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TAITRA seminar introduces medtech innovations from Taiwan in PH

You’ve probably heard of this story before: A Filipino patient is diagnosed with an illness that needs urgent advanced medical treatment. She consults with top medical experts, yet no one could provide the immediate care she needs because the necessary technology has yet to arrive in the country. She is advised to seek treatment abroad, most likely in the United States or Europe where more modern technologies are available, but due to time constraints in raising funds for her trip—not to mention the physical toll that long haul travel could impose on her already delicate health condition—she is left with no other choice but to settle with her limited options. This is the sad state that many Filipino patients face today, but thankfully, we can always find a helping hand from our friends in Taiwan. In recent years, Taiwan and the Philippines have formed closer working ties in the medical sector including personnel training, academic exchange, and industrial cooperation. In keeping wit

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LG empowers people with special needs through HopeWash program

LG, in close collaboration with Hopewell Integrated School (HIS) and Bigwash, endeavors to empower individuals with special needs through a sustainable livelihood program. Dubbed as HopeWash, the program positions students and graduates of HIS, a non-stock non-profit organization based in Cavite dedicated to individuals with special needs, to be employable and lead functional lives. To jumpstart the project, LG and Bigwash worked together to get the shop up and running by taking care of the construction and the training of the staff, which consists of HIS alumnus. LG donated five sets of commercial washers and dryers, one commercial refrigerator, and one 43-inch TV set. Unilever also lent a hand by donating laundry detergents specially formulated for the commercial washers. Expounding on the company’s role in the program, LG Managing Director Inkwun Heo states, “We are firm believers in HIS’s goal of providing these children a future to look forward to. We want to empower them as mu

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UnionBank awards partners, intros new rewards program

At an event dubbed as "Partners Appreciation Night," Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) awarded seven of its technology partners for their outstanding contribution to the bank's digital transformation journey, namely IBM, Deloitte, Via Appia, Trends & Technologies, SMS GT, Digivation, and Questronix. Now on its second year, UnionBank's annual appreciation night aims to thank its vendors who have helped in elevating the engagement level from simply being vendor-to-vendee relationship to one that celebrates openness, collaboration, and agility, as well as shares the bank's purpose and values of integrity, magis, and ubuntu. In 2018, UnionBank accumulated a multitude of awards for its first fully digital branch called The ARK, its customer service, SME product suite, application programming interface (API) platform, and employee engagement from prestigious award-giving entities such as The Asset Triple A Digital Awards 2018, Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2019, Asian Banking & Financ

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Palo Alto Networks brings Prisma cloud security business to PH

Palo Alto Networks recently introduced to the Philippines Prisma, a new cloud security suite designed to help its customers lead a more secure digital life. Prisma builds on the success of Palo Alto Networks cloud security products and delivers new experiences only possible with the Prisma suite. With approximately 9,000 enterprise customers, Prisma has quickly become the largest cloud security business in the world. “Our approach to cloud security is aimed at delivering the best security while embracing the unique needs of the cloud. We provide customers with complete visibility as well as recommended configurations across their entire cloud environment to ensure a strong security posture from the start and consistently prevent attacks,” said Lee Klarich, chief product officer at Palo Alto Networks. “With Prisma, organizations can securely connect office branches and mobile users to the cloud, confidently embrace the use of SaaS applications, and rapidly develop and deploy cloud appl

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Eastern Communications talks about Fourth Industrial Revolution

A few decades ago, the basic use of hand tools and primary machines transformed into more powered types of machinery and factories as humanity learned the First Industrial Revolution. New innovations in steel, petroleum, and electricity production years later led to the introduction of telephones and airplanes during the Second Industrial Revolution. Eventually, the Third Industrial Revolution dubbed as “Digital Revolution” came into the picture and replaced mechanical and analog technologies with digital electronics. Today, a fourth industrial revolution unfolds. The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings technologies that blur the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres across all sectors and usually involve the utilization of the Internet or connectivity solutions in the business process. Services like getting a ride, ordering pizza, booking a flight, shopping for books, and watching a film can now be done remotely. At the recent 2019 Cebu Business Month, Eastern

