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Sunday, August 16, 2009
The following are the areas related to HRM that was stated by our President during her SONA last July 2009.
1. “Namana natin ang pinakamatagal ng rebelyon ng Komunista sa buong mundo. Si Leah de la Cruz isa sa labindalawang libong rebel returnee. Sixteen pa lang siya nang sumali sa NPA. Naging kasapi sa regional White Area Committee, napromote sa Leyte Party Committee Secretary. Nahuli noong 2006. She is now involved in an LGU-supported handicraft livelihood training of former rebels. We love you, Leah! There is now a good prospect for peace talks both with both the Communist Party of the Philippines and the MILF, with whom we are now on ceasefire…. We inherited an age-old conflict in Mindanao, exacerbated by a politically popular but near-sighted policy of massive retaliation. This only provoked the other side to continue the war…. In these two internal conflicts, ang tanong ay hindi, “Sino ang mananalo?” kundi, bakit ba kailangang mag-away ang kapwa Pilipino tungkol sa mga isyu na alam ng dalawang panig over issues na malulutas naman sa paraang demokratiko.”
Fighting can’t help us, it can’t even solve a problem, and it could just worsen it. So why fight, right? But I, myself, can understand whatever that conflict happening between the NPA and the government. I also is not that preferred to the government though I’m not also as harsh like the NPA people. But whatever they are doing with their victims, it would be God who could only punish them.
2. “Sa hirap at ginhawa, ang ating overseas Filipinos ay pinapatatag ang ating bansa. Iyong padala nilang $16 billion noong isang taon ay record. Itong taon, mas mataas pa…. I know that this is not a sacrifice joyfully borne. This is work where it can be found—in faraway places, among strangers with different cultures. It is lonely work, it is very hard work…. Kaya nagsisikap tayong lumikha ng mga trabahong maganda ang bayad dito sa atin so that overseas work will just be a career choice, not the only option for a hardworking Filipino in search of a better life… Meanwhile, we should make their sacrifices worthwhile. Dapat gumawa tayo ng mga mas malakas na paraan upang proteksyonan at palawak ang halaga ng kanilang pinagsikapang sweldo. That means stronger consumer protection for OFWs investing in property and products back home. Para sa kanila, pinapakilos natin ang Investors Protection Task Force….”
They are all very brave, really brave. They are very potent and hardworking for they are sacrificing on becoming far to their loved ones. I’m very proud to all OFWs. It’s really amazing to think they are so far away from home. Despite of that, they are more inspired to work and it is a big help not only to their families but also to country. As what Arroyo said, if we could find a way for them not to stay away from their families, it would not be a better one, but the best.
3. “Ang magandang edukasyon ay susi sa mas mabuting buhay, the great equalizer that allows every young Filipino a chance to realize their dreams… Nagtayo tayo ng 95,000 na silid-aralan, nagdagdag ng 60,000 na guro, naglaan ng P1.5 billion para sa teacher training, especially for 100,000 English teachers. Isa sa pinakamahirap na Millennium Development Goals ay iyong Edukasyon para sa Lahat pagdating ng 2015, na nangunguhulugang lahat ng nasa edad ay nasa grade school. Halos walang bansang nakakatupad nito. Ngunit nagsisikap tayo. Binaba natin ang gastos ng pagpasok. Nagtayo tayo ng mga eskwela sa higit isang libong barangay na dati walang eskwelahan, upang makatipid ng gastos ng pasahe ang mga bata. Tinanggal natin ang miscellaneous fees para sa primary school. Hindi na kailangan ang uniporme sa mga estudyante sa public schools… We assist financially half of all students in private high schools…. We have provided 600,000 college and post-graduate scholarships. One of them Mylene Amerol-Macumbal, finished Accounting at MSU-IIT, went to law school, and placed second in the last bar exams–the first Muslim woman bar topnotcher. Congratulations… In technical education and skills training, we have invested three times that of three previous administrations combined. Narito si Jennifer Silbor, isa sa sampung milyong trainee. Natuto siya ng medical transcription. Now, as an independent contractor and lecturer for transcriptions in Davao, kumikita siya ng P18,000 bawat buwan. Good job. The Presidential Task Force on Education headed by Jesuit educator Father Bienvenido Nebres has come out with the Main Education Highway towards a Knowledge-Based Economy. It envisions seamless education from basic to vocational school or college…. It seeks to mainstream early childhood development in basic education. Our children are our most cherished possession. In their early years we must make sure they get a healthy start in life. They must receive the right food for a healthy body, the right education for a bright and inquiring mind—and the equal opportunity for a meaningful job…. For college admission, the Task Force recommends mandatory Scholastic Aptitude Tests. It also recommends that private higher education institutions and state universities and colleges should be harmonized. It also recommends that CHED will oversee of local universities and colleges. For professions seeking international recognition—engineering, architecture, accountancy, pharmacy and physical therapy—it recommends radical reform: 10 years of basic education, two years of pre-university, three years of university… Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way….”
Everyone is always saying that education is really important for it is where we can gain knowledge that we can share unto the next generations. And it would a very big opportunity if someone in our country can think of giving importance to education because nowadays, many parents can afford to send their children in school. And with that reason, many could go to the wrong way and become a problem in our society.
4. “Mula noong 2001, Nanawagan tayo ng mas murang gamot. Nagbebenta na tayo ng mga gamot na kalahating presyo sa libu-libong Botika ng Bayan at Botika ng Barangay sa maraming dako ng bansa. Our efforts prodded the pharmaceutical companies to come up with low-cost generics and brands like RiteMed. I supported the tough version of the House of the Cheaper Medicine Law. I supported it over the weak version of my critics. The result: the drug companies volunteered to bring down drug prices, slashing by half the prices of 16 drugs. Thank you, Congressman Cua, Alvarez, Biron and Locsin…. Pursuant to law, I am placing other drugs under a maximum retail price. To those who want to be President, this advice: If you want something done, do it hard, do it well. Don’t pussyfoot. Just do it. Don’t say bad words in public. Sa health insurance, sakop na ang 86% ng ating populasyon…”
The Cheaper Medicine Law was already implemented and because of that, of course medicines are now in a cheaper price compared previously. It can make our country better especially that there would be no absent employees because of illness. And it would make their work better that can result to a better product and better economy.
http://www.karenveloso.com/2009/07/president-gloria-macapagal-arroyo%E2%80%99s-sona-2009/
1. “Namana natin ang pinakamatagal ng rebelyon ng Komunista sa buong mundo. Si Leah de la Cruz isa sa labindalawang libong rebel returnee. Sixteen pa lang siya nang sumali sa NPA. Naging kasapi sa regional White Area Committee, napromote sa Leyte Party Committee Secretary. Nahuli noong 2006. She is now involved in an LGU-supported handicraft livelihood training of former rebels. We love you, Leah! There is now a good prospect for peace talks both with both the Communist Party of the Philippines and the MILF, with whom we are now on ceasefire…. We inherited an age-old conflict in Mindanao, exacerbated by a politically popular but near-sighted policy of massive retaliation. This only provoked the other side to continue the war…. In these two internal conflicts, ang tanong ay hindi, “Sino ang mananalo?” kundi, bakit ba kailangang mag-away ang kapwa Pilipino tungkol sa mga isyu na alam ng dalawang panig over issues na malulutas naman sa paraang demokratiko.”
