IPC’s Cloud Summit to Tackle Emerging Technologies And Best Practices in IT

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Local cloud computing and data management firm IPC (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.) is pooling together business leaders and stakeholders to tackle the growing role of digitization in today’s enterprises at the 2015 Philippine Cloud Summit. With this year’s theme, “The Enterprise Cloud Journey”, the annual industry event will be held on October 7, 2015 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

According to IPC President Rene Huergas, “Today’s global economy compels Filipino enterprises to take advantage of and adapt to emerging technological trends in order to achieve business success. The Enterprise Cloud Journey takes local companies to a global level of competitiveness, and we at IPC are more than ready to help them start the journey.”

Huergas elaborated that this year’s Philippine Cloud Summit aims to provide attendees with valuable insight and actionable information regarding the role of cloud computing in achieving success and hastened growth within their respective organizations, and the Philippine business sector at large. Furthermore, IPC will introduce the benefits of data mining and analytics especially when making business decisions.

To this end, industry leaders have been lined up to walk the audience through the digital journey for today’s enterprises.

Alcatel Flash 2 Unboxing

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We've just unboxed the new Alcatel One Touch Flash 2 smartphone and we are so proud to show it to you now even before the Philippine launch this September 30, 2015 at Lazada.com.ph.

Philippines will be the first country to launch this new smartphone so grab the opportunity when noontime of September 30 arrives. It would be probably similar to what happened last time when Alcatel also launched their smartphone model online and were immediately gone within just a few minutes.

The Alcatel Flash 2 boasts of bringing the "mobigraphy" (shortcut for mobile photography into the next, if not the highest, level. With its 13 Megapixel rear camera, and both front and rear flashes, selfies, groupfies, and all sorts of mobile photography will be like almost professional of quality.

This will encourage more people to socialize even more and continuously share the beauty of both the destinations, dishes, friends and almost everything else - which is totally about our lifestyle! It's like a documentation of our live using the new "mobigraphy" features of the new Alcatel Flash 2.

But of course, in order to achieve the superiority of experience, everything else about the new smartphone are features truly exceptional and competitive with the rest of the leading smartphones with high-end cameras. The amazing part is actually the very affordable price that's only around Php 6K. Wow! That's a great deal! So I won't be surprised if Alcatel breaks another record. Their units will all be gone again within a few minutes as soon as it goes for sale online at Lazada.com.ph.

Be among the first to experience "mobigraphy" at a levelled-up advantage!

Can BPO Workers Afford To Rent A Condo?

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With the country’s real estate sector continuously performing well in terms of capital appreciation and rental rate growth, it seems that many Filipinos employed in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are quickly becoming priced out of Metro Manila’s condo market.

An analysis conducted by Lamudi Philippines (www.lamudi.com.ph), using data from its 80,000-plus property listings and from real estate consulting firm Colliers International, found that even BPO employees at supervisory and managerial levels would be hard-pressed to afford to rent a condo, let alone buy, in most of Metro Manila’s townships or central business districts. This comes as a surprise, as most of these condos are situated close to BPO offices.

In the analysis, Lamudi used data on average salaries of BPO workers presented by Colliers International in a meeting hosted by SHDA. The data shows entry-level customer care representatives receive on average Php22,500 per month, while supervisors and managers receive Php32,500 and Php75,000 per month, respectively.

Using the 30 percent rule—that is, not spending more than 30 percent of one’s salary on housing—Lamudi found that only those working as managers in BPO firms may be able to afford a condo in select areas in Metro Manila. These areas include Eastwood City, Pioneer-EDSA, Poblacion (Makati), and San Antonio (Makati). The average rents of one-bedroom and studio condos in these areas range from Php19,838 to Php22,563.