Magazine ranks AMA as largest IT user in RP

The Managing Information Strategies (MIS) magazine, Asia’s leading IT business magazine, listed AMA Education system(AMAES) the largest and most important enterprise IT user in the Philippines utilizing 16,000 computer screens in it’s more than 200 campuses nationwide.

The MIS 100 Annual Special, the only listing of the top 100 users of IT in ASEAN and Hong Kong, recognizes organizations that are committed to using IT in a prevalent and innovative manner which contributes to their companies’ performance.

This year, AMAES, the pioneer and largest IT-based education provider in Asia, was listed No. 1 in the Philippines, No.4 in the education sector in Asia, and No. 15 in all industries in Asia with top-heavy IT usage.

Ranking first in all industries is the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia, with 250,000 screens. The Institute of Technical Education in Singapore was listed first in the education sector with 30,000 screens.

AMAES chief information officer Paulo Noel Paje reveals that with an operating budget of P500 million, AMAES has invested resources to establish an integrated IT infrastructure consisting of technologies and innovations in the fields of wide area network, information systems, software development, support systems, systems design and implementation, messaging and collaboration, network platforms and architecture, and IT management.

The company has chosen SAP, Microsoft and Cisco for outsourced services consisting of hardware and software solutions for business technologies for its wide area network. Its operating systems include WN2, WXP, W9X and LIN, while its database systems comprise SQL, ORA, and IMX.

With its 200-member highly skilled and competent IT manpower, AMAES aims to deliver fast and efficient service to its more than 150,000 students and 5,000 employees nationwide.

As an MIS100 organization, AMAES is now recognized in Asia as a benchmark for technology adoption and trendsetter for the best IT management practices. As the largest IT user in the Philippines. It has maintained its stance at the forefront of global competitiveness, providing the region with the highest quality IT-based education.