davao branch of the Philippine National I.T. Standards (PhilNITS) Foundation. Formerly known as JITSE-Phils., PhilNITS has for 5 years been involved in uplifting the quality of I.T. professionals in the country, via a certification program that [...]

Infinit-O is a leading BPO company in the Philippines providing back office support primarily for the financial services and healthcare sectors. It is currently expanding its range of Mortgage Loan Processing Outsource services to help mortgage companies across the United States through their current turmoil. Despite the negative news and forecasts for the U.S. mortgage [...]

Amidst political scandals and the growing disillusionment over the present administration, it is a welcome development to see your government at work. One shining example is the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), in particular that of Region 11. Another public institution that could give this government some much-needed accolades is the Philippine Export-Import Credit [...]

In the last few years, industry watchers have seen the increased adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software systems — especially from SAP, Oracle and Microsoft — by Davao-based companies. And I’m not referring to multinational companies, but to homegrown, medium-sized corporations that software providers call their “mid-market”. In the past, Davao companies relied on [...]

OK, so now I know what that huge rambutan-filled speech bubble in SM City was! It looked a lot like the symbol for blogging (and I wasn’t very far off the mark). Apparently, many such mysterious “crop circles” have appeared all over the country, from Baguio to Davao: shapes of TVs, envelopes, magnifying glasses, musical [...]

DavaoExchange.com and the Davao Directory Online are two Internet-based services that provide Davao businessmen with additional tools to promote their products and services, as well as to facilitate their business activities.