The pressure is increasing for businesses in Asia-Pacific to deliver personalized, app-like experiences for customers and employees alike, while recovering economically from the pandemic. It has contributed to a deluge of technology investments. Even before the pandemic, business leaders focused on leveraging technology to build more coordinated operations to facilitate seamless engagement with internal and external stakeholders. IDC expects that by 2025, 75% of business leaders in Asia-Pacific will make use of digital platforms.
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are providing a gateway for this accelerated rebound by offering preconfigured building blocks that can be leveraged quickly and repeatedly to accelerate the development and launch of new products or services. (more…)
Leading loyalty and e-commerce platform ZAP, a part of Kickstart Ventures’ inaugural batch of portfolio companies in 2012, announced this month that it has secured Series A funding from True Digital Group (TDG). TDG is the digital arm of True Corporation Plc, Thailand’s leading integrated telecommunications and digital services provider.
“To help close the gap in consumer’s digital journey, we see a very hopeful opportunity with ZAP as the local market expert and believe that together, we will be able to deliver an exciting experience for consumers in the Philippines,” said Dindo Marzan, True Digital Group Country Head in the Philippines. (more…)
The new unified development platform empowers both IT teams and business users to build modern and compliant solutions with a secure, easy to use low-code experience that is custom-fit to solve business challenges (more…)
According to Harvard Business Review, when done right, ‘’all-remote organizations may indeed emerge as the future of work’’. Now more than ever, there’s an undeniable need for technologies that enable work anywhere, whether in the office or at home. (more…)
Manila, Philippines – Shipsy, a leading SaaS-based smart logistics management platform provider, will be setting up its regional headquarters (HQ) in Indonesia to strengthen its presence in Southeast Asia (SEA). The regional HQ will enable the organization to provide faster, better and localized support to existing and drive new business growth in Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Southeast Asia is witnessing rapid growth in the retail, eCommerce, express logistics and on-demand delivery space. According to reports, eCommerce sales will nearly double to $254bn by the end of 2026. The region’s online food delivery industry is already expected to treble in the coming five years and reach $28bn in transactions. The regional presence will help Shipsy tap into these growing opportunities. (more…)
BRAD Warehouse and Logistics Services Inc. is expanding its operations to include small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Laguna, Rizal, and Bulacan. It also aims to establish presence in Visayas and Mindanao later this year to support the growth of more local businesses. (more…)
With only 3 weeks left until the opening of the Philippines’ biggest business expo for SMEs, Start-Ups & Entrepenerus, don’t miss your chance to explore 100 exhibitors showcasing new business solutions and opportunities to grow your business.
The 11th Philippine SME Business Expo – Virtual Edition is happening on March 16-18, 2022. This year’s event will have a special focus on how SMEs can tech-up their business to prosper in the new digital economy and will be joined by 3,000 attendees and 100 exhibitors.
You don’t need to travel anywhere as you can attend online. Register now to attend for FREE at philsme.com/visit-us
A brand can only be as strong as its connection to its customers. For Globe, this means staying true to its purpose and drawing inspiration from what its customers value to deliver innovations that improve lives. (more…)
Dumanhug, who assumed the role of ex-CEO of Friendster, is poised to be the youngest CEO of a cybersecurity company in the Philippines
23 February 2022, Philippines – Secuna, the Philippines’ largest cybersecurity testing platform, appointed its co-founder AJ Dumanhug to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
With the leadership of Dumanhug, Secuna will continue to pursue providing world-class, effective, scalable, and cost-effective cybersecurity solutions that are not just within reach of multinational companies but of startups and SMEs. (more…)
Data center purposely built with an Open Design concept and ensuring environmental sustainability (more…)
