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.
AI is helping Philippine security teams respond faster, but confidence in handling a compromised AI agent is far from universal. Cisco's Relentless Defense Report found that only 59% of organizations in the Philippines are very confident they could detect and respond to one, and that 93% suffered a business-disrupting cyber incident in the past year.
The report identifies organizational friction, such as approval delays, data silos, and disconnected teams, as a key barrier to stronger defense.
Designers using Adobe Express can now send work to print in just a few clicks. Epson has launched the Epson Print add-on, which opens Epson Print Automate directly from Adobe Express and removes the manual export and upload steps. It works at launch with seven Epson SureColor printers and is available in 11 local languages.
The Bank of the Philippine Islands strengthens its cybersecurity measures and promotes responsible digital banking as it marks 175 years
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) continues to strengthen...
GCash's parent company is now on the stock market. Mynt began trading on the Philippine Stock Exchange under the ticker GCASH, opening at PHP6.60 per share. Its IPO attracted 20 cornerstone investors, and more than 140,000 GStocks PH users placed orders worth nearly PHP1.1 billion, with a minimum board lot of 100 shares.
Maya is on Asia's best workplaces list again. The Philippine digital financial services platform was named among the Best Companies to Work for in Asia for the second consecutive year at the 2026 HR Asia Awards. It also took home the Tech Empowerment award for the second year in a row and added a new People Transformation award, for three wins in 2026. In the Philippines, 44 companies were chosen from 160 surveyed organizations.
HUAWEI is bringing the nova 16s Series to the Philippines, and the cameras are the story. It has front and rear True-to-Color cameras, a 200MP main camera on the Pro, 5G, a 7,000mAh battery, and AI tools like AI Composition, AI Move, and AI Remove. Pre-orders open October 30, while a PHP500 deposit promo runs from October 23 to October 29.
Looking for an affordable everyday phone? HONOR Philippines has launched the HONOR Play 10 at PHP6,999. It packs a 5,000mAh battery with 10W charging, a 6.74-inch HD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate, and a MediaTek Helio G81 processor running Android Go. Choose from 3GB RAM + 64GB or 4GB RAM + 128GB, in Midnight Black or Ocean Cyan.
2GO Group, Inc., the Philippines' largest integrated transportation and logistics solutions provider, used the recent JobStreet Virtual Job Fair to showcase career paths across freight forwarding, warehousing, supply chain operations, technology, and corporate services. he effort aligns with a 2026 World Bank report that identifies maritime transport as a driver of employment and economic growth.