Globe shares insights on IT innovation to Pinoy CIOs

Local telco firm Globe Telecom recently shared some insights on IT innovation to Filipino IT executives or chief-information-officers (CIOs). Greg Romero, head of solutions delivery of Globe Telecom’s Information Systems Group (ISG), said the telecommunications company sustains growth by innovating, differentiating and delivering value to its customers. Romero also said Globe also continues to seek growth by pursuing various product and service advancements, such as the company’s recent core data network upgrade to ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer), which supports the increasing bandwidth demand of enterprise customers. He added that this makes Globe the first carrier in the Philippines to deploy ROADM as well as 40G optical links over its Broadband Access Service Network (BAX). The executive also said Globe has recently upgraded its data center facilities, making it the first local telco to set up a terabit-level data center infrastructure for high-performance cloud services. "These advancements are made because of our company’s goal of enhancing customer experience and meeting the ever-growing needs of businesses," Romero said. "We are proud to say that being the first Philippine telco to implement these network technologies makes us globally competitive with world-class carriers. We ensure that through these constant innovations, Globe is well-prepared to deliver the capacity and service quality our customers require." Globe, through unit Globe Business, also reiterated its support to Philippines IT professionals, whose working environments are becoming more and more challenging. Such challenges, defined by sweeping changes and the need for gathering more customer or market intelligence, insight and visibility, has prompted Globe to assure the Association of SEIPI IT Executives and Professionals or ASITEP, the umbrella group of IT experts in the Philippines working under the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines (SEIPI), of its support to the industry. Globe said business executives and CIOs around the world and across industries agree that information technology is a valued investment in achieving an effective business strategy and vision. The company cited the 2011 Global CIO Study by IBM, which showed that CIOs from different-sized companies across the globe have become more aligned to business agendas and priorities of chief executive officers, and are using IT innovation to drive real business results. Globe Business, has been a long-standing partner of SEIPI and ASITEP. Together with these organizations, Globe Business aims to strengthen the semiconductor and electronics sector in the Philippines by providing information and communication technology (ICT) solutions relevant to the needs of the industry.