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Extracting positive from crisis

By Jane Carlos, ACTIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. | April 13, 2009 - 12:00am

‘Deal with the crisis’ is perhaps the tallest order facing chief information officers (CIOs) nowadays since financial issues in industrialized markets sent shock waves during the last quarter leg of...

Technology

Invest in IT

By Jane Carlos, Active Business Solutions | August 25, 2008 - 12:00am

Technology

Asian call centers: Continent Review 2003 Philippines ranks first in the region

By EVERYONE KNOWS By Robert O’malley | February 6, 2004 - 12:00am

asian call centres (First of two parts) This is the third year of the Asian Call Center Review. The report was initially produced in response to a lack of information about the potential locations for offshore...

Technology

Information technology’s latest W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.

By EVERYONE KNOWS By Abigail K. Yap
ACTIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. | October 17, 2003 - 12:00am

We have all seen manufacturing companies introduce "economy-sized" products or "budget packs" to address a unique customer segment. We have also seen this trend catch on with the cellular network...

Technology

Championing the call center industry

By EVERYONE KNOWS by Abigail K. Yap (ACTIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC.) | June 6, 2003 - 12:00am

( First of two parts ) Our recent focus to encourage international outsourcing activities to be directed to the Philippines prompted me to highlight the call center industry. This is an abbreviated version of a...

Technology

/a/b/s/ showcases portal tech

April 25, 2003 - 12:00am

Portal technology was the focus of discussion in a series of forums hosted by Active Business Solutions Inc. (/a/b/s/) for information technology executives and consultants in the past two months. The forums focused...

Technology

Implementing e-learning – a dream?

By EVERYONE KNOWS by Arlene K. Yap (YAPSTER e-LEARNING INC.) | March 7, 2003 - 12:00am

"Dreams without implementation are fairly easy to come by, especially in the software industry," according to Microsoft’s Will Poole. So many of us dream of the perfect IT set-up in our organizations,...

Technology

Fear factor

By EVERYONE KNOWS by Abigail K. Yap (Active Business Solutions Inc.) | January 3, 2003 - 12:00am

"Change is the only constant thing in the world." To the entrepreneur, this means a never-ending search for innovation, for the next best thing. Global competition and the pressing need to differentiate...

Technology

Oracle taps Yapster firm as partner for e-business solution

October 12, 2001 - 12:00am

Oracle Corp., the largest provider of software for e-business, has announced that Active Business Solutions Inc. (ABS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Yapster e-Conglomerate Inc., is a key strategic channel partner...

Technology

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