Inside Out: Develop your Doing, Improve your Grooming and Enhance your Thinking

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The Junior Marketing Association of PUP Taguig continue to satisfy beyond expectations as it proudly presents the much awaited event of the year, "Inside Out: Develop your Doing, Improve your Grooming and Enhance your Thinking". Get yourselves ready and mark the date 09.23.16! Venue at Taguig City University, Auditorium. 1pm onwards. The registration fee is P150 regular price while P100 for SHS price.

Success in professional life is greatly affected by how people perceive you. Having a pleasing personality does not refer to the physical feature itself but more on the way you present yourself. This seminar on personality development will go a long way to help the students improve their self-image and know the techniques how to communicate with impact and how to market with lost-lasting effect.

We invited 3 enthusiastic speakers that will surely give you tips and advices essential to your life! Life Coach, Management Consultant and Blogger, COACH RANDY EZGUERRA; a Public Speaker, Young Entrepreneur, Servant of God and Founder of CORMENTIS Co. and CLAEG, COACH PAUL SENOGAT and a Social entrepreneur, Author, Magazine Columnist, Digital Marketing Enthusiast, Motivational Speaker and the current CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer) of the Elevaxion Project, a social enterprise under Mzone Training Services, MR. MARLON MOLMISA. 

This event is in partnership with Fitbar, also brought to you by SouthRepublik, Frappe la Rue, Beep and Eskwelahan Planner with its official media partners: Creativoices Productions, Voice of the Youth, Wazzup Pilipinas and ClickTheCity.

For inquiries and other concerns, you may contact David Osido at +639754922960 or puptjma.davidosido@gmail.com

10 Metro Manila Condos Where You Can Be A Pokemon Master

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Catch Pokémons all day and level up quickly if you live in one of these 10 condos

If you are a member of the #Batang90s, then it is highly possible that you are now one of the many Pokémon trainers using Pokémon Go, a gaming app based on the Japanese animated TV show that has taken the world by storm.

Since the game’s launch in the Philippines last August 6, streets, parks, malls, famous landmarks, and even condos in Metro Manila’s central business districts (CBDs) have never seen so many people walking with their head down while clutching their phones, trying to spot and catch Pokémons—which is short for Pocket Monsters.

To be a Pokémon Master, one must go through several levels throughout the game by capturing over a hundred Pokémon species. There are over 15 types of Pokémons, such as water, plant, and electric—just like the crowd’s favorite, Pikachu—and they evolve into something stronger after the player has gained Experience Points along the way. They then battle at Pokémon gyms, and after that, the player can heal or revive them with potions or even power-up their skills.

Therefore, if you want to be the very best, you need to have items that can do the following:

1.   Catch a Pokémon
2.   Lure a Pokémon to your location
3.   Treat or revive a Pokémon

These helpful items can be acquired when you visit Pokéstops, which give you free items every five minutes, and these Pokéstops can be found all over the metro.

Unfortunately, not all streets have their own Pokéstops. As reported by some Filipino Pokémon trainers, Pokéstop counts in some Metro Manila areas could be as low as two. This low number forces them to travel or drive many blocks away. However, in some areas such as the CBDs, Pokéstops are literally just a few feet away from each other.

A nearby Pokéstop is essential for Pokémon trainers to quickly replenish their items and continue on with their Pokémon adventure. But how great would it be if the Pokéstops are not only nearby, but are actually the places you are residing in? Lamudi has listed 10 condos that serve as Pokéstops to its very lucky residents and future Pokémon masters.

POKÉSTOPS IN MAKATI

1. Eton Tower Makati

Located at the corner of Dela Rosa and V. A. Rufino Streets of Makati’s Legaspi Village is the newly built 41-story Eton Tower Makati. In this high-rise condo you can reach the Pokéstop “Ang Buwaya at ang Groto.” But depending upon the accuracy of your handheld device, you might even access three more Pokéstops that are only a few feet away from the mentioned Pokéstop.

