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Promoting Digital Cities and Transformation in the Philippines

During the 10th Visayas ICT Conference (VICTOR), Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy emphasised the department’s role and commitment to pushing rural development. He noted that they are proud to be an institutional partner in the development of rural-focused projects, such as the conferences spearheaded by the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines, and that they have ambitious plans for the various ICT councils and the Philippines’ Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry.

The focus of the conference was on Collaboration, Innovation, and Inclusion. It also addressed the emerging technologies that are redefining the boundaries between the virtual, physical, and biological realms, including Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Data Analytics.

Adding the significance of establishing international relationships and ties to advance the growth of the ICT industry. The DICT Secretary highlighted the Digital Cities 2025 Programme, formerly known as the Next Wave Cities Project, aims to establish and enhance ICT councils and stimulate collaboration among relevant stakeholders in the development of their local ICT road plans.

The Digital Cities Programme intends to strengthen the IT-BPM industry and guarantee adequate employment and economic growth, particularly in rural areas. Digital Cities 2025 was established in 2020 to promote the value of rural development and the potential of major regions outside Metro Manila to become vibrant business districts and viable investment hubs for IT-BPM services.

These Digital Cities would ideally encourage existing businesses to grow beyond the National Capital Region and entice new companies to establish themselves in the Philippines.

Complementing institutional and talent development initiatives, infrastructure development attempts to equip stakeholders with the skills and resources necessary to maximise the city’s IT-BPM growth potential. The following measures are planned to attain DICT’s objective of safer, more secure, and more reliable ICT:

  • Internet Projects with Telecommunication Companies
  • Government Infrastructure Projects
  • TNVS Introduction to the Cities

To promote the IT-BPM business domestically and internationally, a comprehensive marketing and communication strategy and rural advocacy activities are required. These consist of marketing and promotion workshops; local trade missions/roadshows; and digital marketing initiatives.

Meanwhile, Digital Governance Awards (DGA) recognise local ICT-enabled solutions in the Philippines and encourage local governments to increase their use of ICT in their communities. The DICT, in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), has inaugurated the annual Digital Governance Awards (DGA) 2022.

With the topic “Advancing Transformational Growth via Outstanding Local Digital Initiatives,” DGA shares the objective of building national indices for local governments. This is in the interest of using the potential of ICT to improve the quality and efficiency of public service.

For this year’s implementation, the DGA intends to involve more local government units and, as a result, generate more inspiring stories and urge more LGUs to involve and integrate ICT in their programmes and solutions; to create a greater effect and deliver better services.

DGA is an annual search for best practices among local government units leveraging information and communications technology to provide direct public services to their people and business stakeholders. DGA endorses the goal of developing ICT-based public service delivery best practices for local governments across the nation.

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Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

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CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

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Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

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SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

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HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

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IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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