Fighting can’t help us, it can’t even solve a problem, and it could just worsen it. So why fight, right? But I, myself, can understand whatever that conflict happening between the NPA and the government. I also is not that preferred to the government though I’m not also as harsh like the NPA people. But whatever they are doing with their victims, it would be God who could only punish them.
2. “Sa hirap at ginhawa, ang ating overseas Filipinos ay pinapatatag ang ating bansa. Iyong padala nilang $16 billion noong isang taon ay record. Itong taon, mas mataas pa…. I know that this is not a sacrifice joyfully borne. This is work where it can be found—in faraway places, among strangers with different cultures. It is lonely work, it is very hard work…. Kaya nagsisikap tayong lumikha ng mga trabahong maganda ang bayad dito sa atin so that overseas work will just be a career choice, not the only option for a hardworking Filipino in search of a better life… Meanwhile, we should make their sacrifices worthwhile. Dapat gumawa tayo ng mga mas malakas na paraan upang proteksyonan at palawak ang halaga ng kanilang pinagsikapang sweldo. That means stronger consumer protection for OFWs investing in property and products back home. Para sa kanila, pinapakilos natin ang Investors Protection Task Force….”
They are all very brave, really brave. They are very potent and hardworking for they are sacrificing on becoming far to their loved ones. I’m very proud to all OFWs. It’s really amazing to think they are so far away from home. Despite of that, they are more inspired to work and it is a big help not only to their families but also to country. As what Arroyo said, if we could find a way for them not to stay away from their families, it would not be a better one, but the best.
3. “Ang magandang edukasyon ay susi sa mas mabuting buhay, the great equalizer that allows every young Filipino a chance to realize their dreams… Nagtayo tayo ng 95,000 na silid-aralan, nagdagdag ng 60,000 na guro, naglaan ng P1.5 billion para sa teacher training, especially for 100,000 English teachers. Isa sa pinakamahirap na Millennium Development Goals ay iyong Edukasyon para sa Lahat pagdating ng 2015, na nangunguhulugang lahat ng nasa edad ay nasa grade school. Halos walang bansang nakakatupad nito. Ngunit nagsisikap tayo. Binaba natin ang gastos ng pagpasok. Nagtayo tayo ng mga eskwela sa higit isang libong barangay na dati walang eskwelahan, upang makatipid ng gastos ng pasahe ang mga bata. Tinanggal natin ang miscellaneous fees para sa primary school. Hindi na kailangan ang uniporme sa mga estudyante sa public schools… We assist financially half of all students in private high schools…. We have provided 600,000 college and post-graduate scholarships. One of them Mylene Amerol-Macumbal, finished Accounting at MSU-IIT, went to law school, and placed second in the last bar exams–the first Muslim woman bar topnotcher. Congratulations… In technical education and skills training, we have invested three times that of three previous administrations combined. Narito si Jennifer Silbor, isa sa sampung milyong trainee. Natuto siya ng medical transcription. Now, as an independent contractor and lecturer for transcriptions in Davao, kumikita siya ng P18,000 bawat buwan. Good job. The Presidential Task Force on Education headed by Jesuit educator Father Bienvenido Nebres has come out with the Main Education Highway towards a Knowledge-Based Economy. It envisions seamless education from basic to vocational school or college…. It seeks to mainstream early childhood development in basic education. Our children are our most cherished possession. In their early years we must make sure they get a healthy start in life. They must receive the right food for a healthy body, the right education for a bright and inquiring mind—and the equal opportunity for a meaningful job…. For college admission, the Task Force recommends mandatory Scholastic Aptitude Tests. It also recommends that private higher education institutions and state universities and colleges should be harmonized. It also recommends that CHED will oversee of local universities and colleges. For professions seeking international recognition—engineering, architecture, accountancy, pharmacy and physical therapy—it recommends radical reform: 10 years of basic education, two years of pre-university, three years of university… Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way….”
Everyone is always saying that education is really important for it is where we can gain knowledge that we can share unto the next generations. And it would a very big opportunity if someone in our country can think of giving importance to education because nowadays, many parents can afford to send their children in school. And with that reason, many could go to the wrong way and become a problem in our society.
4. “Mula noong 2001, Nanawagan tayo ng mas murang gamot. Nagbebenta na tayo ng mga gamot na kalahating presyo sa libu-libong Botika ng Bayan at Botika ng Barangay sa maraming dako ng bansa. Our efforts prodded the pharmaceutical companies to come up with low-cost generics and brands like RiteMed. I supported the tough version of the House of the Cheaper Medicine Law. I supported it over the weak version of my critics. The result: the drug companies volunteered to bring down drug prices, slashing by half the prices of 16 drugs. Thank you, Congressman Cua, Alvarez, Biron and Locsin…. Pursuant to law, I am placing other drugs under a maximum retail price. To those who want to be President, this advice: If you want something done, do it hard, do it well. Don’t pussyfoot. Just do it. Don’t say bad words in public. Sa health insurance, sakop na ang 86% ng ating populasyon…”
The Cheaper Medicine Law was already implemented and because of that, of course medicines are now in a cheaper price compared previously. It can make our country better especially that there would be no absent employees because of illness. And it would make their work better that can result to a better product and better economy.
http://www.karenveloso.com/2009/07/president-gloria-macapagal-arroyo%E2%80%99s-sona-2009/
The following are the areas related to ICT that was stated by our President during her SONA last July 2009.
1. ”Sa telecommunications naman, inatasan ko ang Telecommunications Commission na kumilos na tungkol sa mga sumbong na dropped calls at mga nawawalang load sa cellphone. We need to amend the Commonwealth-era Public Service Law. And we need to do it now….”
With this statement, Arroyo has promised to strictly amend and provide a law for the complaints about the missing load of Filipino people. And we all know that as of now, it is already practiced by some telecommunication companies of having a promo of a long expiring load and stopping of spammers to send spam text messages on anybody’s cell phone numbers.
“MANILA, Philippines - Prepaid credits of mobile phones – popularly known as “load" – will now have longer expiration dates after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued new rules on Friday. Under Memorandum Circular No. 03-07-2009, loads with higher values will have longer expiration or validity periods, the NTC said. Credits worth P10 or lower will be valid for three days from the previous one-day expiration. Loads more than P10 up to P50 can be used for 15 days while credits worth more than P50 up to P100 will remain valid for 30 days. Loads more than P100 to P150 will expire at the end of 45 days while credits of more than P150 to P250 will last for 60 days. More than P250 to P300 will remain valid for 75 days while credits worth more than P300 will last for 120 days.”
