Ookla names PLDT as PH’s fastest internet provider in 2021
According to Ookla, a global benchmarking company, PLDT Home remains the fastest broadband network in the Philippines with a Speed Score of 77.24 at the Ookla Speedtest Awards for the…
HR tech platform Darwinbox reaches unicorn status with $72 million funding
Darwinbox, an HR (human resources) tech platform, secures a $72 million funding round and leapfrogs to unicorn valuation. Led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) with participation from existing investors the…
UnionBank’s net income reaches P12.6 billion in 2021
The Aboitiz-led commercial bank Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) posted a net income of P12.6 billion in 2021 or 9% higher than in 2020. According to UnionBank, its net…
BSP unveils open finance roadmap to boost financial inclusion
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has launched “Open Finance Roadmap 2021-2024” which is aimed to expand financial inclusion in the Philippines. Pre-pandemic, Filipinos with bank accounts stood at 29%.…
Beware of the bots — tackling the issue of ad fraud
By Chad Kinlay, Chief Marketing Officer, Trafficguard 2021 saw an upsurge of digital advertising spending and with it another uphill struggle against opportunistic fraudsters. Yet with preventive measures in place,…
Ericsson, PLDT, Smart connect for environmental conservation in the Philippines
Ericsson, together with PLDT Inc., an integrated telecommunications company, and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) strengthen their partnership for nature conservation in the Philippines, with the signing of…
OPPO enhances mobile gaming experience for esports community, supported by Mineski
The partnership between device manufacturer OPPO and esports and gaming organization Mineski global has enabled the industry and gamers to flourish amid the COVID-19 pandemic. OPPO and Mineski were able…
Cisco appoints Zaza Nicart as new managing director for PH
Industry veteran Zaza Nicart is the new managing director of Cisco Philippines succeeding Karrie Ilagan who is now the managing director at Cisco Meraki for Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater…
Various organizations join hands to fight misinformation with #FactsFirstPH
With the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation, organizations across different sectors joined hands to launch #FactsFirstPH, an initiative hoped to provide people with the truth. One hundred organizations from the…
Kaspersky celebrates fourfold growth in MSP sales since 2019
In the first three years of its MSP Foundation project, Kaspersky has achieved fourfold growth in sales among its managed service providers. In addition, the number of active partners has…
IT, telco industries offer pay increases in 2021 — JobStreet
Jobseekers in the computer/IT and telecommunications (both at 48%) are among the industries that offered higher compensation in 2021, according to JobStreet’s 2021 Salary Report. The other top industries include…
Digital real estate selling made easy by Lumina Homes; commission rate increases 6%
Real estate is one of the few industries that thrived during the pandemic. But as with other sectors, only brands that can quickly adapt to full digitalization and drive online…
Puppet announces new global channel partner program
Puppet, the industry standard for infrastructure automation, announced a new competency-based global channel partner program for the company’s almost-200 worldwide channel partners that operate across 35 countries. The new channel…
PH ranks 2nd in countries that tweeted the most about K-pop in 2021
From the 7.8 billion Tweets sent globally in 2021, the Philippines ranked second in countries that tweeted the most about K-pop. Twitter broke the previous record of 6.7 billion Tweets…
GrowSari secures $45 million investment led by KKR
GrowSari, a B2B e-commerce platform serving micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), just secured fresh investments of $45 million in the Series C funding round led by KKR, a global…
Xiaomi unveils Redmi Note 11 series
At a global launch live-streamed from China, device manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Note 11 series intended for international markets. The new four devices unveiled are the Redmi Note 11…
Garmin starts pre-order for vívomove Sport hybrid smartwatch
Garmin’s new hybrid smartwatch, vívomove Sport, will soon be available in the Philippines and will carry a price tag of P9,595. Ongoing until Feb. 7, the first 25 buyers will…
Cloud platforms will be central to the global expansion of the metaverse — NAVER Cloud
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and most organizations have digitally transformed their businesses by adopting available technologies including the cloud. NAVER Cloud, with headquarters in South Korea, believes that…
Softbank division SBT partners with iboss to provide Zero Trust network security
iboss, a Zero Trust cloud security provider, announces that its platform will be offered by SB Technology Corp., Ltd. (SBT) as a managed security service. The partnership will provide SBT…
IBM to sell portions of Watson Health business to investment firm
Technology giant IBM will be selling its healthcare data and analytics assets, which is part of the Watson Health Business to global investment firm Francisco Partners. However, the two parties…
Lumina Homes kicks off the New Year with sneak peek of its transformation
The holiday feels never stop for Lumina Homes. To fire up another year brimming with surprises and excitement, the ever-innovative property developer recently kicked off the New Year with the…
Canon Philippines appoints new director for office imaging products
Canon announced the appointment of Kenichiro Kitamura as director for Office Imaging Products (OIP) of Canon Marketing (Philippines) Inc. In his new position, Kitamura will be responsible for Canon Philippines’…
Employment firm Globalization Partners raises $200 million to fund growth
Globalization Partners (G-P), a global employment platform has received a $200 million investment from Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners and strategic credit and financing partner focused…
Crypto, NFT will continue to gain ground in 2022 — Huobi Research Institute
The spotlight on cryptocurrency has been gaining ground recently with industry leaders and traditional financial services institutions expressing interest. The latest research from Huobi Research Institute, a blockchain application research…
Kaspersky finds firmware bootkit MoonBounce shows major advancement
Kaspersky researchers found that firmware bootkit MoonBounce hides in one of the computer’s essential parts: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware. According to the cybersecurity solutions company, MoonBounce was first…
PLDT drives discussion on unlocking AI’s potential for business recovery
PLDT led discussions on artificial intelligence (AI) in helping drive business process optimization for the benefit of enhancing economic activities, progress, and recovery in Cebu during the recent ICT/BPM Summit.…
BSP launches PESONet multi-batch settlement
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), together with the Philippine Payments Management Inc. (PPMI) launched the Multiple Batch Settlement (MBS) facility of the PESONet electronic fund transfer service. “This new…
HR team calls for support in hybrid work transition — Sprout Solutions study
While the adoption of a hybrid work setup gets more attention, most companies are focused on equipping the workforce with the latest and most reliable digital technologies. However, the recent…
Kaspersky forum underscores need to strengthen ICT supply chain resilience
Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky pushes for a more collaborative and inclusive response to strengthening the ICT (information and communications technology) supply chain to mitigate any forms of cyber attacks. At…
NextPay surpasses P1 billion mark in transaction volume in 2021
Homegrown fintech startup NextPay has surpassed the P1-billion mark in terms of total transaction volume in 2021. Invoice payments, employee salaries, and vendor payments were the main drivers for this…
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