by admin | Jun 6, 2015 | Tech Talk
Auza.Net has completed its Summer 2015 On-the-Job Training (OJT) program on June 6, 2015. The trainees, composed of 10 students from different campuses of Bohol Island State University and University of Bohol, received their certificates of completion signed by the company’s technology consultant, Jerome Auza.
The trainees completed various projects which include conversion of web site designs to use a mobile friendly template, graphics editing and data entry for a point-of-sale system. They also performed actual outsourced data entry and processing required by a European company.
For the first semester of school year 2015, the company will again hire OJTs to continue the outsourced data entry and processing as well as participate in other projects to be done in the coming months. Applications for the OJT program are still being accepted. Interested candidates should email their resumes and application letters to jobs@auza.net.
by admin | May 30, 2015 | Tech Talk
Late in April 2015, Google announced that it will start using the mobile device capability of websites as a criteria for search ranking. In the announcement, Google said that “Now searchers can more easily find high-quality and relevant results where text is readable without tapping or zooming, tap targets are spaced appropriately, and the page avoids unplayable content or horizontal scrolling.”
In the increasingly mobile market, Google included the “mobile friendliness” of a website as a criteria for mobile search results. This is an obvious evolution of Google’s search engine algorithm as mobile devices continue to dominate the Internet over desktop computers.
This is an important announcement for website owners because website viewers are increasingly using their mobile devices to look up information on the Internet. With Google’s algorithm change, the loss of website traffic could be significant especially if many of the viewers for a particular website prefer to use mobile devices. Website owners should seriously consider updating website designs using mobile friendly templates.
Aside from a design that fits on a mobile device, the design should also adapt to the screen size of the mobile device. On top of that, the use of unnecessary content should be avoided because mobile users expect websites to load quickly and not consume their mobile data allocations. This means websites should void having heavy graphics, video or audio files that play automatically and excessively long text content.
Fortunately for website owners, converting to a mobile friendly design is straightforward if they work with an experienced website management company. There are many mobile friendly templates that are very customizable yet highly adaptive to multiple screen sizes. Any company should ensure their websites have the proper content and design in order to take advantage of the Internet in marketing its products and services.
To test if your website is already mobile friendly, use <a href=’https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/’>Google’s Mobile Friendly Test tool</a>.
by admin | May 30, 2015 | Tech Talk
Geeks on a Beach (GOAB), the international tech confab which returns this August 2015 to Boracay Island, gets backing from Air Asia Philippines.
In the event launching today at the Azia Suites in Cebu City, GOAB organizers announced that AirAsia Philippines CEO Joy Caneba will be giving the keynote address during GOAB in behalf of Asia’s leading and largest low-cost carrier.
“AirAsia Philippines is excited to take part in an event renowned to be the International Summit for Tech, Startups and Design in the country. We are more than glad to share our own experience of building tech innovations that enhance the lives of ordinary people,” said Caneba.
GOAB has been providing an international platform for startups or innovation-driven enterprises, technopreneurs, and designers with a laid back yet productive interaction and discussion on technology, entrepreneurship, and actual business opportunities.
Caneba said that AirAsia Philippines’ backing of GOAB is a reaffirmation of the seriousness of its efforts to take roots in the Philippines by supporting its budding tech and startup communities.
The airline has earned a reputation for making air travel experience more convenient through tech innovations such as the mobile, web, and kiosk check-ins.
GOAB’s lead organizer TechTalks.ph, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering Filipino tech entrepreneurs and promoting the Philippine tech sector to the world, emphasized that this year’s event will be about less the hype and more action.
“Our success these past 2 years has pushed GOAB to return to Boracay Island this August 20-21 with a triple splash — triple number of innovative minds, triple funding opportunities, and triple doses of fun,” said Tina Amper, TechTalks.ph founder.
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), the country’s leading wireless service provider, and IdeaSpace, the largest privately-backed early stage startup incubator in the country, have also consistently supported GOAB for the past three years since the event’s first staging in Boracay.
