Converge Upgrades International Uplinks to Meet Surging Demand and Ensure Quality of Experience

Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has recently completed a massive upgrade of its International Uplink Ports for IP Transit (IPT), Private Network Interconnect (PNI) and Internet Exchange (IX) connectivity.

With this undertaking, Converge aims to provide high availability for its Internet services to ensure that customer connections can reach their content in the fastest possible way with the lowest latency.

Brother Philippines introduces Brobot, a cute and helpful customer service chatbot

With its mission of always making sure they’re at their customers’ side, Brother Philippines constantly develops new programs and methods to ensure top-quality customer service in all channels.

It’s in light of this goal that Brother launches Brobot, a new customer service chatbot. It seeks to help customers inquiring about the brand’s products and services. The cute and helpful bot, accessible on the Brother Philippines website, has been steadily learning through constant interactions with customers—and continues to learn the more people interact with him every day. While he can already answer most queries, soon enough he’ll be able to respond to even more questions!

“We always want to ensure that our customers will always get the help they need when it comes to Brother’s products and services,” said Brother Philippines President Glenn Hocson. “Having Brobot, who can answer questions all the time, anytime, is the best way we can attend to anyone looking for more information. We suggest customers interested in Brother to give him a try on our website!”

More Than You Expect: POCO Launches the All-New Entertainment Beast POCO M3

 

POCO establishes its global independence as it unveils its latest budget smartphone, featuring a powerful camera, 6,000 mAh battery and FHD+ display

Building on its renowned smartphone lineup, POCO Global today announced its independence, as well as its brand-new entry-level smartphone, POCO M3. Boasting a 48MP triple camera setup, 6,000 mAh battery, a beautiful FHD+ smartphone display, and a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 662 chipset, POCO M3 is the next “it” device for young entertainment-on-the-move enthusiasts. 

POCO M3 marks the debut of POCO Global’s M-series: the brand’s foray into an entirely new category. The new product line builds on POCO Global’s success competing with top-of-the line flagships with its F-series, as well as the impact of its X series in the mid-range category, opening the brand up to a new set of global tech lovers. 

ASG Named a Leader in 2020 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions

IASG Among 17 Companies Evaluated Based on their Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

ASG Technologies, a leading provider of solutions for the information-powered enterprise, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner Inc. as a Leader in the October 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions for the third year in a row. The report provides a detailed overview of the enterprise metadata management market and evaluates 17 vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized by Gartner as a Leader for the third consecutive year,” said Swamy Viswanathan, EVP and Chief Product Officer at ASG Technologies. “In our view, this report recognizes ASG Data Intelligence for providing a foundation for a diverse array of business use cases, including regulatory compliance, data analytics, data governance, cloud migration and application modernization. Our support for automated data lineage, change management and impact analysis allows technical and business users to focus on discovering insights, addressing compliance risks, and identifying trends and intrinsic value across their data ecosystem.”

Smart boosts Signature Postpaid Plans with Unli Any-Net Calls

Smart Signature subscribers may enjoy unlimited calls to all networks

Mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. is making the postpaid experience even simpler and better for subscribers as it rolls out Unli Any-Net calls to all Smart Signature Postpaid Plan holders.    

All new and existing Smart Signature customers may enjoy unlimited calls to all networks so they can simply stay in touch with family and friends as well as connect to colleagues at work anytime and anywhere. This means that all Smart Signature Postpaid Plan sizes S, M, L and XL will include Unlimited Calls and Texts to All Networks with varying open access data allocation. Smart Signature subscribers also get call minutes to PLDT landline numbers based on their chosen plan.   

Thinnest 5G smartphone vivo V20 Pro now available with Smart Signature Plans

Among the many big and exciting announcements revealed during the online launch of the #vivoV20Series last October 23 was a partnership between the leading global technology company and mobile services provider Smart Communications, which will give customers a convenient and affordable way to own a vivo V20 Pro.

With the partnership, Smart Signature applicants and existing subscribers up for renewal can avail of the 5G-capable vivo V20 Pro through postpaid plans like the Smart Signature Device Plan L 1999, which comes with 15 GB data, Unli All-Net texts, Unli All-net calls, and 150 minutes of calls to PLDT.

To avail of the vivo V20 Pro through Smart Plan L 1999, interested subscribers need to only pay an initial cash-out of P3,710 and add P200 on top of their monthly bill; or pay a one-time cash out of P8,300.

Epson provides tech solutions for safer learning and working spaces during the pandemic

Across Southeast Asia, businesses and schools are adjusting to their environment during the pandemic at different stages. In some countries, working and studying from home will continue to be the norm for most of the year while in others, students and employees have begun to go back to some degree of normalcy.

Whether you’re working or studying from home or back at physical offices following strict social distancing protocols, technology proves to be instrumental in enabling productivity and collaboration among students and the workforce.

Epson’s Technology in a Post-Pandemic World

Epson, as one of the leading technology companies in the world, has long been maximizing and innovating on advanced technology to help better people’s lives and the environment. Specific to the corporate and education sector, Epson has a suite of technologies that can help both industries navigate the so-called new work order, especially with its top of the line projectors. These projectors aim to make physical learning and work collaboration safer during our recovery from the pandemic.