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2069255.aspx
2. “Kung noong nakaraan, lumakas ang electronics, today we are creating wealth by developing the BPO and tourism sectors as additional engines of growth. Electronics and other manufactured exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world economy. But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity. Let us have a Department of ICT….”
Yes it is true that BPO or Business Process Outsourcing can really help a lot on our economy’s growth. And with that idea of having an ICT Department, it would be surely a big help to all IT people specially us students for the improvement of our country’s technology.
3. “I have accepted the invitation of President Obama to be the first Southeast Asian leader to meet him at the White House, this week…. That he sought us the Philippines testifies to our strong and deep ties…. High on our agenda will be peace and security issues. Terrorism: how to meet it, how to end it, how to address its roots in injustice and prejudice—and most and always how to protect lives…. We will also discuss nuclear non-proliferation. The Philippines will chair the review of the nuclear weapons non-proliferation Treaty in New York in May 2010. The success of the talks will be a major diplomatic achievement for us….”
We all know that terrorism is one of the toughest issues on earth nowadays. And because of that, we should be very thankful if Arroyo could find a way to stop terrorism with the help also of the USA of course.
4. “In 2001, I said we would finance fully automated elections. We got it, thanks to Congress….”
Yes, the May 2010 automated elections is already imposed and it would be hard on the part on Filipino people who never knew how to operate computer though it is easy to learn and it can speed-up the result of the upcoming election. I’m sure that Arroyo’s statements above would make our country better in field of ICT but we are already used of government people who are already good on speaking but never better on implementing those.
http://www.karenveloso.com/2009/07/president-gloria-macapagal-arroyo’s-sona-2009/
1. ”Sa telecommunications naman, inatasan ko ang Telecommunications Commission na kumilos na tungkol sa mga sumbong na dropped calls at mga nawawalang load sa cellphone. We need to amend the Commonwealth-era Public Service Law. And we need to do it now….”
With this statement, Arroyo has promised to strictly amend and provide a law for the complaints about the missing load of Filipino people. And we all know that as of now, it is already practiced by some telecommunication companies of having a promo of a long expiring load and stopping of spammers to send spam text messages on anybody’s cell phone numbers.
“MANILA, Philippines - Prepaid credits of mobile phones – popularly known as “load" – will now have longer expiration dates after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued new rules on Friday. Under Memorandum Circular No. 03-07-2009, loads with higher values will have longer expiration or validity periods, the NTC said. Credits worth P10 or lower will be valid for three days from the previous one-day expiration. Loads more than P10 up to P50 can be used for 15 days while credits worth more than P50 up to P100 will remain valid for 30 days. Loads more than P100 to P150 will expire at the end of 45 days while credits of more than P150 to P250 will last for 60 days. More than P250 to P300 will remain valid for 75 days while credits worth more than P300 will last for 120 days.”
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2069255.aspx
2. “Kung noong nakaraan, lumakas ang electronics, today we are creating wealth by developing the BPO and tourism sectors as additional engines of growth. Electronics and other manufactured exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world economy. But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity. Let us have a Department of ICT….”
Yes it is true that BPO or Business Process Outsourcing can really help a lot on our economy’s growth. And with that idea of having an ICT Department, it would be surely a big help to all IT people specially us students for the improvement of our country’s technology.
3. “I have accepted the invitation of President Obama to be the first Southeast Asian leader to meet him at the White House, this week…. That he sought us the Philippines testifies to our strong and deep ties…. High on our agenda will be peace and security issues. Terrorism: how to meet it, how to end it, how to address its roots in injustice and prejudice—and most and always how to protect lives…. We will also discuss nuclear non-proliferation. The Philippines will chair the review of the nuclear weapons non-proliferation Treaty in New York in May 2010. The success of the talks will be a major diplomatic achievement for us….”
We all know that terrorism is one of the toughest issues on earth nowadays. And because of that, we should be very thankful if Arroyo could find a way to stop terrorism with the help also of the USA of course.
4. “In 2001, I said we would finance fully automated elections. We got it, thanks to Congress….”
Yes, the May 2010 automated elections is already imposed and it would be hard on the part on Filipino people who never knew how to operate computer though it is easy to learn and it can speed-up the result of the upcoming election. I’m sure that Arroyo’s statements above would make our country better in field of ICT but we are already used of government people who are already good on speaking but never better on implementing those.
http://www.karenveloso.com/2009/07/president-gloria-macapagal-arroyo’s-sona-2009/
The following are the articles I’ve found on the internet about the HR downsizing of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
Thursday, June 20, 2002
HP's downsizing gearing up
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
High-tech manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Co. will lay off its roughly 4,000 North American information technology contract workers for three weeks and then may fire as many as 1,000 of them, according to CBS Marketwatch.com, which cited unnamed sources. There has been no comment from the Palo Alto-based company about the terminations. Earlier this year HP CEO Carly Fiorina said as many as 15,000 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp.
A company spokesman confirmed the three-week furloughs to "evaluate those contracts and services," the Internet news service says.
In another HP labor development, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday that the company has lowered the age to qualify for buy-out offers from 55 to 50.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/06/17/daily54.html
HP drops 4 research groups in downsizing
Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, July 22, 2005
Hewlett-Packard has dismantled four research groups at HP Labs, including one led by a world-renowned scientist, as the company begins its latest downsizing initiative that will eliminate 14,500 jobs.
The technology giant has shelved a team based in Palo Alto focused on advanced software research led by Alan Kay, a respected computing pioneer, according to HP Labs spokesman Dave Berman.
HP also dissolved two Palo Alto labs that dealt with emerging technologies and consumer applications and a group in Cambridge, Mass., that handled research on health care and medical issues.
The company also consolidated the HP Labs organization by eliminating a level of management that ran three separate research centers for printing and imaging research, Internet and computing platforms, and information technology services, Berman said.
Kay is considered one of the pioneers of personal computing who also helped design the ARPAnet, the forerunner of the Internet.
He has received two of the computing industry's highest honors, the Association for Computing Machinery Turing Award and the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize.
The moves follow HP's announcement on Tuesday of a restructuring plan that will eliminate about 10 percent of its global workforce of 151,000.
Berman said the reductions in HP Labs will be consistent with that goal, although he declined to discuss details. HP Labs has about 700 employees, including 400 in Palo Alto.
Berman stressed that HP remains committed to innovation through research and development, citing HP Labs' continuing work in the fields of nanotechnology and quantum computing.
"The message is (that) we are trying to refocus our research into the areas of greatest promise and our core strength and those areas which are most important to HP in the medium and long term," Berman said.
