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The Computerworld Philippines Executive Briefings conducted the Open Source seminar last September 14, 2007 at the Function Room 1-4, Ground Floor, AIM Conference Center, City of Makati. (Inset, at right) The Welcome Remarks was delivered by Mr. Ibarra C. Gutierrez, President and CEO of Media G8way Corp, and Editor-In-Chief of Computerworld Philippines With him is Congressman Teodoro Casino, who discussed the Update on the Open Source Bill.

The 1st Philippine Cyberservices Pioneer Awards was held Monday night at Crown Plaza Hotel in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. Shown here are Emma Teodoro (third from left), Norman Dela Cruz and Augusto Lagman who received special awards of distinction for their pioneering contributions in their respective fields within the outsourced services industry. Also in the photo (from left) are DTI undersecretary for regional operations Carissa Cruz-Evangelista, CICT chair Ramon Sales, former CICT chair Virgilio Pena (third from right), CICT commissioner Damian Mapa and Computerworld Philippines publisher and editor-in-chief Ibarra Gutierrez.

Calabarzon ICT. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Region 4, in preparing for its 1st ICT Calabarzon Conference on June 29 to 30, has partnered with MediaG8way Corporation, publisher of Computerworld Philippines. From left CW editor-in-chief and chairman Ibarra Gutierrez and MediaG8way president and publisher Delia Gutierrez, sign a MOA with PCCI Region 4 governor Apolinar Aure, and the conference’s consultant for media relations Chi-Chi Robles.

The Philippine Computer Society (PCS) and Media G8way Corp.(MGC) have agreed to jointly boost the promotion of the 11th ICT Professionals’ Congress. Present during the contract signing are: (from left) MGC events and promotions officer Rowena R. Roxas, PCS vice president and director-in-charge Carlos “Titus” C. Manuel, PCS president Bing Primicias van Tooren, MGC president Delia C. Gutierrez, PCS director-in-charge Eleonor S. Sison, and 11th ICT Professionals’ Congress overall chairman Reuel K. Virtucio.

The search is on for The Philippine Cyberservice Pioneers. The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and Computerworld Philippines have signed an agreement to jointly organize a nationwide search for pioneering e-services companies in the contact center, animation, medical transcription, software development, business process outsourcing, and engineering and design sectors.

COMDDAP, CCI, MGC collaborate to push ICT in Cebu. The Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines (COMDDAP), the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), and Media G8way Corp. (MGC agreed to co-promote CCCI’s Cebu Business Month (CBM), the COMDDAP Cebu Expo, and MGC’s LinuxWorld and Computerworld Executive Briefings in Cebu this June.