EACOMM Embraces IBM Cloud to Deliver New ServicesÂ
TAGUIG CITY, Philippines – 19 May 2016 – IBM today announced that technology services firm EACOMM Corporation has selected IBM Cloud to host custom-built information systems that it develops for Fortune 500 businesses. These new systems will include web or cloud-based software, mobile applications, embedded systems, and multimedia applications. Operating from the Philippines, EACOMM Corporation has been providing customized and innovative solutions to businesses worldwide since 2001. The company specializes in web and mobile application development, multimedia solutions, cloud-based application hosting, and voice over Internet protocol projects. EACOMM also supports value added services such as data and content collection, creation and analysis. Given the global customer base and complexity of EACOMM’s service offerings, the company needed to partner with a company that could deliver a highly scalable, cost-effective and secure cloud platform. After evaluating several cloud service providers, EACOMM decided to go with IBM because its platform offered the right mix of infrastructure options, including bare metal and virtual servers, along with the global reach and operational simplicity required to respond to growing customer demands. By using the IBM Cloud, EACOMM can quickly move workloads and critical information into the cloud in a secure and cost-effective way. “Clients want on-demand information to respond to market needs and cloud provides them standard accessibility and connectivity regardless of location and type of businesses. It is our commitment to deliver these with speed to our customers,†explained Mike Torres, Managing Director, EACOMM Corporation. “Our adoption of the IBM Cloud helps us drive the delivery of next generation applications that provides our clients greater visibility and flexibility of their data as they adopt a cloud strategy. With IBM as our partner we are able to deliver on our promise.” EACOMM will utilize the IBM Cloud platform to provide flexibility and control, which can be configured to meet customers’ security, data, performance, and compliance needs based on the application. A reliable cloud infrastructure from IBM instills confidence in users, helping EACOMM attract new clients and expand its business. “The adoption of cloud by business to digitally transform their operations continues to rise and customers demand easy-to-deploy cloud-based applications,” said Luis Pineda, President and Country General Manager, IBM Philippines. IBM Cloud delivers fast, easy and automated access to public, private and hybrid cloud services to help clients digitally transform. IBM Cloud is a growing collection of services including analytics, mobile, networking, storage, Internet of Things and cognitive computing. With more than 40 global cloud data centers, IBM helps companies securely manage and gain insight into their data no matter where it resides.
Public Transport Management Systems
EACOMM has been heavily involved in the developing applications and systems that cater to Public Transportation for over five years now. This includes: General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) GTFS or General Transit Feed Specification is an open standard for representing public transportation schedules, fares and geographical information. EACOMM Corporation has been developing transit GTFS feeds compliant with Google Maps and Open Trip Planner since 2012. Bus Management Information System In 2014, EACOMM Corporation developed an open source bus management information system for the Department of Transportation and Communications in cooperation with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and theAdvanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology. For more information on these and other public transit related projects visit our website at: http://www.eacomm.com/services/public-transport-management-systems/
Digital Asset Management System
EACOMM Corporation is now offering a Hosted Digital Asset Management System that can provide your organization with a highly flexible and customizable digital asset management system at no capital expense! The digital asset management system is an easy-to-use and affordable digital library for small and medium enterprises, educational institutions, and non-government organizations. Developed as a web-based solution, it is very accessible with no lengthy installation or configuration required. Digital assets, such as images, documents, presentations, brochures, and videos can be uploaded, browsed, searched, categorized, archived and downloaded using the system. Organize – Upload images, documents and videos and specify users that have access to each file. Define your own categories. You can also request on how the digital assetswill be categorized; i.e. by date, specified type and/or classification, etc. Store – Scalable and fully redundant file storage to ensure that all your files will never be lost. Secure – Hosted in your very own virtual cloud server. Manage users by segregating them by user-levels. Certain users can upload and download files, others can only browse and download, and others can browse only. Retrieve – Search by keywords in the title, by category, or by document type. You can also narrow the search by filtering categories or document types. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Email us at info@eacomm.com or call us at +632 438 2986
Tapping FOSS for Business
This Article, written by EACOMM Managing Director, Mike Torres, was originally published in ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE in July 2007. Download a scanned copy of the original article here . The most common misconception about Free and Open Source Software is the primary motivation for using it is because it is FREE. Obviously for small businesses and home users this would probably be the first thing that would attract them to these types of software but have you ever wondered why multi-billion dollar companies like IBM, Sun Microsystem, and Novell have embraced them? The number one reason would be STABILITY. Open source software are developed by dozens, even hundreds of developers from across the globe —a feat difficult to match by any private software company. This community of programmers and techies not only help design and develop the software but debugs it, points out security issues, and ultimately advocate the application’s use. Through this sheer number of software developers with varying backgrounds involved in all stages of development of open source software you are guaranteed of a more stable, secure, and cross-platform application. A second reason, curiously enough, would be SUPPORT. You’ll find that most FOSS projects have loyal and supportive users and are more than willing to help you out when you post your questions on-line. It’s also not hard to realize that whatever questions you might have regarding the software, the odds are someone else has asked it before you and the answer is already a Google query, away! There may not be one guy or group responsible for your tech support but a community of hundreds or even thousands of users willing to help out more than makes up for this. Finally, one thing the FOSS offers that proprietary software cannot: UNLIMITED CUSTOMIZABILITY. The FOSS community not only allows, but ENCOURAGES its users to customize the software. Some licensed software might provide some sort of module for customization, but FOSS hands you over the source code to tinker with to your heart’s content. This gives businesses with particularly unique requirements to simply use a FOSS application as a base from where to start developing custom software specific to what it’s looking for. This significantly reduces development time and failure rates for custom software projects. The best way to see what benefits FOSS can give your organization is to simply try them out. It’s free after all! Below are some useful FOSS applications that any business, big or small, can benefit from: Open Office (http://www.openoffice. org): The FOSS Community’s answer to Microsoft Office. Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org): The Firefox Web browser is a fraction of the file size of Internet Explorer and is more stable. Thunderbird is an e-mail client designed to rival MS Outlook. Asterisk the Open Source PBX (http://www. asterisk. org): Our organization’s favorite FOSS application at the moment. Asterisk is software that runs in any standard PC running Linux that gives any office a VoIP-based, enterprise-grade PBX System FOR FREE. Have hundreds of extensions running from an old PC! SugarCRM (SuiteCRM)* (https://suitecrm.com/): This Web-based CRM application is as good as any proprietary product you’ll see in the market. The GIMP (http://www.gimp.org): GIMP is a powerful image editing software comparable to Adobe’s Photoshop.  *The Open Source version of SugarCRM is now known as SuiteCRM.
New Look and Features for PhilippineCompanies.com!
One of the most popular and comprehensive Business Directory and Locator has just gotten better with a completely revamped layout and additional features! Visit www.PhilippineCompanies.com today and see its newest features!
EACOMM is looking for Web and Mobile Developers!
EACOMM Corporation is looking for experienced web and mobile developers to join our award-winning development team of software engineers. Applicants must have experience developing web applications using PHP and Javascript as well as in developing Android applications. Experience in developing and deploying systems running in Linux (CentOS) environment will be prioritized. Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree , Computer Science/Information Technology, Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication), Science & Technology, Engineering (Electrical/Electronic), Engineering (Others) or equivalent. Required skill(s): android, CentOS, Java, JavaScript, PHP, MYSQL. Required language(s): English, Filipino At least 2 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position. Applicants must be willing to work in Eastwood Cyberpark,Quezon City. Preferably 1-4 Yrs Experienced Employees specializing in IT/Computer – Software or equivalent. 4 Full-Time position(s) available. EMAIL YOUR RESUMES TO ADMIN@EACOMM.COM
EACOMM is Hiring!
EACOMM is currently looking to expand its Android Software Development Team. Successful applicants will be part of a growing team of software engineers developing cutting-edge mobile business applications. Applicants should have a strong background in Java Programming with skill and experience in PHP/MySQL Development as well. Candidate must possess at least a Vocational Diploma / Short Course Certificate, Bachelor’s/College Degree , Computer Science/Information Technology, Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication), Engineering (Electrical/Electronic), Engineering (Industrial), Mathematics or equivalent. Required skills: android programming, cakephp, Java, JavaScript, PHP, MYSQL. At least 1 year of working experience in the related field is required for this position. Applicants must be willing to work in Eastwood Cyberpark,Quezon City. Preferably 1-4 Yrs Experienced Employees specializing in IT/Computer – Software or equivalent. Interested parties can apply via JobStreet by clicking here. Or email your resumes directly to admin@eacomm.com
Whitepaper on Enterprise Mobility Solutions
EACOMM Corporation offers companies cost-effective, fully customized enterprise mobility solutions. Developing award-winning enterprise websites and web applications since 2001, EACOMM delved into Android and iOS development in 2010, with focus on tablet and smartphone applications that can be managed remotely over the web. Since 2010, we have deployed very large scale mobile application systems for both enterprise and the government, with some being used by thousands of users. This white paper highlights the key components that EACOMM Corporation can provide an organization in developing a Turnkey Enterprise Mobility System. Download the Whitepaper on Enterprise Mobility Systems Enterprise Mobility Solutions
Luopan Feng Shui Compass Android App
The Luopan Feng Shui Compass, is a simple, easy-to-use Chinese magnetic compass on your Android phone! The app takes into account your Chinese horoscope, gender, and the direction you want to diagnose and provides you an interpretation of that given direction. It will also provide some suggested remedies in case the direction is unlucky for you. The compass and all the interpretations are in English. Feng shui was developed in China over 3,000 years ago and was set to balance the forces and energies of a given space or area. It is believed that the practice of Feng Shui can help assure good fortune, good health, happiness, and prosperity. The Luopan or Chinese Compass has been an diagnostic tool used by Chinese Feng Shui masters for thousands of years. Today, Feng Shui consultants use this tool to find the most auspicious compass directions for their clients. This app will help you apply these ancient Feng Shui principles to your daily life. Find your auspicious directions using your smart phone by downloading this App today!
BWAP Text for Safety Project Launched with LTFRB
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) signed an agreement with the BPO Workers Association of the Philippines (BWAP) and EACOMM Corporation to help ensure the safety of the more than 800,000 BPO workers in the country, most of which work during the night. The BWAP Text for Safety Project aims to provide a simple solution in ensuring commuter safety by providing BPO workers a venue to store their commuting history through a centralized database. The worker need only text the license number of the vehicle he/she is riding in to 0927 BWAP 933 (0927 2927 933) along with his/her name. If the worker is mistreated, or was involved in an accident or criminal act, he/she need only request back the information logged in the system and BWAP will help report the incident to the LTFRB or to law enforcement authorities if need be. For workers who have an android smartphone, more detailed complaints or concerns may be lodged with Trip Barker‘s “Bark It!” feature which allows users to report on accidents, complain against erring mass transit drivers, etc. Complaints are posted in community.tripbarker.com and serious issues are forwarded to LTFRB, DOTC, and other government agencies. “As mandated by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), we are to ensure the convenience and safety of the people when they travel the metropolis, hence this agreement is very timely and highly relevant to our road safety campaign,” LTFRB chairman Winston Ginez said. The Text for Safety Project was formally launched on April 30, 2014 in anticipation of Labor Day 2014. Coverage of the event in the news: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/30/14/ltfrb-bpo-workers-group-ink-road-safety-pact http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/598562/bpo-workers-woes-spur-new-drive-vs-abusive-puv-drivers http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/news/nation/31351-ltfrb-bpo-workers-sign-commuter-safety-accord http://www.rappler.com/business/industries/174-outsourcing/56851-ltfrb-bpo-road-safety
New Top Level Domains
The vast majority of web users are only aware of the ‘traditional’ Top Level Domains (TLDs): .com , .org, .net. and .edu plus the ‘Country’ domains like .uk, .ph, .jp, etc. In recent years newer domains like .asia, .biz, .info came about. This year, the number of TLD’s are due to EXPLODE. The governing body for TLD’s called the   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN started rolling out these new domains last year and you can find a couple of them starting to go online. Basically ICANN has decided to expand the list of available TLD’s to make it easier for website owners to classify their website. A full explanation of the rationale for this push is in this ICANN Website and a summary of the history of TLD’s is in the infographic below: Some of the new domains include .directory, .singles, .guru, .company and HUNDREDS more! There is currently a “land rush” for all these new TLDs and as a result the prices for these have skyrocketed. Wikipedia offers this list of new TLD’s but quite a few more are added every month. EACOMM was able to reserve philippine.directory as the potential new home of the popular philippinecompanies.com business directory website. For more information or assistance in getting some of these new TLD’s please contact us and we can set one up for you!
Trip Barker now available for Cebu City!
We are proud to announce that Trip Barker now provides trip planning data on a limited number of routes for Cebu City! The following routes are currently included: 19 jeepney routes within Cebu City 8 ferry routes to neighboring cities/towns 5 provincial bus routes The Trip Barker team is working hard to include more routes from Cebu City to make the app’s coverage more comprehensive!
Cebu Traffic App Released
EACOMM Corporation through its award-winning transit app Tripbarker.com and in cooperation with CITOM and www.cebutraffic.org is proud to release the first real-time traffic app for Cebu City. The app grabs data from CITOM’s cebutraffic.org website which gathers movement data from dozens of Cebu city taxi cabs. The Cebu Traffic App is currently available for Android Phones. Download it today from the app store!
Trip Barker Android App Beta Version
The Trip Barker Android App is now on Beta! Download it now from Google Play. This is a Major Overhaul of the Trip Barker App. We STRONGLY recommend upgrading to this version for a much better experience with the app! Current active features include: – Bark It! Incident Reporting (weather, traffic, traffic violations, events, points of interest, etc) – Trip Planner with fare, weather and traffic data – Avatar selection, and profile editing – Facebook login Currently under heavy development: – UI changes – App optimization
New Look for EACOMM.com
As a continuation of our corporate tradition to change our website every few years, we are proud to announce the launch of the newest version of www.eacomm.com! For over a dozen years now, EACOMM Corporation’s Corporate Website has evolved with the trends and technologies of the time. EACOMM.COM has always been considered a showcase site of what we have to offer our clients and as such a lot of time and effort is given in ensuring the site is up to date with the latest technologies. VERSION 7 “Responsive Isometric Pixel Art” (2014-present): While we have been deploying responsive websites for our clients for the past 2 years, it is only in 2014 that we’ve finally had the time to convert our own site to a fully responsive design. This is in reaction to the ever increasing number of website visitors that are smartphone and tablet users. As with our past websites, the site has a central “theme” that plays tribute to 1980’s PC pixel isometric art. The site also shows a transition to a more mature “corporate look”, embracing the fact that EACOMM is no longer a new start-up set-up by fresh grads in their twenties, but an established corporation led by a highly experienced group of entrepreneurs and professional managers. Click on the links and screenshots below to see the older versions of our website: Version 1 (2001) was pure HTML and had less than 10 web pages. Version 2 “Classic Black†(2002-2003) featured a number of online forms developed in PHP and writing to MySQL database. However, the main site content remained mostly HTML-based with a some small flash animation elements. Version two also included our first efforts in Search Engine Optimization of the website. Version 3 “United Colors of EACOMM†(2003-2005) featured a lively intro page and heavily SEO’d content. Some content were already content managed during the latter part of this version’s existence. Version 3 was also the first site hosted outside of EACOMM’s in-house web server for increased accessibility from the US/Europe. Version 4 “The Tree House†(2005-2008) This website was the first EACOMM website to fully utilize DO-CMS for content management. It feature original artwork from Visual Artist Robert Deniega. Further additions to the site includes this Blog website, a Japanese Version of the Website and other division sub-sites. Version 5 “Film Noir” (2008-2012) This website features detailed interactive scenery with a retro, film-noir look developed in Flash. The website is managed through the latest version of EACOMM’s Dynamic Online Content Management System which features new features such as allowing for editing of Flash content as well as integration with Google’s Application suite. The site’s use of CSS 2.0 would also allow us to change the layout much more often and offer different layouts simultaneously in the future. The site is also designed to showcase the entire skill-set of EACOMM Corporation from Interactive Multimedia and Animation as seen with the various Flash scenes, to High-end Web Programming as showcased in the various dynamic content and interactive forms. Version 6 “Pop-Art” (2012-2014): This version of the website pays homage to 50’s-60’s pop-art. The current site is running the beta version of DO-CMS version 4, the first complete rewrite of the DO-CMS engine. In this website we have decided to forgo flash animation in favor of javascript/jquery/html5 to coincide with the trend in mobile and tablet web browsing. The site is also tightly integrated with facebook (particularly the photo albums) and other social networking websites.
Blast from the Past…Part 2: Old Press Releases
EACOMM Admin did some new year cleaning and we found some press releases on our early works: (The first “blast from the past” was posted in this blog on April 2011) Ateneo Blue Book 2001. Our very first CD-ROM Yearbook Project. Developing CD-ROM yearbooks is the reason why 5 college friends decided to put up an IT Company in 1999. Incorporated formally in 2001, EACOMM has made over 20+ different CD and DVD-ROM yearbooks for over a dozen schools since this first effort was released. Ateneo Blue Book 2002. This is our first “thematic” yearbook with a 1950’s rock and roll theme. It spawned a whole bunch of other themed yearbooks ranging from 80’s new wave, sci-fi, medieval/fantasy, and 3D virtual reality. UP CMC 2002 – Our first college-level CD-ROM Yearbook, made for the University of the Philippine College of Mass Communications. Themed after the “newest” reality tv-craze of that year “Survivor”.
Trip Barker nominated to the Mobile Premier Awards 2014
We’re proud to announce that Trip Barker: A Community-based Mass Transit App, has been nominated to the Mobile Premier Awards to be held on February 2, 2014, in Barcelona, Spain! Trip Barker joins 32 other mobile-oriented apps from around the world in the competition that will be held in Sala Apolo in Barcelona. The Mobile Premier Awards is the largest cross-platform app showcase in the mobile industry, providing a point of reference for the startup and app community during the Mobile World Congress. The 8th edition of the Mobile Premier Awards will take place in Barcelona on February 24th 2014 and will feature winning apps from Appcircus events and Appcircus challenges from 2013. Appcircus empowers the global app community to create apps as meaningful, sustainable solutions. During 2012, Appcircus launched online challenges dedicated to developing apps for local and global issues and hosted a tour of over 30 Appcircus events around the world, in which more than 1000 app makers participated.
Trip Barker Wins the Best Transit App in the Philippine Transit App Challenge
EACOMM Corporation’s entry, Trip Barker has won the Best Transit App Award from the recently concluded Philippine Transit App Challenge held last October 14, 2013. Trip Barker bested 17 other apps to win the Best Transit Award. For more information follow the links to various press releases regarding the event below:  Transport app winner allows commuters to share traffic info – NewsBytes.ph DOTC Concludes Successful Philippine Transit App Challenge : Trip Barker Wins Best App and Php 100K  – wazzuppilipinas.com Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic – youngupstarts.com Commuting in Metro Manila? There’s an app for that – abs-cbnnews.com DOTC concludes successful PHL transit app challenge – gov.ph Tech vs traffic: Winning app offers help to Metro commuters – inquirer.net  5 cool apps to help you find your way in Philippines – techinasia.com TripBarker wins the Best Transit App Award at the Philippine Transit App Challenge and wins 100K PhK! – appcircus.com/blog
Animahenasyon 2013
EACOMM proudly supports the 7th Philippine Animation Festival: Animahenasyon 2013. This year’s Animahenasyon festival will be the second one to be held outside Metro Manila and will be hosted by the West Visayas State University in Iloilo City. For assistance and recommendations on hotel bookings and travel arrangements, visit the Animahenasyon website. Register Now!
Vote for Trip Barker to win the Philippine Transit App Challenge!
Our Mass Transit Commuting App, Trip Barker has been included to compete for the Philippine Transit App Challenge! Please vote for Trip Barker by visiting our entry’s webpage and using your Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus or other social media account to vote for our entry. CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR TRIP BARKER NOW!
Visit the Elisha Telecom Booth at UCXAsia-COMDDAP
Our sister company, Elisha Telecom will be exhibiting in the first Unified Communications Asia Expo here in Manila: UCXAsia to be held in conjunction with the one of the most prestigious computer shows in Manila: COMDDAP 2013. Elisha Telecom will be showcasing its various VoIP products, services and solutions such as its popular ETPBX hosted VoIP PBX Platform. Visit Elisha Telecom at Booth U809 by downloading a FREE COMDDAP PASS by clicking this link.