The summit will explore the Philippines’ Electronic Invoicing System (EIS), electronic sales reporting, ERP and finance-system integration, compliance automation, digital archiving, data governance, and AI-powered tax operations.
Decarbonization may be a growth strategy for manufacturers, not just a cost. A new World Economic Forum white paper with Tata Consultancy Services notes that the green economy exceeds USD5 trillion a year and is growing at twice the pace of conventional revenues, yet only 8 percent of large listed companies assessed have decarbonization plans. Case studies include a 107 percent ROI at Foxconn Industrial Internet and a 43 percent boost in production capacity at Beko's Eskişehir factory.
The Philippine Tech Show 2027 is set for April 6 to 7, 2027, at the SMX Convention Center Manila. Organized by the Philippine Cable and Telecommunications Association, this year's theme is "NEXT," covering telecommunications, ICT, cybersecurity, cloud, and artificial intelligence.
Filipino consumers are increasingly asking AI instead of Googling. A 12-month Truelogic study of 80 Philippine brands found mentions in Google AI Overviews rose more than 23-fold in 2025, while organic branded traffic across 80 Philippine websites fell by three to eight percent. The study found that brands with strong AI visibility tend to have clearly structured content and well-optimized websites.
SoftwareOne and Crayon have completed the integration of their channel businesses across Asia Pacific (APAC) under the SoftwareOne brand, creating a single channel business for partners in the region. The combined business offers partners access to specialist resources, services, and vendor relationships across software asset management, cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI, and managed and technical services.
Sun Life is now Sunlife. The company has unveiled a refreshed global brand with a modernized sun globe logo, a one-word name and a new tagline, "Making life brighter." In the Philippines, where it has served Filipinos since 1895, Sunlife now reaches more than 6.2 million clients. The rollout begins with digital and client-facing channels.
The AI boom is reshaping the semiconductor supply chain, and the Philippines is well placed to benefit. A new FedEx report says the country's assembly, packaging and testing base and skilled workforce position it to gain as companies diversify supply chains across Asia Pacific, which accounts for about 58 percent of global semiconductor industry revenue.
TCL just marked its 45th anniversary with a museum. The TCL Industrial Museum has been inaugurated in Huizhou, on the site where TCL's journey began in 1981. Inside, more than 3,000 curated pieces across six exhibition halls span a 1920s Nipkow mechanical scanning disk, China's first television set, and the world's first mass-produced printed OLED 4K display.
Baguio City is testing BIZ Checker, an AI-powered tool that helps business applicants find out whether their proposed establishment is allowed in a particular location under the city's zoning rules. Built by city staff through PLDT and Smart's AI-in-a-Box mentorship program, it also comes with Rolly Bot, a chatbot that draws on government documents and data to answer questions.