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BY: ROEYNA MAY FAMISARAN
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ILOILO City – The information technology (IT) sector can help expedite this city’s development, said a member of the local academe.
During the launching of the Green Technology Business Incubation (GTBI) by the West Visayas State University (WVSU) on Tuesday at Westown Hotel, Mandurriao district, WVSU president Dr. Luis M. Sorolla noted the contributions of the IT sector to Iloilo’s business growth.
“We recognize that business is one of the important factors in development and progress. As we can see, Iloilo City is fast tracking progress … The IT industry can help speed up the development. Its contributions are vast,” he said.
Sorolla furthermore said WVSU is committed to be one of the partners of the city to achieve economic development, but emphasized that the academe and the private sector cannot achieve it alone.
“We need other partners … let me emphasize that the best things that we do, the productive things that we do, the enjoyable things that we do are the things that we do with a partner,” he noted.
The WVSU chief also stressed that the city has many talents when it comes to the IT sector. But the challenge is how to make these talents’ ideas work for the betterment of the city.
“The IT ideas are there … the challenge is how we translate these ideas to be productive and profitable contributions to development … that is another thing,” Sorilla said.
GREEN TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATION
Themed “Marketing Encounter: Cultivating Iloilo’s Emerging Technologies,” GTBI’s launching event was graced by Joel T. de Castro, dean of WVSU College of Information Technology; Joel Adrias, president of INJAP Foundation, Inc.; and John Dave Dueñas, chief executive officer of HYBrain, among others.
GTBI is an organization that is dedicated to provide security and maintenance; support services; business, professional and technical consultancy; mentoring and coaching; and high-speed Internet to start-up companies. It has five IT incubatees:
*First Bastion Tech Solutions is an Iloilo-based systems integration company that caters to background music systems and pro audio, IT and Wi-Fi systems, CCTV systems and security solutions, signage and hotel displays, and PABX and telephony systems.
*Govesmart is a provider of fully customized system software for schools, local government units, government firms and private agencies.
*Mulave Studio is a multimedia, visual effects, mobile app and game development start-up company that offers graphic design for digital and print, logo design and enhancement, character design, motion and web graphics, digital painting, photography and videography, and branding consultancy, among others.
*Persimonne Creatives specializes in “creating identity through a holistic creative campaign.”
*Trestek IT Solutions offers qualified professional information technology services to micro, small and medium enterprises./PN
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