{"id":1360,"date":"2013-08-01T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T03:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2013-08-02T09:26:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T01:26:01","slug":"bpi-outsources-it-network-and-data-center-activities-to-ibm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2013\/08\/01\/bpi-outsources-it-network-and-data-center-activities-to-ibm\/","title":{"rendered":"BPI outsources IT network and data center activities to IBM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1361\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BPI-outsources-to-IBM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1361\" alt=\"Photo Shows (L-R): (L-R) Mariels Almeda Winhoffer, President and Country General Manager, IBM Philippines; Rod Atkins, SVP for Corporate Strategy, IBM Corporation; Cezar P. Consing, President and CEO, BPI; Pilar Bernadette Marquez, SVP for Information Systems, BPI.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BPI-outsources-to-IBM-300x139.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BPI-outsources-to-IBM-300x139.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BPI-outsources-to-IBM-1024x476.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Shows (L-R): (L-R) Mariels Almeda Winhoffer, President and Country General Manager, IBM Philippines; Rod Adkins, SVP for Corporate Strategy, IBM Corporation; Cezar P. Consing, President and CEO, BPI; Pilar Bernadette Marquez, SVP for Information Systems, BPI.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Bank of the Philippine Islands has outsourced its IT network and data center activities to IBM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move will allow BPI\u2019s information systems team to better concentrate on the bank\u2019s strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country\u2019s growth trajectory provides BPI with the opportunity to grow,\u201d says President and CEO of BPI Cezar \u201cBong\u201d P. Consing. \u201cThe partnership with IBM will help provide the IT infrastructure that is supportive of the bank\u2019s growth objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/ibm-is-top-ict-company-dell-takes-the-biggest-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\">IBM<\/a> is an experienced IT service provider with an excellent reputation for large scale systems integration and systems management within the banking industry. IBM currently services several major banks in the ASEAN region. This engagement will help BPI focus on more strategic business areas while IBM manages its day-to-day IT operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIBM is committed to the strategic partnership as BPI continues to focus on key transformational projects,\u201d said President and Country General Manager, IBM Philippines Mariels Almeda Winhoffer. \u201cIBM will provide smarter, scalable IT services and capabilities that will enhance and accelerate BPI&#8217;s transformation for growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1851, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is the country\u2019s third largest bank in terms of assets and\u00a0 the largest bank in terms of market capitalization.\u00a0 It has significant market share in deposits, corporate &amp; consumer lending, and asset management &amp; trust business.\u00a0 BPI is the recognized leader in electronic banking, having introduced most of the firsts in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>BPI enjoys the highest credit ratings from international rating agencies.\u00a0 It is the only investment grade local bank in the country as rated by the Fitch Ratings agency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"__tbSetup\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of the Philippine Islands BPI has outsourced its IT network and data center activities to IBM. The move will allow BPI\u2019s Information Systems team to better concentrate on the bank\u2019s strategic initiatives.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[413,483,414,214,319],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biz-solutions","category-business","tag-banking","tag-bpi","tag-case-study","tag-ibm","tag-it-outsourcing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}