“This year marks a transition of the Philippine startup ecosystem – from potentials to success stories. The 3rd Geeks on a Beach will be as exciting as ever as we go back to Boracay – a convergence of the best minds in the country with the best beach in the world.” said Earl Martin S. Valencia, president at IdeaSpace and VP for corporate innovation and strategy at Smart.
Also expressing support in behalf of the Smart Developer Network is Paul Amerigo Pajo, senior manager and developer evangelist at Smart. “Developers want to meet startups. Startups want to meet developers. Geeks On A Beach is one of the few events that cater to both.”
“SMART and IdeaSpace have been with us from the very beginning. And now we also have AirAsia with us. We are very happy to have more and more businesses, seasoned entrepreneurs, and even people from government backing GOAB,” said Amper.
She said that twenty tech champs in the world have so far confirmed their attendance to speak before an expected 600 participants from across the globe.
Some of the speakers include IdeaSpace President, Earl Valencia; Monk’s Hill Ventures Managing Director, Kuo-Yi Lim; Kickstart Ventures President, Minette Navarrete; Rappler CEO, Maria Ressa; SMART Communications Developer Evangelist, Paul Pajo; Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communication Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) Deputy Executive Director, Mon Ibrahim; and 500 Startups Managing Partner, Khailee Ng.
TechTalks.ph and the DOST-ICTO have partnered once again with Sym.ph, Happy Garaje, and PRWorks for the third GOAB, and major partnerships with Smart through the Smart Developer Network, IdeaSpace, Microsoft, and Monk’s Hill Ventures.
To register, sponsor, or inquire about GOAB, visit the website, www.GeeksOnABeach.com, follow @GeeksOnABeach in Facebook and Twitter @GeeksOnABeach, or emailhello@GeeksOnABeach.com
by admin | May 16, 2015 | Tech Talk
By: Jerome J. Auza
Anyone in business, big or small, need to do the necessary but very tedious work of accounting. In a fast paced business environment, manual accounting may not be ideal as it can be prone to human errors. Even the use of spreadsheet applications like Excel, will still be prone to errors because implementing the accounting rules and procedures will still depend on the human operator.
The good news is that there are many desktop based accounting system software. But for businesses that have multiple branches and are spread out across a large area and across islands, keeping a local accounting system will still be inconvenient as each branch try to synchronize accounting data regularly.
A solution that would work very well for companies with many branches is a cloud based accounting system. Using a browser, the users can post transactions and immediately, that the posted transactions will reflect on the system. For example, if branch A sold a product, after posting the invoice or POS transaction for that sale, the income statement may be viewed and that transaction will be immediately reflected on the report.
The CloudLedger system is a full featured double entry ledger system that is deployed by Auza.Net on a cloud server and offered to SMEs. The largest deployment of CloudLedger is a company with 40+ branches with hundreds of transactions per day.
CloudLedger includes Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables and Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Trial Balance and Chart of Accounts). Also included are Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Quotations and a basic Point-of-Sale system.
Because CloudLedger is deployed on the cloud, there is no need to install and maintain a local server. It is provided as a monthly service with no long term contracts, thus the cost of the system can be spread out on a monthly basis.
For security, access to the CloudLedger account is restricted via VPN or IP address access control.
To inquire about the CloudLedger system, please email to info@auza.net.
by admin | May 16, 2015 | Tech Talk
Geeks On A Beach (GOAB) surfs its way back to Boracay Island this August for its third year of gathering tech startups, technopreneurs,businessmen, and designers from all over the world.
“Also known as the International Summit for Tech, Startups and Design, GOAB 3 eyes to create productive discussions on building products that make a difference and enhancing the lives of everyday people with less hype but more action,” said Tina Amper, TechTalks.ph founder.
