PISM to stage first Asia-Pacific Wide Supply Management confab with SUPPLYLINK2012

PISM to stage first Asia-Pacific Wide Supply Management confab with SUPPLYLINK2012

Local Supply Management organization PISM, the Philippine Institute for Supply Management takes its annual conference and exhibit a notch higher as they go regional with SUPPLYLINK2012 Conference and Exhibit. The event, which will be held at SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia Complex on April 19-20, pulls together the leading purchasing, logistics, demand and replenishment and customer service executives and practitioners locally and within Asia-Pacific, as well as other supply management professionals from Sweden, London and Australia among others.

F5 Networks Expands Presence in the Region and Appoints New Country Manager in the Philippines

F5 Networks Expands Presence in the Region and Appoints New Country Manager in the Philippines

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced the opening of a local office and the appointment of Oscar Visaya as its new country manager in the Philippines.

“The proliferation of smart devices, web applications and social media platforms has created an environment where users expect hassle-free, straight-forward access to Internet-based resources and services anytime, anywhere, and in any way. These demands have led to an increased pressure to align IT with changing customer conditions in business”, said Erik Giesa, Senior Vice President, Global Products, F5 Networks.

New Global Study: Only One-Third of Companies Making Effective Use of Data

New Global Study: Only One-Third of Companies Making Effective Use of Data

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today unveiled the findings of the largest-ever global survey of the data science community. Spanning the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India and China, the EMC Data Science Study reveals and quantifies a rampant scarcity across the globe for the prerequisite skills necessary for a company to capitalize on the opportunities found at the intersection of Big Data and data analytics. Only one-third of companies are able to effectively use new data to assist their business decision-making, gain competitive advantage, drive productivity growth, yield innovation and reveal customer insights.

Autodesk Philippines calls for sustainable building in PHL via BIM implementation

Autodesk Philippines calls for sustainable building in PHL via BIM implementation

Leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, Autodesk Philippines in collaboration with channel partner Challenge Systems Inc and the Philippine Green Building Council, recently conducted Green Thought Leadership event in the Philippines, highlighting the need to implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) to further push sustainable building in the Philippines.

Yuchengco Group selects NetSuite OneWorld PH for two-tier ERP

Yuchengco Group selects NetSuite OneWorld PH for two-tier ERP

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC) has adopted NetSuite OneWorld PH to manage 11 of its subsidiaries, including five companies held by its House of Investments subsidiary. NetSuite OneWorld PH replaced three instances of Microsoft Dynamics GP, hundreds of spreadsheets and numerous cumbersome manual processes at these subsidiaries, and is a key component of YGC’s two-tier ERP strategic overhaul. YGC is implementing Oracle at its corporate headquarters for the second tier of this two-tier ERP approach, while NetSuite OneWorld PH provides faster implementation and greater agility needed for YGC’s many subsidiaries. Its 11 subs are now relying on NetSuite OneWorld PH for ERP, multi-subsidiary consolidation, rollup reporting to corporate parent, regulatory compliance and analytics.