Hyperscalers and investors are seeing heightened interest in Manila as location for their projects, a report by real estate management and consultancy firm showed. The Q3 2022 Data Center Report published recently by Knight Frank in partnership with DC Byte, the leading data center research and...
Pioneering township developer Megaworld Corporation is ramping up its use of data science and technology innovations as it builds smart, future-ready township developments that embrace sustainability. "We have been integrating data analytics and artificial intelligence in various aspects of our...
Riding a surge in demand from local and global enterprises, PLDT, through its wholly-owned ICT subsidiary ePLDT, is increasing the total rack capacity of its VITRO data centers. The telco disclosed Wednesday, August 24 they have added 612 racks and attaining 74 percent total rack utilization. “We...
For the Women (FTW) Foundation, on Saturday, Aug. 13 once again proved that “women can” compete as it conducted its 6th commencement activity for its data science scholars. (For the Women Foundation) FTW is a nonprofit organization established in 2018. It is committed to providing free Data...
With cloud computing, AI-powered assistants, Internet of Things (IoT, like smart TVs, speakers, and lights) and other innovations becoming more common and prevalent in our lives, companies are also constantly pushing the boundaries of what data science and artificial intelligence (DSAI) can do to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the election results and data, are safe, secure, intact and unaffected. Comelec/MB The poll body said this following the fire incident at their main office in Intramuros, Manila, Sunday, July 31. The Comelec said such data remains to be on live posting,...
Together with Republic Cement, Aboitiz Data Innovation developed and deployed the 28-Day Compressive Strength Predictive Modeling Tool —leading to better-managed resources, increased efficiency of raw materials usage, producing a more consistent cement product, and most importantly, effectively...
South Korea has helped the Philippines build a data center and establish a system in a bid to digitalize the invoicing system of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). EIS Data Center (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines) As part of the system's nearing launch,...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim The metaphor "data is the new oil" was coined by The Economist in 2017. Today, it has become a cliché and is so yesterday. Yes, the exponential growth of data today brought about by the ubiquitous use of digital technologies has opened many opportunities for innovations...
Questions about the declaration of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s faction as the legitimate members of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban), as well as Smartmatic’s data breach, the reshuffling of some election officers in Mindanao would be “hanging over the heads” of...
The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) technology provider for the automated election system (AES) Smartmatic reiterated on Friday, April 29 that the AES remaiins "safe and secure" for the upcoming May 2022 elections. Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioner George Garcia during the...
Mobile data use in the Philippines will continue to surge in 2022 even as pandemic restrictions ease, Globe Telecom executives predicted. “We registered encouraging growth in data traffic in 2021, and we see this sustained this year as more people are now going back out for work, school and...
