Technology
Posted on June 08, 2015 08:28:00 PM
PHL gov’t tech initiatives ‘not enough’: IT firm
DESPITE initiatives like Project NOAH, the Philippine government hasn’t fully embraced technology yet despite the Philippines being labeled as Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) and texting capitals of the world, an official of an information technology company said.
At a media briefing announcing new partner IT companies, Computrade Technology Philippines (CTP) Managing Director Teddy Sumulong said the government can take advantage of advancements in technology to address social issues such as poverty and corruption.
“Other countries have fully embraced the technology as an enabler for government initiatives. [They] have used technology in... roads, airports, national I.D.s. It has made their social services more efficient. I think we don’t have enough of those. I think the closest to that is the government’s intention on private-public partnerships, which, at least from our side, is not enough,” he said.
He added that CTP, as a “technology evangelist,” can help the government upgrade and fully embrace technology.
“We feel that the government can do much more but we do understand also that there are other priorities like peace and order and corruption, we’re sensitive to that. But then again, the other countries have used technology and the consequences of that is less corruption. There are reactive and proactive ways to use technology,” he said.
A local subsidiary of the Computrade Technology International (CTI Group), CTP welcomed last June 3 five new IT companies to add to its growing portfolio in line with its optimism with the country’s market growth.
“The new partnerships are a testament of Computrade’s longterm commitment to the Philippines driven by the market’s growing demand for world class IT solutions,” Mr. Sumulong said. He added that the expanding portfolio addresses the needs of the enterprise market.
The top rank partners were launched during the press conference.
These are: Bluecat, a data driven intelligence company whose clients include Coca-Cola, Smart, PLDT, Globe, Sony, Volvo, and Western Union; SAS, a business analytics and business intelligence software provider; Hitachi Data Systems, a storage and compute systems and software provider; MapR Technologies, a big data provider whose customers include Linked, Yahoo, Facebook, iTunes, Google, McAffee, and Amazon.com, among others.
“The market for application delivery services is constantly evolving. We are seeing an exponential proliferation of apps, transformation of architectural infrastructure, and an increasing need to optimize and secure compute resources as enterprises moved to the cloud,” said F5 Networks Country Manager Oscar Visaya.
F5 Networks, an application provider, is also another Computrade partner. F5 Networks provides applications to the country’s top four telecommunications providers and top banks. It also developed the Department of Science and Technology’s Project NOAH application. -- Nickky Faustine P. De Guzman
“Other countries have fully embraced the technology as an enabler for government initiatives. [They] have used technology in... roads, airports, national I.D.s. It has made their social services more efficient. I think we don’t have enough of those. I think the closest to that is the government’s intention on private-public partnerships, which, at least from our side, is not enough,” he said.
He added that CTP, as a “technology evangelist,” can help the government upgrade and fully embrace technology.
“We feel that the government can do much more but we do understand also that there are other priorities like peace and order and corruption, we’re sensitive to that. But then again, the other countries have used technology and the consequences of that is less corruption. There are reactive and proactive ways to use technology,” he said.
A local subsidiary of the Computrade Technology International (CTI Group), CTP welcomed last June 3 five new IT companies to add to its growing portfolio in line with its optimism with the country’s market growth.
“The new partnerships are a testament of Computrade’s longterm commitment to the Philippines driven by the market’s growing demand for world class IT solutions,” Mr. Sumulong said. He added that the expanding portfolio addresses the needs of the enterprise market.
The top rank partners were launched during the press conference.
These are: Bluecat, a data driven intelligence company whose clients include Coca-Cola, Smart, PLDT, Globe, Sony, Volvo, and Western Union; SAS, a business analytics and business intelligence software provider; Hitachi Data Systems, a storage and compute systems and software provider; MapR Technologies, a big data provider whose customers include Linked, Yahoo, Facebook, iTunes, Google, McAffee, and Amazon.com, among others.
“The market for application delivery services is constantly evolving. We are seeing an exponential proliferation of apps, transformation of architectural infrastructure, and an increasing need to optimize and secure compute resources as enterprises moved to the cloud,” said F5 Networks Country Manager Oscar Visaya.
F5 Networks, an application provider, is also another Computrade partner. F5 Networks provides applications to the country’s top four telecommunications providers and top banks. It also developed the Department of Science and Technology’s Project NOAH application. -- Nickky Faustine P. De Guzman
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