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BPO industry slowly recovering, grows 5.1% in 2018 with 1.23M workers

Following a challenging 2017, the IT-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry continued to show signs of recovery by slowly gaining back its positive momentum with numerous incumbents proceeding with their expansions, particularly in the countryside.

This is according to industry group IBPAP (IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines) which announced on Monday, May 27, that…

IBPAP and CloudSwyft launch new online learning platform

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) has partnered with CloudSwyft Global Systems to launch the IBPAP Learning Switch portal.

The online learning site serves to provide open access to hundreds of Microsoft’s current modern workplace technology courses in eight learning tracks such as Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, DevOps, Cloud…

Foreign Trade Service Corps cited for growth of BPO industry in PH

The Department of Trade and Industry-Foreign Trade Service Corps (DTI-FTSC) has been conferred with the Information Technology Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) Crystal Flare for Kindler Award in ceremonies held during the “Flare Awards” on November 5 at The Peninsula Manila.

FTSC executive director Emmanuel W. Ang (2nd from right) received the award in behalf of the agency.…

BPO group to discuss digital disruption in industry summit

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) announced on Tuesday, October 9, that digital disruption will be in the spotlight on its 10th summit next month.

IBPAP president and CEO Rey Untal (left) says the BPO industry will fall short of its projected growth of 100,000 new workers due to some uncertainties and the Train law

Digital disruption is…

Despite creating stronger middle class, BPO sector may lose tax perks

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) has underlined the BPO industry’s importance in economic advancement amid moves to slash government incentives.

IBPAP president and CEO Rey Untal

At the inauguration of another business process outsourcing (BPO) firm on Thursday, Sept. 13, IBPAP chief executive Rey Untal said the sector has contributed greatly…

IBPAP picks new batch of tech startups for ‘TakeOff’

By Espie Angelica A. de Leon

The Information Technology and Business Processing Association of the Philippines’s (IBPAP) has announced its third batch of “TakeOff” beneficiaries as local startups pitched their business ideas to prospective partners and clients at the F1 Hotel in Bonifacio Global City on August 30

Representatives of the third batch of tech startups under IBPAP’s TakeOff program…

DICT produces first batch of business analysts for BPO sector

The first batch of scholars of the business analytics for the BPO sector graduated on Thursday, August 2, at the National Engineering Center (NEC) in UP Diliman in Quezon City.

The course, officially known as the Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) ICT Training Program, is an initiative of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the UP NEC, and…

PH startups take part in second batch of ‘Take Off’ program

By Rizal Raoul Reyes

United Kingdom-based consulting group Tholons has stressed that an emerging startup ecosystem will be a key growth driver of the digital economy, especially in developing countries like the Philippines.

Photo shows (from left) Synerbyte president and CEO and Spring.ph mentor Cliff Eala, KMC Solutions chairman and co-founder Gregory Kittelson, InnoVantage CEO Gian De La Rama,…