IT talks!

Who are the true stakeholders of the Davao I.T. industry?

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has apparently directed Damosa Land to ‘keep lease rates down’ in order to attract more locators. Damosa I.T. Park director Ed Villaver revealed this interesting fact during this month’s Techno Kapehan. He said this was to be his company’s counterpart to the incentives PEZA will provide investors. It’s rather [...]

Last 18 April 2007 at the 4th Techno Kapehan, the ICT Davao Inc. held its first Induction of Officers. Led by its founding president, Bong Tee, and sworn into office by Councilor Pete Laviña, the new set of officers and directors are now faced with the challenge of steering Davao’s I.T. industry into the future. [...]

Davao’s I.T. industry is at a crossroads. Things are finally starting to happen: the various I.T. associations have at last recognized an umbrella organization; other industry associations are now on the road to aligning themselves with the I.T. industry; local companies are now more aware and accepting of I.T. products and services. So where do [...]

A group of Japanese investors was in town for a look-see over the weekend. They were 3 top executives of an I.T. firm based in Tokyo, and a Manila-based Japanese investor. They were accompanied by a Filipino investment agent who contacted the Department of Trade & Industry – XI for arrangements in Davao.

Aside from the two well-publicized contact centers in Davao — Gcom and Link2Support — there apparently are a few more now operating in the city. A friend recently brought to my attention one of these low-key BPO operators; he works there and he said there were only 10 of them in active duty. I was [...]

No, I’m not talking about trapos here. There is much politicking within the IT industry, especially involving two camps: the pro-Open Source and the rest. Curiously, "the rest" don’t seem to give a hoot. Ok, let’s name them, shall we? "The rest" are the supposedly pro-Microsoft people. When I talked to some of them, they [...]