Eton Tower Makati is a mixed-use condo that offers mini suites (single, double, family rooms) and SOHO (small office/home office) units. And for Pokémon Trainers who are bored with catching Pokémons in their room, they may do so by the swimming pool, or even inside the gym. A covered elevated walkway connects this condo with nearby commercial areas, such as Greenbelt Mall and Glorietta Mall, while the Ayala Triangle Gardens is just a block away via Ayala Avenue, where lure parties to attract Pokémons are usually held weekly.

2. Signa Residences

Signa Residences by Robinsons Land is a Pokéstop (its Pokémon trainer pit stop is aptly labeled Signa Designer Residences). These 30-story twin towers are located at the corner of V. A. Rufino and Valero Streets, and is next to PBCom Tower—the country’s tallest building and another Pokéstop.

Trainers residing at Signa Residences’ one-, two-, or three-bedroom units may walk around their 25-meter lap pool, 80-meter jogging path, landscaped and pocket gardens, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, music room, gym and studio, and residents’ lounge—where Wi-Fi access is available—while catching Pokémons.

3. Jazz Residences

Developed by SMDC, Jazz Residences’ Pokéstop is named Beauty Queen Mural. This is just one of the many murals along N. Garcia Street designated to be Pokéstops. Aside from being a Pokéstop to its four residential towers, it is also home to SM Jazz Mall, a one-level mall with a supermarket, hardware store, banks, and numerous dining establishments. Aspiring Pokémon masters may catch their favorite Pokémons at Jazz Residences’ swimming pools, function rooms, jogging paths, and more.

4. The Beacon Makati

Indicated by name as a Pokéstop, The Beacon Makati is described as “a high-rise condo in Pasong Tamo” in the Pokémon GO game. This three-tower condo, the tallest of which is Arnaiz Tower, has 50 stories. This condo estate is situated quite conveniently at the corner of Chino Roces and Arnaiz Avenues and Amorsolo Street. In addition to a private theater, The Beacon also has a sky lounge at its tallest tower’s roof deck, where trainers might encounter rare flying-type Pokémons.

POKÉSTOPS IN ORTIGAS CENTER

1. Discovery Suites

The sidewalk marker of Discovery Suites, a 220-unit serviced residences along ADB Avenue, is just one of the many Pokéstops in Ortigas Center. This upscale mixed-use tower is being managed by JTKC Land’s hospitality arm Discovery Leisure Company, the same company behind Discovery Primea in Makati and Boracay’s award-winning Discovery Shores.

2. BSA Twin Towers

Standing 221 meters above ground, BSA Twin Towers will definitely inspire you to reach the top as you play at one of the tallest structures in the country. Each of these two towers has 56 stories, with units ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. Its hotel-like amenities include a lagoon-shaped indoor swimming pool, a lap-pool, Jacuzzis, and a fitness center. This Pokéstop—also labeled BSA Twin Towers in the game—is located at the St. Francis Square Complex just behind SM Megamall.

3. St. Francis Shangri-La Place

The two-tower St. Francis Shangri-La Place at St. Francis Street (just beside the Shangri-La Plaza Mall) is home to the Pokéstop St. Francis Shangri-La Place Fountain. As expected, the stop can be found at the driveway fountain of this very luxurious residential condo. The Pokémon Trainers and residents of both towers may continue catching Pokémon from the comfort of their own units or walk to Shangri-La Plaza Mall, which is connected to the towers—for the residents’ exclusive use, of course—via a link-bridge.

POKÉSTOPS IN BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY

1. Fort Palm Spring Condominium

The Pokéstop at the corner of 30th Street and 1st Avenue is named after this 28-story condo tower developed by First Global BYO Corporation. This mixed-use building is situated near BGC’s famous Burgos Circle, home to a collection of restaurants, a park, and many other Pokéstops. Aside from the pools and jogging paths, the Pokémon Trainers residing in this building can enjoy access to a game room, playground, and sky garden.

2. Forbeswood Heights

Megaworld’s Forbeswood Heights is a mid-rise condo complex in BGC’s Forbes Town Center area, close to Burgos Circle, and it has a fountain that also functions as a Pokéstop (which is named Forbeswood Heights Fountain). Pokémon Trainers at this condo development may head down to the tennis court and barbeque area, in addition to the usual roster of topnotch amenities, while they are on break from being a Pokémon Master. Across Forbeswood Heights is Forbeswood Parklane, another condo project by Megaworld, whose fountain is also a Pokéstop.

