♥ReGeneration♥

Last July 02, 2009 at 1:00pm, we went to the Apo View Hotel to witness an exhibit on different technology products and to attend a seminar on different organizations that was organized by the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers association of the Philippines (COMDDAP).

First presenter was Mr. Celmer L. Santos from Jupiter Systems, Incorporated. He had talked about Enterprise Resource Information and Control (ERICDMS) Brilliant Dealer Management System which involves car dealerships and service transactions. Though I can’t relate on the topics, I still had taken notes and listen to the facts that he had discussed. Jupiter Systems, Inc. is a 24- year old software company and one of the members of the ERP systems of the Philippines. Mitsubishi, Honda, Mazda, Volvo, and Nissan are some of the car companies that are using their system. Their Database Management Systems process flow starts with the pre-sales, then the vehicle sales and last is the after sales. The Jupiter Systems’ has also Service Management General Features which are the following:

1. Advance bookings or Customer appointments
2. Operation maintenance or FLAT rates
3. Repair orders
4. Repair Estimates
5. Customer Service History
6. Technician Time-in or Time-out
7. Parts requisitioning and picking
8. Service invoicing
9. Warranty claims and processing
10. Field Service Actions(Campaigns)



Next presenter was Leonard Zapa, a Market Deveopment Manager of HP Company. He had discussed about Linux, CE, and XPe and the following topics below:


Key Growth Drivers
1. Data security, reliability, easier
2. Management
3. Remote PC alternatives
4. Virtualization
5. Lower TCO
6. Broadband and related

Challenges for IT Professionals
1. Provide information security
2. Deployment and maintenance
3. Total cost of ownership (TCO)


He had talked about a particular product, the thin client, which is a computing device without a hard drive and can be used independently. Some of its features are the following:
 Enhanced security
 Easy manageability
 High reliability
 Environment – friendly
 Lower overall costs

Some of the advantages of purchasing it are:
 Hardened embedded OS
 Free Management Tools
 ¼ failure rate
 10x higher MTBF
 Longer life
 ONSITE, Whole unit replacement
 Up to 80% lower power
 Space saving
 Reduced (by 75%) foam and board (by 40%) packaging
 Minimal heat
 Lower initial hardware

The third presenter had discussed about Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System. This was the shortest presentation on the 4 seminars I’ve encountered. The following are the notes I have taken on that presentation.

Key Benefits:
 Streamline operations
 Improve profit margins
 Build customer loyalty
 Manage business, not technology
 Have a life outside your business

The 2 modules:
1. Individual Stores
2. Head Office/Lead Store

RMS Key Features:
 Inventory control and tracking
 Purchase orders
 Pricing, sales, and promotions
 Sales Tracking
 Powerful, flexible reports



The last presenter had talked about the Open Source for Business Applications of the Spinweb Productions, Incorporated. When we think of the word open source, the thins that come to our mind are source code, free, open, contributor, free license, etc. Open Source is not a Free Software. Free Software has the 4 freedoms which are:
0. run
1. study
2. copy
3. improve

The benefits of using open source applications are:
 reliable
 widely used
 highly scalable
 proven performance
They had also given us some websites such as lullabot.com, joomlapolis.com, joomla.org.ph, and openwp.org.

I was so happy having an opportunity like this and it was my first time to join that kind of seminar and to witness an IT exhibit and above all, it was my first time to be on Apo View Hotel. LOL. Though the topics are more technical and it was hard for me to understand everything, I was still considering it as one of the most amazing experience in my life, to meet high level people in the field of Information Technology. It was during the 2nd presentation that became so interesting because of the prices that are to be given on the Question and Answer portion after. One of my classmates got the price of a 2-gig USB and a t-shirt from HP. Before the seminar, we had gone to the exhibit hall where different products were displayed and sold. I was so interested on the products that I was sure if I have money on that time, I would surely buy everything I wanted there. LOL.