"Despite these cuts, we still have a rich and varied research agenda," he added. "We're still doing a lot of interesting and very important work. There just comes a time when you have to set priorities."
Analyst Crawford Del Prete of International Data Corp. said HP is redirecting its research to areas that could help generate revenue in the foreseeable future.
"It sounds like they're doing some pruning and refocusing of the research centers," he said. "I think the longer-term risk for HP is doing innovation that they can't" profit from.
But analyst Michael Dortch of the Robert Frances Group said the cuts, particularly the elimination of a group led by a highly respected scientist like Kay, could backfire.
"How many times in a lifetime does a company like HP get access to a mind like Alan Kay's?" he said in an e-mail.
"To eliminate his group by saying its efforts are outside of HP's primary business focus seems incredibly disingenuous and risky, happening as it does precisely at a time when HP could use all the loyalty, support and vision its management team can muster," he added.
The cause of HP’s downsizing:
• HP has lay off its roughly 4,000 North American information technology contract workers for three weeks and then may fire as many as 1,000 of them.
• 15,000 employees of HP will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp.
• Hewlett-Packard has dismantled four research groups at HP Labs.
• HP has shelved a team based in Palo Alto focused on advanced software research led by Alan Kay, a respected computing pioneer.
• HP has dissolved two Palo Alto labs that dealt with emerging technologies and consumer applications and a group in Cambridge, Mass., that handled research on health care and medical issues.
• The company has consolidated the HP Labs organization by eliminating a level of management that ran three separate research centers for printing and imaging research, Internet and computing platforms, and information technology services.
The process:
HP has lay off its roughly 4,000 North American information technology contract workers for three weeks and then may fire as many as 1,000 of them. 15,000 employees of HP will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. Hewlett-Packard has dismantled four research groups at HP Labs. It has shelved a team based in Palo Alto focused on advanced software research led by Alan Kay, a respected computing pioneer. And because of that, it has dissolved two Palo Alto labs that dealt with emerging technologies and consumer applications and a group in Cambridge, Mass., that handled research on health care and medical issues and has consolidated the HP Labs organization by eliminating a level of management that ran three separate research centers for printing and imaging research, Internet and computing platforms, and information technology services. All the reductions in HP Labs will be consistent with that goal. But still HP remains committed to innovation through research and development, citing HP Labs' continuing work in the fields of nanotechnology and quantum computing and they are also trying to refocus their research into the areas of greatest promise and their core strength and those areas which are most important to HP in the medium and long term. Despite those cuts, they still have a rich and varied research agenda and still doing a lot of interesting and very important work. But as of now, there just comes a time when someone has to set priorities, right? Many of it’s employees will suffer but HP is just redirecting its research to areas that could help generate revenue in the foreseeable future that could give more benefits to the people.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/22/BUGVRDRPHI1.DTL
Thursday, June 20, 2002
HP's downsizing gearing up
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
High-tech manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Co. will lay off its roughly 4,000 North American information technology contract workers for three weeks and then may fire as many as 1,000 of them, according to CBS Marketwatch.com, which cited unnamed sources. There has been no comment from the Palo Alto-based company about the terminations. Earlier this year HP CEO Carly Fiorina said as many as 15,000 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp.
A company spokesman confirmed the three-week furloughs to "evaluate those contracts and services," the Internet news service says.
In another HP labor development, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday that the company has lowered the age to qualify for buy-out offers from 55 to 50.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/06/17/daily54.html
HP drops 4 research groups in downsizing
Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, July 22, 2005
Hewlett-Packard has dismantled four research groups at HP Labs, including one led by a world-renowned scientist, as the company begins its latest downsizing initiative that will eliminate 14,500 jobs.
The technology giant has shelved a team based in Palo Alto focused on advanced software research led by Alan Kay, a respected computing pioneer, according to HP Labs spokesman Dave Berman.
HP also dissolved two Palo Alto labs that dealt with emerging technologies and consumer applications and a group in Cambridge, Mass., that handled research on health care and medical issues.
The company also consolidated the HP Labs organization by eliminating a level of management that ran three separate research centers for printing and imaging research, Internet and computing platforms, and information technology services, Berman said.
Kay is considered one of the pioneers of personal computing who also helped design the ARPAnet, the forerunner of the Internet.
He has received two of the computing industry's highest honors, the Association for Computing Machinery Turing Award and the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize.
The moves follow HP's announcement on Tuesday of a restructuring plan that will eliminate about 10 percent of its global workforce of 151,000.
Berman said the reductions in HP Labs will be consistent with that goal, although he declined to discuss details. HP Labs has about 700 employees, including 400 in Palo Alto.
Berman stressed that HP remains committed to innovation through research and development, citing HP Labs' continuing work in the fields of nanotechnology and quantum computing.
"The message is (that) we are trying to refocus our research into the areas of greatest promise and our core strength and those areas which are most important to HP in the medium and long term," Berman said.
"Despite these cuts, we still have a rich and varied research agenda," he added. "We're still doing a lot of interesting and very important work. There just comes a time when you have to set priorities."
Analyst Crawford Del Prete of International Data Corp. said HP is redirecting its research to areas that could help generate revenue in the foreseeable future.
"It sounds like they're doing some pruning and refocusing of the research centers," he said. "I think the longer-term risk for HP is doing innovation that they can't" profit from.
But analyst Michael Dortch of the Robert Frances Group said the cuts, particularly the elimination of a group led by a highly respected scientist like Kay, could backfire.
"How many times in a lifetime does a company like HP get access to a mind like Alan Kay's?" he said in an e-mail.
"To eliminate his group by saying its efforts are outside of HP's primary business focus seems incredibly disingenuous and risky, happening as it does precisely at a time when HP could use all the loyalty, support and vision its management team can muster," he added.
The cause of HP’s downsizing:
• HP has lay off its roughly 4,000 North American information technology contract workers for three weeks and then may fire as many as 1,000 of them.
• 15,000 employees of HP will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp.
• Hewlett-Packard has dismantled four research groups at HP Labs.
• HP has shelved a team based in Palo Alto focused on advanced software research led by Alan Kay, a respected computing pioneer.
• HP has dissolved two Palo Alto labs that dealt with emerging technologies and consumer applications and a group in Cambridge, Mass., that handled research on health care and medical issues.
• The company has consolidated the HP Labs organization by eliminating a level of management that ran three separate research centers for printing and imaging research, Internet and computing platforms, and information technology services.
