Software development firm bullish of Cebu’s IT ability

With the influx of multinational inventors in Cebu that translates into a robust business community, more and more IT practitioners both local and foreign are eyeing the city as a growth area for their operations and technological developments.

Among these firms are software developers that utilize the integration of local and foreign skills in information and communication technology and one of these is Syrinx, Inc., a Cebu-based company composed mostly by Filipinos and some foreign manpower.

Having served the American market for a long while, Syrinx have already developed a number of software products for some Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, American Express, FedEx Corporation and the US Department of Energy to name a few.

Dedicated in exploring the potential of their Syrinx Web Application Framework, they recently introduced to the commercial market their flagship products called as Syrinx Accounting Extreme and Syrinx Community Server. These products have been constantly innovated for 12 years by their American head developer and chief architect Matthew J. Denman.

Denman, considered to be the brains behind Syrinx is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, a Sun certified Java2 Programmer who has worked with Fortune 500 companies as a system consultant and head developer for software architecture and development, and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer who has traveled to numerous places conducting Microsoft curriculum-based trainings and consulting services.

After recognizing the undeveloped potential of the Filipino talent and skills in the field of IT, he relocated in the country in 2005 and developed his own software using the technology of Syrinx Web Application Framework (SWAF) which he designed in the States way back 2002.

In an interview, Denman shared his full confidence and optimism with Cebu’s technology market and the reason why he is so bullish to operate in the area. “The software industry of Cebu is quite good, that’s why I moved out here. In the States, it’s very hard to do a software project as a single developer,” he shared.      

Denman also further added that, “there is a very good market here in Cebu, and I believe it could become bigger so IT practitioners should not go to Manila or leave the country anymore. Programmers have to realize that there are actually more job opportunities here and they have to be aware that there is actually development in Cebu’s technology market and it has huge potential to become an IT hub.”

The entry of several multinational companies catering to a wide segment of the market according to Denman is one of the major reasons that driven Cebu’s local economy to become dynamic and continuously growing. —Rhia de Pablo