‘Tis once again the season for festive decorations, as Filipinos invest heavily in stunning light displays for the home or business. Each year, people come up with more extravagant and creative ways to celebrate the holidays, however, Bosch reminds revelers that ‘making spirits bright’ also means being responsible to keep their environment safe from fire hazards.
HP recently announced a new channel initiative that will stimulate growth and expand revenue opportunities for channel partners in Asia Pacific and Japan. The new ‘Think Big’ Initiative is a joint investment program that provides qualified distributors with access to HP training, demonstration centers, sales and marketing support to pursue growth markets and win more business across storage, servers and networking.
Buy a BlackBerry smartphone from an authorized Globe retailer and get free access to Facebook & BBM for 30 days!! Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry® smartphones, and Globe Telecom team up once again to make it easier for Filipinos to stay connected with their loved ones this Christmas season, no matter where they are in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile operator Sun Cellular has been recognized once again as Philippines’ Mobile Service Provider of the Year for 2012 by Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards. This is the second straight year that Sun Cellular got the distinction from the global research and consultancy firm. Read the rest of this entry »
For two weekends in October, Philippine Airlines will hold a cabincrew recruitment fair in Cebu City, giving aspirants from the Visayasa chance join the roster of PAL flight attendants without going to Manila. Interested applicants from Central, Eastern and Western Visayas whodream of becoming a PAL cabin crew may apply in person in any of thetwo job fairs scheduled on October 5 to 7 and October 12 to 14, 2012,respectively, at the Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu, Sergio Osmena Boulevardcorner Juan Luna Avenue, Cebu City. Read the rest of this entry »
A high-ranking Globe Business official recently emphasized on harnessing the power and the potential of cloud computing, saying that locally, its relevance is on the uptake as the market realizes its viability and products are becoming accessible.
This was disclosed by Globe VP for Business Products and Services Cocoy J. Claravall during his speech, “Selecting the Right Type of Cloud and Cloud Service to Offer,” at the just-concluded Telco Cloud Partnering Strategies in Singapore. Read the rest of this entry »
Leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom (Globe) has signed a Php 2 billion term loan facility with The Philippine American Life and General lnsurance Company, The Insular Life Assurance Company, Ltd. and Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Inc. Proceeds of the loan will be used to refinance a portion of the company’s debts as well as to fund capital expenditure requirements for 2013. The 10-year, fixed-rate term loan facility was arranged by Insular lnvestment Corporation.
“We want to take advantage of the current low interest rate environment to fund capital expenditure requirements for next year and refinance our loans, allowing us to generate savings for the company”, said Albert De Larrazabal, Globe’s Chief Financial Officer.
Globe Telecom‘s ongoing network modernization has an estimated total cost of US$700 million. Once completed, the new network will have an all-lP architecture as well as 12,000 additional kilometers of fiber optic cable capacity to handle the expected increase in voice and data traffic and the capability to upgrade to more advanced technologies. The new network is also designed to reduce the costs of operating, maintaining, and upgrading as the company shifts towards more power-efficient equipment and adopts more green solutions that will further reduce its carbon footprint and energy consumption.
About Globe Business:
The corporate arm of leading telecommunications company in the Philippines Globe Telecom, Globe Business provides a comprehensive range of ICT interconnectivity solutions for the country’s top industries, businesses and commercial enterprises engineered according to their business requirements and enabling them continuous access to information. The portfolio of products and services comprise of mobile, wireline, broadband, data connections, internet, managed services and IT-enabling services as well as cloud computing solutions which it pioneered in the country. The company’s data center and carrier ethernet services are ISO- and MEF global standards-certified, respectively. To learn more, visit www.globe.com.ph/business.
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SAP, the world’s largest enterprise software application company, will hold this year’s SME Summit in Cebu this June 6 at Quest Hotel. An annual event, the SAP SME Summit is an excellent opportunity for small-and-medium-enterprise (SME) owners and managers from all over the Philippines to meet and interact with each other and SAP partners.
The summit was made possible by the cooperation of key SAP partners, namely, ABM Global solutions, Cisco Philippines, KAISA Consulting, Mustard Seed Systems Corporation, Orix Metro Leasing and Finance Corporation, Panduit Lamco, and Questronix. Read the rest of this entry »
Most of us have tried borrowing money for various reasons. It would be nice if we could ask friends and relatives to always grant us personal loans with little or no interest at all at the soonest possible time. But that’s just unrealistic since they have their own problems to deal with as well.
Banks and other financial institutions tend to favor borrowers with longer credit history, and enough assets to serve as physical collateral. In addition, many micro lending companies grant loans with very high interest rate in a very short time. Or it could be worse, since most of us don’t really get how the loan calculator works, we may go for the “Five-six” loans. Read the rest of this entry »
