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Among the tasks of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is to “help accelerate the pace of developing improved rice varieties around the globe to feed a growing population, estimated to reach more than 9.6 billion by 2050”. To this end, IRRI has – for instance – helped sequence 3,024 rice varieties from 89 countries (via the collaborative, international research program called 3,000 Rice Genomes Project, or 3K RGP), with the “massive dataset” now considered as a “a powerful resource for understanding...

LAS VEGAS — The fate of NetSuite following Oracle’s $9.3 billion acquisition of the cloud company in November last year was made clear during the opening of the Oracle+NetSuite SuiteWorld held in Las Vegas recently. “We are now a global business unit inside of Oracle,” said Oracle and NetSuite executive vice president Jim McGeever in the conference’s opening keynote which was traditionally delivered by former NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson. “That means all sales, all services, all support and all the development...

Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO, once said, “we need to think about security like a human immune system. Without a healthy one, you are susceptible to all kinds of diseases.”  Indeed, the increasing number of cyberattacks happening everyday is proof that the information systems of companies and government organizations aren’t “healthy,” as many have been vulnerable to all kinds of attacks, from website hacking to ransomware. “Cybercriminals rely on exploiting known vulnerabilities to conduct their attacks – this is due to the...

The Philippines’ information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry is crafting a 6-year plan that will enable the industry to maintain growth momentum and create four to five million new jobs amid disruptions caused by new market and technology trends. As a preferred destination for IT-BPM work, the Philippines has been growing at more than twice the global market growth rate over the last 5 years, according to Frost & Sullivan. With a 6% CAGR, total global opportunity for outsourced IT-BPM is expected to grow...

Seeing a big push among Philippine companies toward digitalization, Germany’s Software AG has partnered with MDI, one of the country’s leading communications technology solutions provider, to help local companies succeed in their digital transformation initiatives. Software AG, Germany’s second-largest software company, offers big data, integration and business process technologies. The company also offers cloud-based software which are available via Amazon Web Services. “Digitalization is a major trend and digital transformation...