Vibal and HP Unites to Form the Perfect Together Partnership Beyond Printing

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Many companies have already gone digital and have openly embraced the fast-changing innovations to keep up with the ever increasing technology savvy consumers. If you'll look around, almost everyone has a smartphone or tablet (many have both and more than just one unit) that they use to communicate, do business, and get entertainment.

You'll definitely be left behind if you do not implement online strategies within your business. Almost everything can now be done over the Internet that the near future may turn out to be pure e-commerce. The day may come that it will be truly paperless and the whole world would only travel just for leisure.

The Vibal Group is one of those companies that has realized the significance of having online alternatives for their publishing. In partnership with HP, a leading technology provider, Vibal transforms their products and services into a more dynamic state-of-the-art solution that is "beyond printing".

During the HP-Vibal Open House event held last February 6, 2014 at the Vibal Group main office building located at 1253 G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City, media members were presented with Vibal's newly setup enterprise solutions in the cloud. The company now brings a delightful way of enjoying books digitized as "e-books" plus a high-tech way to access them from the "cloud".

The event was kicked off by a dragon and lion dance. I couldn't really tell which among the two "mascots" were the lion and the dragon since both were almost similar in appearance but this activity was still done because of the Chinese New Year.

Julius Corotan, Vibal Group's Head of Corporate Communications, was the host of the event. He had such a "cool" well modulated voice that he could very well become an FM radio DJ at the sides.

Gus Vibal, Vibal Group's CEO, then shared the humble beginnings of their company which was founded by his parents, and now transformed into a technology solutions company. He shared that government agencies and private firms can now take advantage of cloud computing technology to better service digital lifestyle users especially the digital natives of the new generation.

He was then followed by presentations from Noel Mendoza, HP Asia Pacific Director of Application Services and  then Oran Sokol, HP Asia-Pacific/Japan General Manager of Digital Press.

The forum ended with the unveiling of the HP T230 - the only installation of its kind in Southeast Asia.

We were then given the privilege to have a press conference with the key personalities of the perfect partnership between Vibal and HP. Ryan Guadalquiver, Managing Director of HP Philippines and General Manager of the Enterprise Group along with Adrian Feng, Sales Development Manager SEA HP Indigo and Inkjet Press Solutions joined Gus Vibal, Noel Mendoza and Oran Sokol.
 

Followed by a tour at the Vibal Group Main Office plant. The key areas of the tour were the HP Demonstration Data Center, Bindery and Finishing Department, Analog Press Department, and the Digital Printing Department where they house the HP T230.

 

 

Hey, that's me ding a selfie shot. Behind me are several text books all piled up.

Wow! The HP T230 machine was enormous and majestic. Imagine the multitude of books and magazines in digital quality that it can published.

A raffle for books, Vibe online purchase cards and an HP tablet was held while everyone was having lunch at the roof deck. The best "selfies" online on social media were also awarded.

Too bad my portable wi-fi connection was drained of battery so I couldn't really upload my "selfies" so I missed the chance of winning.

Over-all, it was very interesting that Vibal has made efforts to reinvent itself to keep up with the changing times. Their management understands the times and took steps to invest on what they perceive as the future. Congrats and good luck to all of us!