E-Government has many meaning to everyone. For me, e-government is all about bringing basic public service online, using ICT and the Internet, and make it accessible to the masses. It will only be able to fulfill its purpose if it would include enabling citizens to transact with the government using...
In 2001, we published an article in DigitalFilipino.com, "Where is the Filipino IT Talent?" This article was inspired when I met companies like Bigfoot.com, among others, looking for a possible location where one can base an office in the Philippines, where there
The slow process in prosecution of cases, lack of an institutionalized cybercrime program, and the recent Proclamation 1017, I believe, have affected the trust level of companies in outsourcing. Unless otherwise the culprit admits to his or her cybercrime, expect a hacking or fraud case to take years to prosper. This...
In the 13th issue of the DigitalFilipino.com StatsReport, The IT Buying Habits in Corporate Philippines Survey Part 2, showed that there are more companies investing in data center services. However, increasingly done in-house, rather than outsourced. 100 companies in Metro Manila, mostly from top 1000 corporations, were randomly surveyed, through email...
