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Kant joined Oracle in 1994 in India as part of the Alliance and Channels team. Since then, he has been promoted to various management positions in the company, the most recent being the regional director for Alliance and Channels for Oracle South Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187324 [Title] => Smart inks pact with Oracle for upgrade of call centers [Summary] => Leading mobile operator Smart Communications, Inc. recently signed an agreement with global enterprise firm Oracle for the upgrade of its call center and Wireless Center operations.
The upgrade will put Smarts multi-channeled contact center subsidiary, i-Contacts Corp. (i-CON), at par with international outsource call center companies. It will also enable Wireless Center employees to more efficiently address the varying needs of almost eight million Smart and Talk N Text subscribers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187206 [Title] => A decade of learning [Summary] => Ten years is a long time in the IT business, especially when those years have been spent heading the Philippine operation of a software giant.
"It was the first attempt of Oracle to hire a young chief executive officer. I was 36 years old then and had made a name in sales but I had no CEO experience," said Bernard Yu. To give him the necessary mentoring, the head of Oracles Australian operation flew in once or twice a month for the next 15 months.
Yu was officially made managing director (Oracle Phils.s version of CEO) in June 1994.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186820 [Title] => 2002: A good and bad year for local IT industry [Summary] => The worst is over. At least this is what major IT players and industry observers in the Philippines are hoping, after surviving 12 very trying months. IT investments were generally down due to the economys contractions, but this somehow helped customers better appreciate the true value of IT in their organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121789 [AuthorName] => Alma Buelva [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182219 [Title] => Oracle marks 12 years in RP [Summary] => MACTAN, Cebu Oracle Systems (Phils.) Inc. marks its 12 years in the country without the signs of wear and tear that eventually put some of its fiercest competitors out of business.
Since as a start-up office in 1990, Oracle Phils. has continually brought to the country the latest enterprise management software from database to applications from its headquarters in Redwood Shores, California. Many local private businesses and government agencies run on Oracle today, which is what Oracle expects to continue.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121789 [AuthorName] => Alma Buelva [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153126 [Title] => RP urged: Go back to the basics of IT [Summary] => Can the Philippines catch up with fast-growing Asian IT powers Singapore, China and India as the expected worldwide economic recovery begins this year and accelerates next year? The newly-elected officers of the Information Technology Association of the Philippines (ITAP) led by its president, Bernard Yu, is optimistically pushing for revitalization and a pragmatic "back to basics" approach in its group and in the local IT industry.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) ) )
Kant joined Oracle in 1994 in India as part of the Alliance and Channels team. Since then, he has been promoted to various management positions in the company, the most recent being the regional director for Alliance and Channels for Oracle South Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187324 [Title] => Smart inks pact with Oracle for upgrade of call centers [Summary] => Leading mobile operator Smart Communications, Inc. recently signed an agreement with global enterprise firm Oracle for the upgrade of its call center and Wireless Center operations.
The upgrade will put Smarts multi-channeled contact center subsidiary, i-Contacts Corp. (i-CON), at par with international outsource call center companies. It will also enable Wireless Center employees to more efficiently address the varying needs of almost eight million Smart and Talk N Text subscribers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187206 [Title] => A decade of learning [Summary] => Ten years is a long time in the IT business, especially when those years have been spent heading the Philippine operation of a software giant.
"It was the first attempt of Oracle to hire a young chief executive officer. I was 36 years old then and had made a name in sales but I had no CEO experience," said Bernard Yu. To give him the necessary mentoring, the head of Oracles Australian operation flew in once or twice a month for the next 15 months.
Yu was officially made managing director (Oracle Phils.s version of CEO) in June 1994.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186820 [Title] => 2002: A good and bad year for local IT industry [Summary] => The worst is over. At least this is what major IT players and industry observers in the Philippines are hoping, after surviving 12 very trying months. IT investments were generally down due to the economys contractions, but this somehow helped customers better appreciate the true value of IT in their organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121789 [AuthorName] => Alma Buelva [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182219 [Title] => Oracle marks 12 years in RP [Summary] => MACTAN, Cebu Oracle Systems (Phils.) Inc. marks its 12 years in the country without the signs of wear and tear that eventually put some of its fiercest competitors out of business.
Since as a start-up office in 1990, Oracle Phils. has continually brought to the country the latest enterprise management software from database to applications from its headquarters in Redwood Shores, California. Many local private businesses and government agencies run on Oracle today, which is what Oracle expects to continue.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121789 [AuthorName] => Alma Buelva [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153126 [Title] => RP urged: Go back to the basics of IT [Summary] => Can the Philippines catch up with fast-growing Asian IT powers Singapore, China and India as the expected worldwide economic recovery begins this year and accelerates next year? The newly-elected officers of the Information Technology Association of the Philippines (ITAP) led by its president, Bernard Yu, is optimistically pushing for revitalization and a pragmatic "back to basics" approach in its group and in the local IT industry.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) ) )
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