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The future is looking bright for the country’s digital economy. When the pandemic hit, many industries were quick to shift their focus on digital innovations, helping them thrive as the business landscape continues to change.

As the world slowly moves forward to post-pandemic life, enterprises are on the cusp of seeing the next evolution in the workplace with more and more employees preferring a hybrid work setup. This then calls for business leaders to rethink how their operations will adjust moving forward.

In today’s hyperconnected world, businesses, no matter what size, need to be easily accessible 24/7 so they can efficiently meet their growing needs. Whether they’re working onsite at their offices, or out on the road, it pays for entrepreneurs to stay just as connected as their digital-savvy consumers, so they don’t miss out on important opportunities, and continually build their business with ease.

The story of Bitshares Labs Inc., or simply BLINC, is set in the backdrop of pine trees in Baguio City. In the heart of one of the country’s favorite summer destinations, a group of freelancers headed by Jan Emmet M. Yngson, now BLINC’s President/CEO, saw an opportunity to build a company that businesses can turn to to establish their online presence.

For cash-strapped Filipino students weighed down by the extra cost of remote education, Globe Business and TNL Tech Solutions forged a partnership to make digital learning more accessible and more affordable, ensuring they continue to get the quality education they deserve.

As the biggest property management company in the Philippines, Ayala Property Management Corporation (APMC) needed to transform its operations to digital to provide an overall better experience for staff and customers.

St. Peter Life Plan, Inc. collaborated with the enterprise arm of Globe Telecom to kickstart its digital journey. Globe Business and St. Peter teamed up to enhance the latter’s services and launch its e-commerce platform, the St. Peter eStore, accommodating the need for safer and easier access to its products and services.

Globe Business is the recipient of the 2021 Zoom Partner Marketing Awards from Zoom Video Communications, Inc., with its After 5 Game Night campaign lauded fori ts creativity and innovation by executing a virtual game night on the Zoom platform inspired by pre-pandemic pub quizzes.

Globe’s enterprise arm inspires leaders across all industries to embrace radical compassion in building their businesses. This means going beyond profit and looking at environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration to save the planet and help improve people’s lives. In In this year’s Leadership Innovation Forum (Lead-In) of Globe Business focused on the theme “Bigger Picture, Greater Future: Redefining Success Beyond Business” to share valuable insights that can help corporations re-evaluate their purpose and direction. 

Digital transformation has never been more necessary to daily life than it is today. Since the pandemic occurred, businesses have continued to migrate to online platforms, highlighting the ever-growing need for automated information and communication technology (ICT) solutions. For businesses to succeed in this current environment, they need to invest in ICT that will improve communication, privacy and security, and overall connectivity.

Globe Telecom has teamed up with its business applications and consulting arm, Third Pillar, to fuel TechGlobal Data Center, Inc.'s transformation as it continues to grow as one of the country's largest and most secure data centers.

Globe Business aspires to be part of the digitization journey of various organizations, including the ones that belong to the public sector, to help them lead better in today's digital and connected world. To pursue this, Globe Business is leading the fifth virtual session titled R.I.S.E.: Regional Insights and Strategies for E-Government, leaders from the national government and LGUs gathered to share and learn more about digital transformation strategies.

Through the years, Globe Business has continuously empowered micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in their transition to digitalization. Now, more than ever, it is even more determined to ramp up its support to speed up their recovery from the impact of the pandemic and make their businesses more resilient to whatever situation they face through the Globe Business Recovery Program.

The pandemic compelled hospitals to digitize their medical records and future-proof their establishments to provide better care for patients.

The pandemic gives businesses the opportunity to rebuild in a more environmentally sustainable way, via “The Great Reset”.

Globe Telecom has teamed up with its business applications and consulting arm, Third Pillar, to fuel TechGlobal Data Center, Inc.’s transformation as it continues to grow as one of the country’s largest and most secure data centers.

The pandemic changed our outlook almost overnight. Pre-lockdowns, Filipinos were cautious adopters of e-commerce, but now we embrace it and see it as essential. Resilience and compassionate listening have been key for many Filipino entrepreneurs to adapt to the times. One of them is Canlaon Mart, a diversified retail business in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. Focusing on their customers’ needs, they found ways to adjust their offers and operations, partnering with Globe Business to help them pivot digitally in the new normal.

Smaller businesses tend to hesitate when it comes to availing of digital solutions, with cost being the number one challenge. But with e-commerce continuing to boom, many have become more open and willing to shift their paper-based processes to digital ones, to save time and money.