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BACOLOD City: This city is joining this year’s
e-Services Philippines—Asia’s premier ITEs (information
technology enterprises) global sourcing conference and exhibition
next month in Manila.
Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue,
chair of the Bacolod IT Focus Team, has officially been designated
by Mayor Evelio Leonardia along with the Investment and Promotions
Officer Ardis Jaculina to join the local Department of Trade and
Industry representatives in Manila on February 15 and 16.
This annual summit gives
companies contemplating outsourcing relationship, investors and
ancillary industries with the opportunity to meet, network and build
partnerships with the Philippines ITEs providers.
The summit aims to make the
Philippines a neutral ground for countries to discuss geopolitical,
economic, legal, cultural and IT infrastructure
competencies—important factors affecting global sourcing.
Batapa-Sigue believes that the
information age leaves local governments with no choice but to
consider laying the foundation for a strong a knowledge-based
economy in their areas.
Based on the IT Focus Team’s
research, government projections show 1.3 million jobs in the
“cyberservices” sector from 2006 to 2010.
During the e-Services launching
last week, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila said the
outsourcing business is forecasted to rake in $12.4 billion by 2010
after $3.63 billion in 2006.
There are 244,675 workers in the
business process outsourcing (BPO) sector and this is expected to
jump to 920,764 in 2010 on top of the most popular voice service,
call centers, that brought in $2.69 billion in 2006.
At the A.T. Kearney Global
Services Location Index of 2005, the Philippines ranks third among
the top preferred locations for business process outsourcing,
scoring high in both financial and human resource indexes.
--Panay News
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