Local e-commerce enabler cashes in on brick-to-click shift
(i.t. matters, Thursday, June 07, 2001)
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A local company developing solutions for electronic commerce is confident that traditional companies, called bricks-and-mortar in Internet jargon, are now more than ever ready to throw themselves to the Internet to become so-called clicks-and-mortar firms.

Ninety-five percent of dotEnable.com, Inc.'s current customers are traditional companies who have decided to bring their businesses online by availing of locally developed solutions the firm offers. more>>

Having efficient government systems in the Philippines has seemingly become an impossible dream. Slow processing of papers, red tape and disorganized process are just a few of the so many realities that turn off foreign and local investors. Will the new e-commerce system called B2G heal these maladies in the government? more>>

e: What is the main thrust of dotEnable.com?

Rapanot: DotEnable.com is an enabler. We help companies in terms of devising their needed strategies, and more importantly in terms of executing these strategies. We help companies in terms of revenue reduction, cost efficiency and improving customer relationships. We do things like electronic invoicing.

Our staff have background on banking and finance. I think our business domain expertise sets us apart from other companies of the same business we essentially know how banking transactions and e-commerce systems work. On the technical side, we know exactly the kind of technical infrastructure that is required, for example, in a tiered-architecture. We know exactly the importance of the presentation layer to the business-logic layer, the security layer and the database layer. We know how these things interact. more>>

The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) is inviting the general public to attend a seminar entitled "Making the most of e-Business and e-Banking," which will be held on May 10, 2001 from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Skytop of the Hotel Inter-Continental Manila, Ayala Avenue, Makati City. Invited speakers are Hermie M. Pugeda, senior vice president of UnionBank of the Philippines; Dante Briones, chief operating officer of Bayan Trade; Oliver E. Sicat, general manager of PhilBX; Michael M. David, assistant vice president of UnionBank of the Philippines; Albert P. Dela Cruz, country manager of Wolfpac Communications; Santi A. Magno, manager, M-commerce business development of Smart Communications and Ronald Rapanot, president & CEO of dotEnable For inquiries contact FINEX secretariat c/o Analyn Viloria at tel nos. 811-4184 and 811-4052 or e-mail at avviloria@finex.org.ph.

The Women's Business Council of the Philippines and the Confederation of Women's Business Council-APEC, together with the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM), recently held a media briefing at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel .

The briefing centere on the two main issues which will be discussed during the 2nd Asia Pacific Business Convention and Exhibition on Globalization and Transformative Leadership, the first business convention on an international scale to be held in the country.

Scheduled on March 19 and 20 at the Philippine International Convention Center, the convention will focus on presenting the implications and opportunities inherent to globalization and a paradigm shift involving a transformative leadership culture.

The convention will also feature a business matching between local and foreign delegates to be handled ny dotEnable, an IT-based service company, which will electronically match participants who wish to network for possible joint ventures or business excharge.

Harnessing women power
(Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 19, 2001)

Women have become an economic force to reckon with as most men are no longer able to fulfill their "traditional" role of earning enough for the family. Unfortunately, it is only in the 1990s that the role of women in business circles is being recognized and subsequently harnessed.

The Women's Business Council of the Philippines and the Confederation of Women's Business Council-Apec together with the United Nations Fund for Women (Unifem) will try to showcase the collective power of women in the forthcoming 2nd Asia Pacific Business Convention and Exhibition on Globalization and Transformative Leadership, the first international business convention to be held in the country this year.

The convention scheduled March 19 and 20 will be focused on presenting the implications and opportuinities inherent to globalization and paradigm shift involving a transformative leadership culture.

Datuk Nor Azah Awin of Malaysia, Chairperson of the CWBC-Apec, tells the INQUIRER that the meeting of women is timely as they can lead the way in helping economies prepare themselves for globalization and the removal of tariffs by 2004.

"Women can help prepare Apec economies because more and more of them are now in the forefront. People are aware of their contribution. And since women are also consumers, they also hold a lot of influence," says Azah Awin explains.

Azah Awin says the women business councils will try to help alleviate any ill effects of globalization by building small businesses that are led by women. There will also be increased efforts to get women to work together across boundaries.

The convention, for instance, will feature a business matching between local and foreign delegates to be handled by dotEnable. This IT-based service company will electronically match participants who wish to network for possible joint ventures or business exchange.

A trade and consumer exhibition will also be featured as a retail outlet for products catering to convention delegates or as trade booth for looking for foreign market opportunities. Exhibit booths are available are available at P12,000 for two days.

Over 1,000 delegates (men and women in business) are expected to register in this two-day conference.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been invited to be a guest of honor to share her own perspectives on globalization and the philosophy of transformative leadership.