With the past two years’ massive success, GOAB returns with a triple splash this coming August 20-21 which means triple number of innovative minds, triple funding opportunities, and triple dose of fun.
Amper confirmed the attendance of 17 tech champs so far to speak before an expected 600 to 1,000 participants from across the globe.
Some of the speakers include IdeaSpace President, Earl Valencia; Monk’s Hill Ventures Managing Director, Kuo-Yi Lim; Kickstart Ventures President, Minette Navarrete; Rappler CEO, Maria Ressa; SMART Communications Developer Evangelist, Paul Pajo; Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Office (DOST-ICTO) Deputy Executive Director, Mon Ibrahim; 500 Startups Managing Partner, Khailee Ng; Benjamin Joffe, General Partner of Haxlr8r; Mikko Perez, Founder & CEO of Ayannah.com; Gwendolyn Regina Tan, Director of Strategy and Business Development Asia Pacific of Mashable; Chow Paredes, Co-Founder of Zipmatch; Jojo Flores, Co-Founder and Vice President of Plug and Play Tech Center; Christina Laskowski, Founder and Managing Director of Alquemie Partners; Arup Maity, President and CEO of Blastasia Inc.; Farouk Meralli, CEO of mClinica; Jay Fajardo, Founder and CEO of Proudcloud; and See Mei Chow, head designer of Piktochart.
“GOAB will be maintained as an ‘honest-to-goodness, no holds-barred conference’ where people exchange their share of truths about startups, technology, and design—minus the long sleeves, coat and tie,” said David Overton, founder and CEO of Sym.ph, and Chief Geek for GOAB.
Two days are set aside exclusively for the main event but in a span of one week; all geeks are welcome to join the week-long run of workshops, training sessions, networking opportunities, pitching events, and product demonstrations with or without their flip-flops on.
Boracay Island, being one of the best islands in the world, sets a relaxing background of what is usually thought as an intense and stressful conference.
OrganizersTechTalks.ph and the DOST-ICTO have partnered once again with Sym.ph, Happy Garaje, and PRWorks Vis-Min, with major sponsorships by SMART DevNet, IdeaSpace, Microsoft, and Monk’s Hill Ventures.
DOST-ICTO continues to team-up with TechTalks.ph to encourage Filipino startups to get mentoring and funding in the country instead of going abroad.
GOAB is open to anyone who is interested in the tech and startup industries in the Philippines – including those looking for tech and entrepreneurship learning events, business and investment opportunities, outsourcing partnerships, and connection with leaders in startups or “innovation driven enterprises” (IDE) in the Philippines as well as Southeast Asia.
Interested participants are invited to view event details or register at www.GeeksOnABeach.com. Early bird discount is up to 45% off and is valid until May 15 only. Potential sponsors are invited to contact GOAB at hello@GeeksOnABeach.com
TechTalks.ph, organizer of numerous startup gathering in the country including GOAB and Startup Weekend, is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, supporting, and empowering Filipinos tech entrepreneurs and promoting the Philippine tech sector to the world.
by admin | May 16, 2015 | Tech Talk
The participants and speakers of the Startup Camp – Bohol held on May 7, 2015 at the University of Bohol.
The main speaker of the event was Arnie Locsin who discussed about free resources for startups from Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Among the topics discussed were ‘Cloud Architecture for Scalability’ and ‘Building apps on the cloud’.
Locsin also introduced to the participants the Microsoft BizSpark program which provides technology, support, visibility, and community to promising startups and entrepreneurs at no charge. Astartup under the BizSpark member will have free access to all of Microsoft’s tools and Azure suite for 3 years plus many more benefits. BizSpark members are also eligible for the BizSpark Plus program with even better support from Micrsoft.
The participants were given freebies during the raffles which included tshirts, usbs and power banks.
All participants registered for the one month free Microsoft Azure account and are to receive an e-mail from the company for their promo code for a Microsoft Azure account.
Participants had a hands-on experience with the Azure platform, an open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform.