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Shopee, Samsung kick off inaugural regional partnership

Shopee and Samsung Electronics recently revealed a regional partnership to boost consumer outreach in Southeast Asia. Samsung’s partnership with Shopee will expand its reach to online shoppers, leveraging Shopee’s consumer base to engage more than 200 million users across the region. As part of the regional partnership, both companies will renew their commitment to providing consumers with convenience and increased access to quality products on-the-go. Shopee will also be rolling out interactive consumer engagement features to entertain users as they shop on the move.    “Samsung is pleased to witness the growth of our partnership with Shopee in Southeast Asia through the regional partnership,” said Grace Yi, Regional Head of Online Business, Samsung Electronics, Southeast Asia and Oceania. “At Samsung, we are constantly looking for innovative ways to engage and serve our consumers. Through this partnership, we hope to be able to bring our products and experiences to our customers in

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ICT's important role in risk management in times of disaster

With the rainy season upon us, the local government units (LGUs) of various regions have kickstarted awareness drives and preparedness programs anchored on Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation (DRRM) for this year's Disaster Resilience month. The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center attributes the effectiveness of disaster reduction and response to the effectivity of managing information before, during, and after a disaster. However, utilizing relevant information is largely associated with the availability and, most importantly, the reliability of platforms for communication in place, according to Cisco Managing Director for the Philippines Karrie Ilagan. "A huge part of the government's DRRM measures for a disaster-prone country like ours is vigilant preparation as this is the foundation of our response to and recovery from disasters," said Ilagan. "While preparation may involve tasks like having survival kits ready at home or LGUs deploying early warning systems and transport syst

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Canon urges public to buy products only on legit sites

Canon Marketing (Philippines), Inc. (CMPI) warns the public about suspicious websites posing as Canon resellers that offer their line of popular consumer products such as cameras and lenses at absurdly low or discounted prices. It is reported that after accepting payment, these online stores do not fulfill the order and no products delivered to the customer. There is also no means to reach out to these entities to raise complaints or ask for refunds. “We at Canon urge the public to take precautions to avoid falling victim to online scams and fraudulent websites. We want to protect our customers from these unscrupulous websites thereby ensuring that our customers only get authentic Canon products from authorized resellers in exchange for their hard-earned money,” said CMPI Vice President Anuj Aggarwal. CMPI has also learned that these fraudulent websites are running advertisements in popular social networking sites to lure potential victims. “We have informed these social media platfor

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Honeywell empowers enterprises in the age of digital transformation

Investments are continuously gushing in the Philippines coming from both local and global enterprises with the promise of a more robust economic landscape for the country in the future. However, enterprises, particularly huge ones, are facing various challenges in managing their growing business facilities. In spite of the favorable conditions to conduct business in the country, unexpected disasters may still occur and damage enterprise facilities. In the case of the Philippines, the risk is higher, considering that it is visited by an average of around 20 typhoons annually and is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. At Honeywell's Philippines Technology Summit 2019, these challenges and other concerns that can cause unplanned downtime and skills gap in local and global enterprises in the country are addressed through an insightful, day-long discussion and demonstration of innovations that take advantage of data analytics, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) Internet of things

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Taiwan's ICT and IoT leadership can further PH and ASEAN growth

At the Asia IoT Business Platform held at the Manila Marriott Hotel in Pasay City, Taiwan Excellence took the occasion as an ideal opportunity to highlight Taiwan as a role model in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) not only for the Philippines but also for the entire Southeast Asian region. Organized by the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) and the Taiwan External Trade Council (TAITRA), the Taiwan Excellence showcase area provides businesses of different sizes a platform featuring a variety of Internet of things (IoT) solutions demonstrated by select Taiwanese technology companies. This year’s roster is comprised of Accton Technology Corporation, Apacer Technology Inc., Aver Information Inc., ICP DAS, and IEI Integration Corporation. The companies gave visitors an opportunity to consider how IoT solutions can propel businesses. “We see progress in the Philippine ICT sector and Taiwan will be happy to contribute to this growth and help Filipino enterprises fu

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