The Wutz Up in the Philippines!

MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has launched an investigation into the hacking of government websites as agency investigators suspect a single perpetrator is responsible for the vandalism.

NBI Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division head agent Palmer Mallari said the bureau would investigate the hacking into the websites of the Department of Health, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), National Disaster Coordinating Council and Department of Social Welfare and Development.

“The same hacker could have defaced the websites although there is a possibility insiders at the agencies committed the vandalism,” Mallari said, adding that the bureau had the means to unmask the perpetrators.

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Albay, Bicol – Businesses need to invest on innovating their business processes not only to survive the crisis, but also to come out of it as a competitive entity, an HP executive remarked during a forum with IT reporters here Friday.

Citing the need to change the economies of technology due to the recent global financial crisis, Diana dela Rosa, technology services country manager, HP Philippines , said CIOs are faced with a constant challenge to balance the act between transforming their company and remaining stable during the crisis.

“There are firms who balance cost cutting with investment,” dela Rosa said, dispelling misconceptions that a crisis is a time for immense and drastic budget cuts. “They are focused on balancing cost reductions with laying the groundwork to exit the crisis more competitive.”

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MANILA, Philippines–The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has formed a unit meant to reform disbursement of funds for government information and communications technology projects.

This unit will use e-government fund guidelines drafted by Bearing Point, a foreign management and consulting firm managing the E3 project.

E3 is a five-year, $9.92 million project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) that targets social services projects using information technology.

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