Oct 192013
 

MANILA, Philippines – IP Converge Data Services Inc. (IPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of e-PLDT is working closely with government agencies to help serve the general public more efficiently.

IPC president Reynaldo Huergas said the company has been tapped by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) to put in place within its organization a system by which its employees can communicate and collaborate more efficiently among themselves and with their stakeholders.

Huergas said IPC has deployed Google Apps for Business, providing IPOPHL with a suite of web-based, user-friendly applications by which the government organization could collaborate internally and with its partners, businesses and the general public in a more responsive and efficient manner.

Aside from deployment of Google Apps, IPC also provided change management activities to IPOPHL.

“In terms of public service, IPOPHL will derive great benefits from the cloud service and Google Apps as these will definitely reduce IPOPHL’s capital expense for information and communications technology requirements and increase productivity through real-time collaboration,” he stressed.

He explained that IPOPHL’s MIS personnel could now focus more on the mission-critical systems and services offered to stakeholders and the public as IPC would handle the maintenance of the computing facility.

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Ricardo Blancaflor, director general of IPOPHL, said the agency would become a more efficient intellectual property organization as it would benefit from the Google Apps for Business provided by IPC.

 “Communication within and outside of the IPOPHL circle will be more efficient, productive and economical. Document collaboration will be more efficient with simultaneous inputs being done anytime and anywhere using various web-enabled devices. The use of less paper will contribute to cost savings and a greener environment espoused by IPOPHL,” Blancaflor said.

IPC offers a full suite of cloud services ranging from software-as-a service (Google Apps, Salesforce CRM and IPC PayCheck); platform-as-a-service (Google Maps and Earth and force.com); infrastructure-as-a-service (Cloud Servers and Prolexic); and backup-as-a-service (IPC  BackupCloud powered by Symantec).

These services are offered through IPC’s cloud.com.ph portal which is powered by a robust cloud platform hosted in its own Internet data center. IPC Data Centers are state-of-the-art, telco-grade facilities built to support various enterprise IT and telecommunications requirements 24×7.

IPC is an Internet data center, telecommunications and cloud services firm that provides local and regional enterprises with managed data services and business solutions at international standards.

Jun 062013
 
Gov't warns companies in Visayas to use legit software

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) issued a warning to businesses in the Visayas region to use genuine software as it sets another round of inspections. Ricardo Blancaflor, Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), said continuing the use of pirated and unlicensed software can lead to heavier charges and be detrimental to business operations. “We encourage businesses to use genuine software for a stable and safe business environment. Especially those businesses in the Visayas region who are not using licensed software, we recommend that they standardize on genuine as soon as possible because we might visit them next,” Blancaflor said. PAPT recently visited several business centers in the South Metro region to conduct inspections and determine if the companies were utilizing genuine software. Establishments in Batangas and Laguna were inspected including Automated Technology Philippines, Diversion Industries Inc., Fastech Synergy, Glades International Corp., Miyasaki Polymer (Philippines), Nikkoshi Philippines, Paete Manufacturing Cooperative, Renewable Products Group, and Tann Philippines. IPOPHL led the inspections together with the Optical Media Board (OMB), both members of the PAPT. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 “To lower the piracy and counterfeiting rate in our country, we at IPOPHL have taken to the lead in conducting regular visits in the Metro South region to emphasize the importance of Intellectual property in all industries,” Blancaflor said. “Use of stolen or misappropriated information for business operations is a crime and through these visits, we are further creating awareness on how Read More …

Mar 072013
 
P-Noy signs IP Code amendments

MANILA, Philippines – Now that President Aquino has signed a bill amending the Intellectual Property Code, there is no more limit to the entry of copyrighted products into the country for personal use. Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, a principal author of the bill, made this clarification yesterday amid apprehensions raised by overseas Filipino workers and travelers that the new law bans the bringing in of products covered by intellectual property (IP) rights. The confusion arose from the deletion of two provisions in the old law limiting the bringing in or importation of such products for personal use to only three copies. The President signed the amendments into law on Feb. 28. The new statute, denominated as Republic Act 10372, was published in The STAR yesterday. It takes effect 15 days after its publication in two national newspapers. Rodriguez said the deletion of the two provisions does not mean that the new law bans the bringing in of copyrighted products like books, music and films or movies. On the contrary, it means that there is no more limit to the entry of these products, provided that they are for personal use, he said. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 The new law also allows religious, charitable and educational institutions to import more copies, “for as long as they are not infringing or pirated copies, so that more Filipino students in the country may use such works,” he said. He added that RA 10372 does not Read More …