BUSINESS ROUND-UP
ECHOstore wins in International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge
The Chamber Trade Sweden will welcome women entrepreneurs from Nigeria, Zambia, Malaysia, Europe, Australia, and North and South America to celebrate the Eighth Annual International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Conference (IWEC) on November 16 to 19 in Scandinavia. ECHOstore Sustainable Lifestyle, represented by Pacita “Chit” Juan, is the 2014 awardee from the Philippines. The conference will recognize successful women entrepreneurs from industries that include computer software, fashion, manufacturing, oil and gas, agribusiness, health services, skin care, travel, research technology, shipping and freight forwarding, education, and other enterprises. IWEC’s mission is to develop a global business network for successful women business owners, helping them gain and expand access to international markets by presenting a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience and connectivity, further promoting dialogue among women entrepreneurs and business leaders throughout the world. This year, 32 women from the U.K., Peru, Spain, Sweden, South Africa, the United States, Turkey, Philippines, Australia, Serbia, Taiwan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and India will be honored.
Amdocs announces network cloud offerings
Amdocs, a leading provider of customer experience solutions, unveils its Network Cloud Service Orchestrator—a new open, vendor-agnostic, catalog-driven solution that enables service providers to define and activate complex services containing virtual network functions (VNFs) from multiple vendors in a matter of days instead of months. The latest product is also complemented by Amdocs NFV Service Partner Program which is focused on pre-integrating a rich set of VNFs and Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) elements in order to simplify the complexity of service orchestration, improve service time-to-market, and address end-to-end Service Level Agreement considerations. Amdocs has a range of VNF products including Amdocs Policy Controller which enables service providers to rapidly introduce highly tuned data offers for performance-critical services such as Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and customized market applications, including virtual packet core for enterprise.
The Generics Pharmacy taps Microsoft Dynamics AX
One of the country’s leading drug stores, The Generics Pharmacy (TGP), entered a partnership with Microsoft to power its operations with Dynamics AX. Since 2001 when it ventured into retail, TGP has managed to establish over 20 outlets in Metro Manila alone. Today, TGP continues to be a trusted health and pharmaceutical partner of the Filipinos and intends to be more strategic by leveraging modern-day business solutions like Microsoft’s Dynamics AX. Microsoft Dynamics AX enables retailers of all sizes like TGP to be dynamic and to deliver a complete shopping experience to their customers. The solution capacitates TGP to efficiently deploy modern point of sale, store operations, merchandising, e-commerce, call center, marketing, and finance among many others. To learn more about Microsoft Dynamics, visit www. microsoft.com/dynamics.
Teleperformance Philippines is 2014 Aon Hewitt’s Best Employer
Teleperformance, a global leader in outsourced multichannel customer experience management, recently announced that its operations in the Philippines has been certified by Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Aon plc, in its Aon Hewitt Best Employers program. The Aon Hewitt Best Employers global program measures and recognizes employer excellence worldwide. Teleperformance has achieved certification from the Aon Hewitt Best Employers global program throughout 10 countries around the world, including the Philippines. “We’re proud to be recognized by the Aon Hewitt Best Employers program at this important stage of the company’s rapid growth,” says Travis Coates, managing director, Teleperformance Philippines. “Teleperformance Philippines is one of the largest BPOs in the Philippines and we remain committed to generating new jobs and growing our footprint within the country to match our global position as the leader in Multichannel Customer Experience Management.”
Buffalo Wild Wings to open in PH
Popular American restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings— famous for its New York-style chicken wings—will open at Capitol Commons in Pasig City this December. It was in 1982 when Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery founded Buffalo Wild Wings, shortly after the two friends moved to Ohio from Buffalo. Driven by their craving for New York’s popular bar food that was nowhere to be found in Ohio, Disbrow and Lowery opened their own wing joint near The Ohio State University campus. Three decades later, it has grown into an influential brand with over 1,040 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and soon, the Philippines. Aside from the food and drinks, the restaurant’s contemporary design, complete with wall-to-wall HD flatscreen TVs, allows guests to watch sports shows. The Philippine launch is part of The Bistro Group’s ongoing expansion effort geared towards providing quality options in the local food scene and restaurant concepts that are in sync with the market’s evolving and diverse preferences.