Cebu as the Philippines IT Capital

[kolz]

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It happened in India - Bangalore .... can we also have Cebu as the Philippines IT Capital?

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb...ing.point.html
Ng: Cebu’s IT tipping point
By Wilson Ng
Wired Desktop

WE are nearing the end of the year, and I believe that this is the year when Cebu has hit the tipping point for technology.

What I mean is that Cebu has hit the point where it is now considered a serious market and cannot be left out. Consider this: all the major players in information technology (IT) are now here.

Last month, IBM inaugurated its new office at the Asiatown IT Park. On Dec. 26, Microsoft is going to inaugurate its own office at the Skyrise building within Asiatown IT Park, and no less than President Arroyo herself has been invited to cut the ribbon.

Not only these two IT behemoths, but all players are here. HP has always had a service center here, and Lexmark and Epson both have huge presence. Canon has been here for awhile.

Cisco and Imation already have full-time personnel in their respective offices here, and most recently, Oracle.

Jobstreet and JobsDb, two major IT-based recruitment companies, have also been active here. APC also has an active service center here. Most major IT distributors also maintain offices in Cebu.

I believe that Cebu’s importance as the center of IT will only increase as more companies realize the need to tap the resources and markets in southern Philippines.


What do you think? Does Cebu have the manpower and the right resources for this to work?

[omad]

really good news indeed :mrgreen:

[pintado]

its good news for our neighboring provinces kay duol duol na sa ilaha.. they dont need to go to manila para trabaho.. less gastos..

[r0mm3L]

guyz...so far do you compare cebu and manila in terms of IT?

[zer0_cooL]

sa una ni attend ko ug seminar sa DTI didto naa gani to mga IT companies, nag invite man sad cla ug taga academe so kami ang gipadala, ingon man to si mar roxas na naa daw plan ang president na himoon ang cebu na IT hub of the philippines

[nocram]

its a very good news to all visayas and mindanao tinuod,whats good for cebu is also good for them.

[boxingfan529]

guyz...so far do you compare cebu and manila in terms of IT?

salary wise, it's almost 2x compared to the ones here in cebu. i hope we'll have a manila based salary too.

[dlanyer77]

we have lots of skilled people here in visayas & mindanao compare to luzon (Manila). wala lang tawon ika afford ug gasto ug panimpalad sa manila. so dako kau ni nga opportunity sa visayas ug mindanao kon matinoud ni.

[bcasabee]

maybe in 3 to 5 years siguro.......i heard a rumor that accenture will open a delivery center in cebu in the middle of next year.....it should place cebu on the world map when this happens..........

[INFRACTION]

And let Asiantown IT park be called as mini India )