The process:
HP has lay off its roughly 4,000 North American information technology contract workers for three weeks and then may fire as many as 1,000 of them. 15,000 employees of HP will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. Hewlett-Packard has dismantled four research groups at HP Labs. It has shelved a team based in Palo Alto focused on advanced software research led by Alan Kay, a respected computing pioneer. And because of that, it has dissolved two Palo Alto labs that dealt with emerging technologies and consumer applications and a group in Cambridge, Mass., that handled research on health care and medical issues and has consolidated the HP Labs organization by eliminating a level of management that ran three separate research centers for printing and imaging research, Internet and computing platforms, and information technology services. All the reductions in HP Labs will be consistent with that goal. But still HP remains committed to innovation through research and development, citing HP Labs' continuing work in the fields of nanotechnology and quantum computing and they are also trying to refocus their research into the areas of greatest promise and their core strength and those areas which are most important to HP in the medium and long term. Despite those cuts, they still have a rich and varied research agenda and still doing a lot of interesting and very important work. But as of now, there just comes a time when someone has to set priorities, right? Many of it’s employees will suffer but HP is just redirecting its research to areas that could help generate revenue in the foreseeable future that could give more benefits to the people.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/22/BUGVRDRPHI1.DTL
Company Description:
Davao Light and Power Company is the third largest privately-owned electric utility in the Philippines. It holds the franchise for distributing electric power to Davao City, the largest city in the world in terms of land area, as well as Panabo City and the municipalities of Carmen, Dujali, and Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte. On September 29, 2000, the franchise was renewed for another 25 years by virtue of Republic Act 8960.
In 2008, the company sold 1.371 billion kilowatt-hours to 257,100 customers with a peak demand of 248 megawatts (MW). Among the country’s most efficiently run power utilities, its systems loss rate of 8.17% is well below the government mandated cap of 9.50%.
Davao Light maintains a 53.8 MW standby diesel power plant with a capability of 40 MW for sustained operations. As needed, it is activated to stabilize voltage as well as augment the power supply of its primary generating sources. It makes use of a fully functional automated mapping and facilities management (AM/FM) system to track the location of electric distribution assets in its franchise. Also in place is a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, a facility that allows remote real-time data gathering and control of equipment in all power substations.
High-end computers, sophisticated software, and other devices are being used to speed up meter reading, streamline billing, provide efficient and prompt response to customer inquiries, generate management information, and analyze electrical grid information.
Special attention has been devoted to improving Davao Light’s service standards. Innovative re-engineering efforts have cut down service cycle times. Outsourcing of tasks and reallocating manpower and other resources has allowed the utility to improve productivity while keeping costs relatively stable. Current efforts focus on teamwork, service excellence, professionalism, and innovation in preparation for a deregulated and competitive environment.
Now and in the future, Davao Light is committed to deliver reliable and efficient service at reasonable rates.
During the interview:
Last August 23,, 2009, our group went to the office Davao Light and Power Company to conduct an interview regarding their best practices in HR. We have interviewed their HR Supervisor, Mrs. Jane Lee. Mrs. Lee told us that their best practices in HR are the following:
1. They are implementing a Universal Training Plan (UTP) which consists of different trainings for their regular employees. UTP can be in-house which is officiated by their staffs only, and outsource which is done by some other people from outside Davao City.
2. Their HR Department is the one who would take care of everybody for their employees’ career movements.
3. They also have career planning which means that they hire that particular person because he/she has a potential for the future of the company. And they implement cross-posting of every departments to another departments for them to be able to familiarize the different fields of the different departments of their company.
http://www.davaolight.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=55
Company description:Hubport Interactive Inc. enables a business to build an imperative subsistence in the online B2C (Business-to-Consumer) space. We empower your website to attain optimum function and revolutionize your business by creating online channels to effectively connect with existing clients and successfully tap new ones. Our accomplished E-Commerce Storefront encoders, Retail Shop Managers, Online Marketing Consultants, and Production Team associates provide the technology backbone that launch prospering and profitable websites. Satellite offices in North America, the U.K., and an upcoming presence in Japan help counter communication, and accessibility issues. Subsequently, creating a smooth working relationship between client and service provider. Projects are delivered on time, with little or no hitches. Our fulfillment teams observe a synchronized shifting schedule to accommodate client concerns at any time most convenient to them. Hubport Interactive Inc. is sensitive to a clients’ web investment margin and his ultimate goal of increasing profits. Hubport Interactive Inc. has a high regard for service excellence and client satisfaction. Hence, we only have people whose commitment is as fervent as ours. Project managers and fulfillment teams who specialize in Website Development, Web Application Program, E-Commerce Business Process Development and Maintenance, System Software Development, Auto CAD, Animations, Graphics Development, Video Editing, Music and Audio Voice Development, GSM SMS Service, WIFI Mobile Solutions, IT Managerial and IT Marketing Development.
During the interview:
Last July 9, 2009, our group went to the office of Hubport Interactive Incorporated to conduct an interview regarding the risks associated with business and IS/IT change. We have interviewed their IT Officer and Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Paulo S. Saravia. Sir Paulo told us that the risks associated with their business and IS/IT change are the following:
1. Rejection to the staff – this happens when their company would implement another system. And with that new system, it is advisable for the company to reject their staff especially those staff that doesn’t know how to use their new system. So, the company would be forced to recruit new staff for the implementation of their new system.
2. Data Loss – of course, when a new system is implemented, some of the data stored on their old system would be loss because of the fact that the old system’ data are not portable or hard to implement using the new system.
NOTE: Due to the company’s confidentiality of information, Mr. Paulo had only shared some of the risks associated with their business and IS/IT change. And actually, someone from Hubport told us that the best of the best practices that a company must possess is confidentiality.
1. Rejection to the staff – this happens when their company would implement another system. And with that new system, it is advisable for the company to reject their staff especially those staff that doesn’t know how to use their new system. So, the company would be forced to recruit new staff for the implementation of their new system.
2. Data Loss – of course, when a new system is implemented, some of the data stored on their old system would be loss because of the fact that the old system’ data are not portable or hard to implement using the new system.
NOTE: Due to the company’s confidentiality of information, Mr. Paulo had only shared some of the risks associated with their business and IS/IT change. And actually, someone from Hubport told us that the best of the best practices that a company must possess is confidentiality.
http://www.hubportgroup.com
Company description:
Hubport Interactive Inc. enables a business to build an imperative subsistence in the online B2C (Business-to-Consumer) space. We empower your website to attain optimum function and revolutionize your business by creating online channels to effectively connect with existing clients and successfully tap new ones. Our accomplished E-Commerce Storefront encoders, Retail Shop Managers, Online Marketing Consultants, and Production Team associates provide the technology backbone that launch prospering and profitable websites.
Satellite offices in North America, the U.K., and an upcoming presence in Japan help counter communication, and accessibility issues. Subsequently, creating a smooth working relationship between client and service provider. Projects are delivered on time, with little or no hitches. Our fulfillment teams observe a synchronized shifting schedule to accommodate client concerns at any time most convenient to them. Hubport Interactive Inc. is sensitive to a clients’ web investment margin and his ultimate goal of increasing profits.
Hubport Interactive Inc. has a high regard for service excellence and client satisfaction. Hence, we only have people whose commitment is as fervent as ours. Project managers and fulfillment teams who specialize in Website Development, Web Application Program, E-Commerce Business Process Development and Maintenance, System Software Development, Auto CAD, Animations, Graphics Development, Video Editing, Music and Audio Voice Development, GSM SMS Service, WIFI Mobile Solutions, IT Managerial and IT Marketing Development.
During the interview:
Last July 9, 2009, our group went to the office of Hubport Interactive Incorporated to conduct an interview regarding their best practices in IT/IS. We have interviewed their IT Officer and Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Paulo S. Saravia. Sir Paulo told us that their best practices in IT/IS are the following:
1. If you want to work in Hubport, you should be a certified expert in their fields so that when time comes that changes would occur, it can be properly documented so that you can provide rollback procedures for the company to be stable again.
2. They are implementing security such as using firewall and spywares. It is obviously used for them to secure their data or information they are holding for the company’s business.
3. They are also using a ‘disaster recovery plan” that will be used in case of fire and any kind of disasters.
NOTE: Due to the company’s confidentiality of information, Mr. Paulo had only shared some of their company’s best practices in IT/IS. And actually, someone from Hubport told us that the best of the best practices that a company must possess is confidentiality.
http://www.hubportgroup.com
Monday, July 20, 2009
It was stated on my Assignment 2 and 3 on HRM that I would love to have a job related on creating databases such as becoming a Database Administrator someday. We all know that our university, University of Southeastern Philippines, is equipped with a high level standards of education and it was already proven many times. Though we all know the fact that our college, Institute of Computing, is just a new comer on USEP, it has given its students competitive skills and made them responsible IT professionals. IC had trained them in such a way that nobody could compare. Though our school has facilities that are not that advance yet, it has still produced best graduates that as of now became popular in different fields of Information Technology. And one of them is my brother, a Computer science graduate from USEP also. He is now very successful on his career. After he graduated, he became a junior programmer on Hubport Interactive Incorporated. As time passes, he slowly began to earn high level jobs like becoming a web application programmer. And as of now, he is a senior web developer and a team leader on Mynd Consulting. I did become interested on everything I have learned in USEP and I believe that our university can help me achieve what I want to be in the near future.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The upcoming 2010 elections in the Philippines is the hottest issue as of now because of the reason that it would be done not manually but using the automated machine with the help of the new technology. About 50 million people are expected to vote at 350,000 precincts in May 2010 to elect a president, vice president, nearly 300 members of Congress and more than 17,000 local officials through the new and untested automated system.
Unlike in past elections when counting and tallying of votes were done manually, taking almost a month to determine results at the national level, Comelec is promising results within 36 hours under the new system made by the Smartmatic with the partnership of the Total Information Management Corp. (TIM).
However, “As Ducky Paredes kept emphasizing, election related preparations can't just be rushed. Else, it will create uncertain situation that harms the organization as well. Every government office, especially its leadership, always want to deliver better service to the people. However, forces beyond its control, like the legislature and various interest groups can either help or be a productive watchdog (give thumbs up or down accordingly) or make all efforts impossible. Their actions influences our perception on the COMELEC.”
http://philippineselection.blogspot.com/2007/07/automated-election-in-2010.html
Many people concluded that the Philippines is not yet ready to experience a modernized election especially that the time for preparation is not enough. And according to the national survey, one in 10 Filipinos can not read and write.
“I am not willing to spend even a single centavo for a system which is not tested, for a system we cannot even describe or define, or a system that we’re not even sure of delivering a clean, honest and fair election,” Escudero said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090306-192592/All-go-for-automated-elections-in-2010
“It’s not unfounded (Comelec’s apprehensions), it’s dangerous. We have not tried automation,” Enrile said over radio station dwIZ.”
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=481760
It would be the first time that the Philippines would use an automated machine for the national election and in fact, the senators said they were not sure how the Comelec would conduct the actual balloting and whether there were backup plans if the machines failed to scan the ballots, print and transmit results.
“How secured the comelec voting system that they urge to use the automated election this 2010? I think the system can be hacked and manipulate the results by the computer experts. If the National Security system of U.S have millions of attempts to hacked and control their system, how much more here in the Philippines.”
http://mariancalago.blogspot.com/2009/05/automated-election-for-2010.html
With all the disadvantages stated above, it would be better also if we could compare it to the advantages to balance everything and to make a conclusion later.
“Gordon, author of RA 9369 or the amended Automated Elections System (AES) Law, issued the statement to allay fears that automated elections would equate to computerized cheating. the law, which is technology-neutral, has mandated at least 16 "minimum system requirements" to ensure clean, honest and credible elections.
The minimum system requirements mandated by RA 9369 include adequate security against unauthorized access; accessibility to illiterates and disabled voters; vote tabulating program for election, referendum or plebiscite; accurate ballot counters; data retention provision; utilize or generate official ballots; and configure access control for sensitive system data and function. It also mandates accuracy in recording and reading of votes as well as in the tabulation, consolidation/canvassing, electronic transmission, and storage of results; and error recovery in case of non-catastrophic failure of device; and system integrity which ensures physical stability and functioning of the vote recording and counting process. RA 9369 requires a source code for the automated election system (AES) to be selected and shall be made available by the Comelec to all interested parties for their review. The AES shall also include a continuity plan in case of a systems breakdown or any such eventuality which shall result in the delay, obstruction or non-performance of the electoral process. Other safeguards include provisions for voter verified paper audit trail; system auditability to provide supporting documentation for verifying the correctness of reported election results; and to provide for the safekeeping, storing and archiving of physical or paper resource used in the election process.
The law also requires that the machines should provide the voter a system of verification to find out whether the machine has registered his choice; and a random manual audit be done in one precinct per congressional district randomly chosen by the Comelec in each province and city.
Gordon said any difference between the automated and manual count will result in the determination of root cause and initiate a manual count for those precincts affected by the computer or procedural error.”
http://forums.abs-cbn.com/thread/3020566.aspx
“With automated elections, our people can rely on the fact that their vote will be counted, and that their vote will mean change for the country, then they will stop being cynical. And once they stop being cynical, perhaps the focus will now be on the common good,” said Gordon.
