Why is a Command Center Essential in a City Government Facility
by: Marzo Monserrate SVP for Sales and Marketing We usually spend our daily lives commuting or walking to and from public areas to go to work, home, or meet-up with colleagues and clients. Many of us even travel long distances that take one to four-hour drive from work to home or vice versa. However, …
Digital Transformation: Disrupt or be Disrupted
by: Allyxon Cua
AMTI President
Not more than ten years ago, public transportation system in Metro Manila was as traditional as waiting in the streets for a cab. Navigation app Waze was not available in the Philippines until 2013, so when you find yourself lost in the confusing streets and detours of the city, pull over and ask for directions from the nearest present traffic enforcer or local. The full potential of consumer technology was yet,….
On the Metro Manila Traffic Situation: New-Age Solutions for Age-Old Issues
by: Allyxon Cua
AMTI President
A barely four-kilometer ride from our home to the workplace used to take 10 minutes before the so-called carmageddon reached its peak in Metro Manila. Other monikers about the rumored worst traffic in the world include “may forever” and “EDSA parking lot”; true enough, the one hour I now spend on the road feels like forever. Lately, it’s almost as if my work hours start as soon as the car comes to a standstill………………
Roadmap to Compliance to the Data Privacy Act of 2012
by: Paul Santos
General Manager for AMTI Ascend
We live in a country of heavy social media users – 42.1 million on Facebook, 13 million on Twitter, and 3.5 million on LinkedIn as of April 2017 – and a total IT spending of USD 4.4 billion in 2016, which is expected to more than double by 2020 (Source: Export.gov). This continuous rise of digitization heightens the need to secure the data that comes along with it. In order for our government to regulate how organizations collect, use, disclose, store, and dispose these data,……………..