3. Two Serendra
Alveo Land’s Two Serendra along McKinley Parkway is part of the 12-hectare greater Serendra development (the other half being One Serendra by Ayala Land Premier). It has 10 towers (Aston, Meranti, Red Oak, Sequoia, Almond, Belize, Callery, Dolce, and Encino), and is a haven for Pokémon Trainers as it has two Pokéstops: Two Serendra Playground, situated at the playground, and Two Serendra Lobby Centerpiece. The latter is described in the game as “a giant centerpiece pot” that can be found at the condo’s veranda. It will surely be easy to recover lost and used items after catching numerous Pokémons in Two Serendra.


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SAP Aims to Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Adoption in Southeast Asia

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SAP announced the availability of the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud offering in the Philippines aimed at providing customers with technology that can help organizations become agile digital enterprises. 

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud can now provide customers here in the Philippines an agile and secure deployment option to benefit from SAP's revolutionary in-memory platform - SAP HANA in a private, fully managed cloud. 

Customers leveraging the innovative offering will be able to unleash next-generation applications, and transform decision-making to support their organisations’ efforts to go digital. 

Mission Critical Applications in the Cloud 

In today’s business world, IT faces overwhelming demands leading to too much time spent on maintenance, upgrades, and patchwork solutions for infrastructure problems. Business and IT leaders understand the need to make the IT landscape simple to meet business needs, increase productivity, and allow the organisation to respond to changing requirements quickly. 

With SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, customers can run any SAP HANA workload – including the flagship SAP S/4HANA suite of business applications. This offers elasticity and scalability with all-inclusive subscription-based pricing for SAP software and infrastructure. 

With its built-in operations and management capabilities leading to faster implementation, SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is designed and built for mission critical operations. Leveraged for productive use or as a project accelerator, the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud enables simplicity, and is a platform for innovation. 

As it is architected to provide integrated support for each customer’s landscape, SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud can also manage the full HANA cloud environment, from infrastructure to applications with the ability to offer an industry-leading service level agreement (SLA) at the application availability level. 

The increased number of global premium suppliers in Southeast Asia that SAP partners with, is meant to expand the HANA Enterprise Cloud offering available across Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines. 

SAP has the capacity to fulfil the stringent requirements of even the most demanding customers. Customers will also benefit from reduced TCO, due to affordable local cloud providers’ charges. Said Christopher Bousigues, Head, SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand, “Through these partnerships, we are able to deliver a service that helps companies move away from operating software. 

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is an integral and core component of the SAP digital strategy, which aims to help businesses run simpler.” He continued, “Built with the end in mind, it allows our customers to run simple with SAP, with the ability to use their SAP applications in an OPEX model without having to worry about ongoing operations. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud retains the best of on premise advantages, such as control of the IT lifecycle, and best of cloud, with its low capital expenditure requirements and flexibility. “ 

The Value of Cloud in ASEAN Industries SAP’s underlying cloud success was exemplified in their recently announced second quarter results for 2016 (ending June 20 2016). Non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 47% at constant currency. Non-IFRS cloud and software revenue was up 9% at constant currency, supporting SAP’s consistent drive to demonstrate its status as the cloud company to watch. 

Supporting this continued focus on cloud, SAP will see additional offerings for its private cloud in the next 18-24 months, including new features in cloud for analytics, capabilities that can help SAP HANA scale as a cloud platform, and SAP S/4HANA cloud for development. Said Scott Russell, President and Managing Director, SAP Southeast Asia, “The business environment in Southeast Asia is changing quickly. 

Customers are looking for the best means to grow in the Digital Economy and are demanding faster time to business value and the ability to harness the power of the cloud for innovation. To address these demands, SAP is offering SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to customers in Southeast Asia, where we can expect to see strong demand for SAP HANA and the SAP S/4 HANA.” He concluded, “We look forward to helping our customers transform by running simple and extending a low-risk deployment option for our customers. This will enable them to respond faster to the business’ need to innovate, change and deploy new systems with the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud."