ICT

MAKATI CITY, Philippines—Organizations that use computers older than three years are spending more on maintenance than those that have invested on new machines, a recent study showed.

By the time this column sees print, the possibility looms that the brouhaha over the Hayden Kho sex video scandal may no longer command as much public attention as it did the week just past.

MANILA, Philippines – Software piracy remains a serious problem in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific as a whole, according to a recent study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and research firm IDC.

MANILA, Philippines – Congress wants government to keep a close track of the revenues of the cellular mobile telephone service (CTMS) providers through the installation of a metering device.

MANILA, Philippines–Several years after being mandated to set up websites, some government offices have yet to allow public to do transactions online, a National Computer Center (NCC) report showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is pushing for a bill that aims to penalize cyber criminals and hackers, including pedophiles who use the Internet to lure victims.

Global PC shipments totaled 67.2 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 6.5 percent decline versus first quarter 2008, according to preliminary data from Gartner.

MANILA, Philippines–The desktop and notebook PC market in the Philippines saw a 12.8 percent market share decline in fourth quarter of 2008, research firm International Data Corp. said.

MANILA, Philippines – Employment opportunities for Filipino professionals in the United States of America seem to be getting bleaker.

With the United States still feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis, two American senators are seeking to limit the number of foreign information-technology professionals entering the country through the H1-B visa program, an advisory on the senators’ websites said.

MANILA, Philippines—Without a nationwide cybersecurity program to keep hackers at bay, government websites in the Philippines are vulnerable to computer attacks, an official of the National Computer Center (NCC) said Monday.

THE Philippines’ ranking on a global list of network-ready economies slipped four notches this year, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The Internet use in the Philippines grew last year on the back of higher research and social networking activities accompanies by the expansion of internet centers and digital media, an AC Nielsen-Yahoo Net Index report said.

MANILA, Philippines – Research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) has scaled down its growth projections for information and communication technology (ICT) spending in the Philippines for 2009 to 6.3 percent, from an earlier forecast of 10 percent.

(1st of 2 parts) I have been receiving quite a number of e-mails requesting an analysis of contracts for the development and maintenance of business websites. Two young entrepreneurs, one from Silliman University and the other from Canada, emphasized the necessity for some degree of clarification on the matter.

While the economic downturn has definitely hurt the country’s IT sector, several industry players are optimistic that opportunities still abound and that recovery will happen by 2010.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) – The research firm IDC said Thursday that worldwide personal computer shipments fell 1.9 percent during the fourth quarter and projected an 8 percent drop in the first half of the year.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) : Industry trackers on Wednesday slashed projections of global spending on information technology (IT) and said computer chip makers  could be hit with an unprecedented plunge in revenue.

MANILA, Philippines – The telecommunication sector is up for a difficult year if IDC’s latest Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker report is any indication.

THE internet is in this day and age such an integral part of our lives that, like it or not, we are all netizens now. But being part of this brave new world where technology has gobbled up distance does pose its own advantages—and disadvantages—in equal abundance.

MANILA, Philippines – Global research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) has lowered its growth rate forecast for the information technology services market in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) this year to a ‘post-crisis’ forecast of 9.6 percent, from the previous forecast of 11.2 percent.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Nearly 187,000 workers in the US technology sector lost their jobs last year, the highest number in five years, consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Thursday.

THE US recession could derail spending in the information communication and technology (ICT) sector, as telecom companies reassess business plans, according to IDC Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines ranked as the 10th most competitive IT industry environment in the Asia-Pacific, a recent study showed.

The Quezon City government will soon be taking over the responsibility of managing the $4.3-million Korea-Philippines Information Technology Training Center (KPITTC) located at the compound of the QC Polytechnic University in Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches.