Behind Santa’s Christmas Magic: Happy Holidays from EACOMM!

What the North Pole Can Teach Us About Custom Software Every December, Santa runs the most demanding logistics and workflow operation imaginable, while the world marvels at the magic of Christmas. Billions of wish lists. Millions of toys. One global overnight delivery window. And zero room for delays. Sure, flying reindeer, teleporting chimneys, and tireless Christmas Elves give Santa an advantage most business leaders could only dream of, but even with all that magic, the Santa operation is essentially a massive enterprise workflow ready to collapse under its own peppermint-scented pressure. And big operations need big systems. At EACOMM, our...

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Developer doing Vibe Coding

The Truth About Vibe Coding (AI-Assisted Programming)

Vibe coding is an emerging software-development workflow that shifts the programmer’s role from writing every line of code to prompting and refining an AI assistant that generates code from natural-language descriptions. Coined by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, the term refers to building, modifying, and debugging software code by conversing with an AI chatbot. In practice, developers describe high-level goals or functions in plain English, and a large language model (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer, etc.) produces code snippets or even full modules. For example, this Microsoft article notes that vibe coding is “opening the door to newcomers and...

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Know How to Unlock Agentic AI with watsonx Orchestrate

Empowering Philippine Businesses to Work Smarter with Intelligent Automation Artificial Intelligence is changing how organizations operate and compete. In the Philippines, companies are beginning to move beyond experimentation and toward real, results-driven AI adoption. The challenge is knowing how to integrate AI into daily work without heavy technical complexity. IBM watsonx Orchestrate, delivered in partnership with EACOMM Corporation, provides a practical and scalable way to bring Agentic AI into business operations. It enables teams to create digital assistants, or AI agents, that automate routine work, respond to natural language commands, and learn from interactions. What Is Agentic AI? Agentic AI...

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image-to-image search

How AI Is Now Revolutionizing Image Search for Businesses

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining how businesses find, organize, and use visual content. What began as simple color and shape matching has evolved into intelligent image search systems that understand the meaning behind images. Today, companies can search massive image libraries—or even the entire web—by simply uploading a photo or typing a brief description. This transformation is driving real business value. In e-commerce, AI-powered image search helps shoppers find products visually instead of relying on keywords. In healthcare, it assists doctors in comparing medical scans for quicker, more accurate diagnoses. In media and marketing, it enables creative teams to manage...

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AI-Powered Research: Transforming Universities with RAG + watsonx

Universities and colleges are at the heart of knowledge creation, producing a constant stream of theses, dissertations, and scholarly journals. Yet much of this intellectual wealth remains underutilized—buried in PDFs, siloed repositories, and disconnected archives. For institutions looking to modernize their research capabilities, AI-powered document management and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) present a breakthrough. EACOMM Corporation’s latest white paper, Enhancing University Research with IBM watsonx, explores how schools can unlock the full potential of their institutional knowledge through a secure and scalable AI solution. The Challenge: Unlocking Academic “Dark Knowledge” Traditional keyword-based search engines often fail in academic contexts, missing connections...

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Trip Barker Android App Beta Version

Trip Barker Android App Beta Version

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March 18, 2014

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

New Look for EACOMM.com

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March 14, 2014

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 …

Blast from the Past…Part 2: Old Press Releases

Blast from the Past…Part 2: Old Press Releases

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February 25, 2014

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 …

Trip Barker nominated to the Mobile Premier Awards 2014

Trip Barker nominated to the Mobile Premier Awards 2014

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January 29, 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 …

Trip Barker Wins the Best Transit App in the Philippine Transit App Challenge

Trip Barker Wins the Best Transit App in the Philippine Transit App Challenge

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October 17, 2013

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 …

Animahenasyon 2013

Animahenasyon 2013

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October 3, 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!

Vote for Trip Barker to win the Philippine Transit App Challenge!

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October 2, 2013

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

Visit the Elisha Telecom Booth at UCXAsia-COMDDAP

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September 30, 2013

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.  

Trip Barker Android App Available in the Play Store

Trip Barker Android App Available in the Play Store

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September 20, 2013

Trip Barker is a community-based Trip Planner for Mass Transit Systems. Users can report and share weather, traffic, and events in real-time with other users. Currently available for Metro Manila, Philippines Only.  Key features include a trip logger, trip planner, traffic and weather reports, points of interest, events, and incident reporting. The app is currently on Open Alpha. Please report any issues, bugs, or feature requests to info@tripbarker.com.