Melo said full automation under the Precinct Counting Optical Scan (PCOS) would considerably reduce instances of fraud and cheating. It will also lessen election complaints because the system promises to be fast and accurate, according to the Comelec chief.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090306-192592/All-go-for-automated-elections-in-2010
As an IT student and a first time voter, I would rather choose the automated than the manual. It is for the reason that I wanted the Philippines to excel in the fields of technology though we all know that it would be very difficult for the Filipinos to adjust on the very big changes that would happen in the 2010 elections. But what’s the role of people who has experienced using technologies, like us IT students? We can help to educate those people who don’t even know how to use computer devices though there is only a short period of time left. How about if an assistant could help an illiterate voter during the votation? How about if the system would just provide pictures of the candidates and instruct the voter to just click the picture of the person who they want to vote with? I know it would be very crucial for everyone but we with the help of our prayers, whatever would be the result of the 2010 elections, it would be God’s plan because He knows best. If any of the interested groups are planning to cheat on the system, time will come that they would suffer for everything they would do. It’s time for our country to excel, to shine, to be known. And it’s time for us to prove to the world that we can stand together to fight for the right. But the biggest question that remains is that: Will there be elections by 2010?
Monday, July 6, 2009
The three URL’s that I found on the internet that talks about “green campus computing” are the following:
Campus Computing Goes Green to Save Money
By JOSH KELLER
Relocate a college's server computers next to a solar-power generator. Replace AC power with DC power. Cool the servers only where they get the hottest. Put the servers in the ocean and power them with waves.
Those were a few of the ideas discussed last week at a conference, "Greening the Internet Economy," that was designed to address the problem of the soaring financial and environmental costs of information technology. The event, held by the University of California at San Diego, offered a sampling of a new generation of technologies that promise to help colleges make their IT departments both more efficient and more sustainable.
Many of the participants emphasized the importance of systems that could more intelligently measure energy use on the campus. In recent years, colleges have been hurt by the rising costs of powering and cooling their data centers, in part because those costs are difficult to measure and poorly understood (The Chronicle, January 9).
At San Diego, researchers have started work on hardware to help colleges and other organizations understand how to make their servers more efficient. The device, called the GreenLight Instrument, will deploy sensors and software to measure the energy use, humidity, and other variables in various parts of a Sun Modular Data Center, a popular, self-contained complex of servers.
The goal is to encourage engineers to try different computing strategies to reduce electricity consumption, said Thomas A. DeFanti, principal investigator on the project and a senior research strategist at the university's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
"Right now there isn't enough information for somebody to make a definitive decision: Where do I save my money? Do I eliminate disks in my computers, or do I stop them? Do I use more RAM or less RAM?" said Mr. DeFanti. "Nobody has detailed information on this."
Aiming for Precision
Intelligent measuring systems like Greenlight should be extended to allow engineers to more precisely determine how to use energy, said Gary L. Baldwin, director of special projects at the University of California's Citris program. For example, he said, operators at a data center could direct cool air only where the facility is generating the most heat.
Another idea that shows promise, participants said, is to supply computers directly with local DC power. Computers generally use direct current, but the public electricity grid typically supplies alternating current, and 30 percent of the electricity can be lost in the conversion of one form to the other.
Some colleges have started projects to power their computers directly from solar cells or other sources of DC power on the campus, avoiding the energy loss altogether. At San Diego, administrators hope to build a "power ring" that will supply computers across the campus with DC power, said Mr. DeFanti.
The rethinking of how to supply campus power is part of a broader effort to "divorce ourselves from the electrical grid," said Bill St. Arnaud, chief research officer at Canarie Inc., a Canadian computer-networking organization. Power-transmission lines lose a significant amount of energy over long distances, he said, which means that supplying a campus with energy from faraway power plant can be inefficient.
A better strategy, Mr. St. Arnaud said, is to build campus data centers next to a renewable source of power, like a solar plant. High-speed optical transmission lines, he said, would ensure that the computers would seem "as close as next door."
http://chronicle.com/free/2009/01/10296n.htm
It is obvious that all the ways of implementing Green Computing based on this url are very difficult to apply on USEP because of the large amount of money that is needed to make that possible. Though, we need much more funds, it would be very helpful to all of us especially to the environment if we apply all those concepts stated in this url which are using GreenLight Instrument to save energy, relocate a college's server computers next to a solar-power generator, replace AC power with DC power, cool the servers only where they get the hottest, and put the servers in the ocean and power them with waves.
Sustainable IT in Universities and Colleges June 21, 2008
Posted by Paul Cheeseman
Sustainable IT is a subject that is going to be more and more important for all Higher Education institutions.
I must admit I didn’t realise how important Sustainable IT was until I attended an energy efficiency workshop at Cardiff University. The workshop is part of a series of events, all of which are part of the Managing environmentally sustainable ICT project by JISC and Sust-IT.
All of the presentations were really interesting, Cardiff University also arranged a tour of their brand new server room and High-performance computing (HPC) cluster. It was really good workshop and I’m already signed up for the next event about New Ways of Working.
Apparently the use of natural gas in power stations is decreasing and the use of coal is on the increase. When one of the panel described computers as being ‘Coal Powered’ it certainly made me look differently at IT. I’m now planning a complete review of our server rooms and an investigation into exactly how much electricity we use, and where the inefficiencies are. The panel also made the point that going green is not only good for the environment, there are also huge cost savings that can be made by adopting greener practices. As students become more and more interested in the green credentials of an institution the electricity usage, efficiency and carbon footprint of an institution will become a factor that students begin to consider when selecting an institution.
The rising cost of electricity means that we all have to start taking notice of the electricity we use, if we don’t then energy bills will spiral out of control and cuts in other areas will have to be made to enable institutions to pay their bills. This might sound like doom mongering, but the panel explained that in the private sector decisions to cut staffing and other resources are already being made because of the high cost of electricity.
The British Computer Societey are working on an EU Code of Conduct for server rooms / data centres. Institutions will be able to sign up to the code of conduct when a final version of the document comes out later on this year. I will be looking into this Code of Conduct, and if possible I would like to get Edge Hill signed up to the document. Institutions signing up to the code will be given some EU marketing materials to display withing the institution. Signing up for this EU recognised Code of Conduct would further enhance the green credentials of the institution.
http://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/coreservices/tag/green-computing/
With this url, it talks about Sustainable IT which is a subject that is going to be more and more important for all Higher Education institutions. The idea of their Green Computing is to make computers ‘Coal Powered’ which is not only good for the environment; there are also huge cost savings that can be made by adopting greener practices. Also, the British Computer Society are working on an EU Code of Conduct for server rooms / data centres. With this concept, USEP can apply the Code of Conduct for the implementation of Green Computing though that Code of Conduct is based from Europe.
Business and Green Computing
15 05 2009
By: Dominik Schulte-Zurhausen, Marketing Manager, Tellumat Telecoms
The term ‘Green Computing’ addresses the efficient use of computer resources by business and individuals alike. As natural persons I like to think that we are all aware of the criticality that our personal and business decisions have on the environment.
However, a business, in the sense of being an entity which has no such innate prerogatives as to be concerned about the environmental impacts that its operations have on the environment can not by itself be expected to factor in the long-term value and importance of initiatives such as ‘Green Computing’.
