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...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, April 19 told a Senate committee that it has decided to withhold a P90-million payment for the services to Smartmatic, its automated elections technology provider, whose data were allegedly breached as the May 9, 2022 election approaches. Appearing...
Bayad and PCI Bayad continues to trailblaze the fintech industry being the trusted brand in the outsourced payment collection service in the Philippines. Having aggregated a multitude of billers that are now being used by more than 100,000 physical touchpoints and leading digital and mobile...
The UniTeam camp is claiming that it is now "statistically impossible" to overtake Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) presidential bet Bongbong Marcos in the surveys in time for the May 9 elections. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) The UniTeam, through its...
Globe Telecom Inc. on Monday, April 4, closed a joint venture partnership deal with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) and Ayala Corporation (AC) for a powerhouse data center which translates to a transaction pre-tax gain of P10.5 billion for the telco. So far, the three parties have signed...
76184 Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) recorded 42.6 million active data users in 2021, up 11 percent versus the preceding year with the easing of mobility restrictions. "We are confident that with the easing of mobility restrictions, the increase in economic activity and the growing adoption of...