This is where business decision makers and policy makers need to step in order to steer the organization with awareness and knowledge. Due to the fact that, in most part, these business drivers/custodians are measured by their performance in regards to a single bottom line we can not and should not expect them to divert any attention onto issues that they are not measured, audited or rewarded for.
‘Green Computing’, from a technology point of view, is effective and has the potential to dramatically redress the environmental impact that our business creates. What is needed is not more hype around these technologies, but rather an educated and demanding shareholder base that expects of its executives quantifiable returns on multiple bottom lines. I.e. the triple bottom line: Planet, Profit, People
http://tellumattelecoms.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/business-and-green-computing/
Regarding this url, it talks about business having no such innate prerogatives as to be concerned about the environmental impacts. But all I can say is that, without protecting the environment, business would be impossible to hold because of the many factors that the business have to consider such as the environment. It is not always money that should be considered on having business but also the other factors.
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.
It was stated on my Assignment 2 and 3 on HRM that I would love to have a job related on creating databases such as becoming a Database Administrator someday. We all know that our university, University of Southeastern Philippines, is equipped with a high level standards of education and it was already proven many times. Though we all know the fact that our college, Institute of Computing, is just a new comer on USEP, it has gave its students competitive skills and made them responsible IT professionals. IC had trained them in such a way that nobody could compare. Though our school has facilities that are not that advance yet, it has still produced best graduates that as of now became popular in different fields of Information Technology. And one of them is my brother, a Computer science graduate from USEP also. He is now very successful on his career. After he graduated, he became a junior programmer on Hubport Interactive Incorporated. As time passes, he slowly began to earn high level jobs like becoming a web application programmer. And as of now, he is a senior web developer and a team leader on Mynd Consulting. I did become interested on everything I have learned in USEP and I believe that our university can help me achieve what I want to be in the near future.
When I have searched online job services on the internet, I was a bit confused of what I would choose for my Assignment 3. It was because the online job services I’ve searched are all difficult for me to achieve yet. But still, I have no choice but to choose the common ones for me so that I can relate to whatever online jobs I would choose. And these are the 5 online job services I have chosen:
1. Web DeveloperA web developer is responsible for programming the functionality of a web site. So while a requirements analyst is tasked with determining what a web site should do, the web developer figures out how it is going to do it and then writes the necessary programming code. Much of this programming code is behind the scenes and not visible to the user.
However, a web developer may also be responsible for the code that the user sees. This is the HTML/DHTML and Javascript that make up most of the web pages you interact with in your web browser.
2. Database DesignerWorking with a system architect and a requirements analyst, the database designer ensures that all necessary data has a place to be stored. At the same time, the speed at which the data can be stored and retrieved are taken in to account so that user's are not left waiting for unreasonable amounts of time.
Sometimes database designers take on database related activities such as arranging for backups, creating ad-hoc reports, and server tuning. However, these other tasks are often part of a Database Administrator's (DBA) job.
3. Web Designer
A web designer is similar to a graphic designer. In fact, many graphic designers are web designers and vice versa. Sometimes the term web designer is used to describe a web developer, but really a web designer focuses on the user interface. They are responsible for layout, color palettes, and sometimes usability. Web designers often develop some programming skills to enable them to include certain features in the interface such as roll-overs or dynamic menus.
4. Graphic DesignerWeb-based applications have brought graphic designers closer to software development projects than ever before. Because the buttons, menus, and other screen elements of a web page are not standardized, there is enormous opportunity for a graphic designer to influence how a site will look. This is often tied in to the branding efforts of a web site. As such, the graphic designer is tasked with deciding how best to portray the values of a company through the use of color and layout.
5. System administrator
A system administrator, systems administrator, or sysadmin, is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network. System administrators may be members of an information technology department.
The duties of a system administrator are wide-ranging, and vary widely from one organization to another. Sysadmins are usually charged with installing, supporting, and maintaining servers or other computer systems, and planning for and responding to service outages and other problems.
If I would be given the chance to choose one of the best from the 5 online job services stated above, I would prefer to choose number 3 which is a Database Designer because it is somehow related to the job that I dream to have in the future which is a Database Designer. Though I’m not quite creative on arts, I still want to because I have to. There is still time to become creative and I know that I can make it.
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Database administrator
A database administrator (DBA) is a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database. The role of a database administrator has changed according to the technology of database management systems (DBMSs) as well as the needs of the owners of the databases. For example, although logical and physical database designs are traditionally the duties of a database analyst or database designer, a DBA may be tasked to perform those duties.
Duties
The duties of a database administrator vary and depend on the job description, corporate and Information Technology (IT) policies and the technical features and capabilities of the DBMS being administered. They nearly always include disaster recovery (backups and testing of backups), performance analysis and tuning, data dictionary maintenance, and some database design.
Some of the roles of the DBA may include
• Installation of new software — It is primarily the job of the DBA to install new versions of DBMS software, application software, and other software related to DBMS administration. It is important that the DBA or other IS staff members test this new software before it is moved into a production environment.
• Configuration of hardware and software with the system administrator — In many cases the system software can only be accessed by the system administrator. In this case, the DBA must work closely with the system administrator to perform software installations, and to configure hardware and software so that it functions optimally with the DBMS.
• Security administration — One of the main duties of the DBA is to monitor and administer DBMS security. This involves adding and removing users, administering quotas, auditing, and checking for security problems.
• Data analysis — The DBA will frequently be called on to analyze the data stored in the database and to make recommendations relating to performance and efficiency of that data storage. This might relate to the more effective use of indexes, enabling "Parallel Query" execution, or other DBMS specific features.
• Database design (preliminary) — The DBA is often involved at the preliminary database-design stages. Through the involvement of the DBA, many problems that might occur can be eliminated. The DBA knows the DBMS and system, can point out potential problems, and can help the development team with special performance considerations.
• Data modeling and optimization — By modeling the data, it is possible to optimize the system layouts to take the most advantage of the I/O subsystem.
• Responsible for the administration of existing enterprise databases and the analysis, design, and creation of new databases.
o Data modeling, database optimization, understanding and implementation of schemas, and the ability to interpret and write complex Structured Query Language (SQL) queries
o Proactively monitor systems for optimum performance and capacity constraints
o Establish standards and best practices for SQL
o Interact with and coach developers in SQL scripting
I want to become a Database Administrator in the future for when I first took the subject Database Analysis and Design 1 (DBAD1), I was amazed and became very interested on the said subject though it was quite hard to understand the topics especially at the analysis part. My willingness to become a Database Administrator was first brought up to life when we had our final project in DBAD 1 which is to create a database system. It was so hard to finish because of the fact that we had only a little background and knowledge on making systems especially that it was our first time to take that subject. But with the help of my brother, he taught me the basics and techniques of creating an efficient database system and I really feel so comfortable and interested on what I was doing on that time. Then it all started, my dreams of becoming a Database Administrator someday.
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