"Where the highest mountain in the land rises over the vast rich plains of Davao, where the king of Philippine birds soar over his domain, the giant of all Philippine I.T. shows once more unfolds its latest event. It’s COMDDAP Davao 2009 – the biggest I.T. expo held regularly in the South."
Last July 2, 2009 we attended the Comddap Davao 2009. This is a product exhibit of the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines.
Admittedly, it is geeky. LOL. But fun and informative at the same time. My friends and I signed up for the seminar to be given in the afternoon but fortunately we arrived there a little earlier and that's why we had a little time on our hands to make rounds on the exhibit area.
As I remember it, companies such as AOC, NEXUS, HEWLETT PACKARD PHILS. CORP., Canon, Dell, EPSON, MSI-ECS PHILIPPINES. INC., WORDTEXT SYSTEMS, INC., SMART, Gigabyte, Envision and other IT related companies where there to show their products on separate booths and stalls.
I was trying to get an idea for my research topic by looking at the products and I have seen a lot of Green IT related products such as a green computing based motherboards (from Gigabyte), laptops (mostly by Dell) and LCD monitors by AoC.
Later in the afternoon we joined in the seminar held by Mr. Celmer Santos of Jupiter System Inc, Nexus group. He introduced us to Jupiter Systems and focused more their Dealer Management System. If you want to outsource software developments especially those which focus more on car dealership and management you can visit to their site: http://www.jupitersystems.com.ph/
Jupiter Systems has a lot of services such as procurement, manufacturing, order management and dealership management system. And the one the Mr. Santos focused more on his talk is their dealership management system. A lot of well known companies such as Volvo, Mazda, Honda, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Toyota and other big car brands purchased their services. The general features of their dealership management systems are the following:
• Monitor Sales Executive Activities,
• Sales lead monitoring from initial inquiry to actual close
• Sales quotation processing
• support sales of new and used vehicles
• vehicle reservation and deposit collection
• vehicle inventory
• customer incident and resolution recording
• interface to manufacturer systems
• reports and queries
• highly graphical technician assignment and loading window
• customer appointment
• repair order and estimates
• customer/vehicle service history
• technician time in and time-out
• parts requisitioning and picking
• control parts and consumables cost
After Mr. Santos, Mr, Leonard Zapa from HP Invent took thestage and introduced us to HP's new product: thin client. It was a really informative topic and a very handy product. By the first three slides he already convinced me to buy the product (but I can't since I don't have dough haha). Thin clients are small and protable CPU like device but with lower memory since it doesn't have a hard drive. It has an IDE flash with a memory of 1-2GB which may seem as a disadvantage but it actually is very beneficial especially to task based users.
Thin clients are computing devices that function as an access device on a network. These solid-state devices connect over a network to a server where the bulk of the processing takes place. Thin clients have no hard drive, allowing for more secure storage of data and applications on the server. Thin clients offer the highest data security, lower total cost of ownership, increased energy efficiency, easier manageability and high reliability with a small chance of downtime to occur in the system or even none at all.
With no hard drive, fan or other moving parts, thin clients have a much longer lifespan than standard computers and use significantly less power. Lower maintenance costs are another benefit as software application updates, virus scanning and patches can be executed on the server. Thin clients offer significant savings in power usage over traditional desktops. This is realized not only in energy costs but reduced air-conditioning costs in some cases. With their long lifecycle thin clients allow companies to achieve energy savings targets and reduce the need for replacement equipment. Deployment costs are also reduced as thin clients can be remotely configured and do not need to be set up individually. Break-fix simply requires replacing the thin client.
In a Thin Client environment you can upgrade users quickly and inexpensively by updating application software hosted on servers, not clients. Not only do you have a more controlled and secure environment, but technical support costs are greatly reduced. These are long-lasting products with no moving parts, to not only reduce noise levels, but also lower maintenance costs. There’s even optional wireless connectivity support on select models.
Total Cost of Ownership*
• 80% less maintenance per year
• 25% capital cost savings
• 34% less in maintenance
• 23% less to operate
• 25% productivity increase
Other advantages of thin clients are:
• Control software, applications and files centrally
• Save up to 80% on maintenance costs
• Deploy out-the-box in under 10 minutes
• Support your legacy mainframe
• Effortlessly manage enterprise IT
• Use fewer support personnel
• Manage remotely with simple problem diagnosis
• Reduce hardware theft
The talk with Mr. Zapa was really fun and all of us were listening closely so that e could answer the questions he will give at the end of his speech. I was called to answer and the question was relatively simple but bad enough it’s not my lucky day and I just blurted out an answer with fully reading all the choices. Maybe and with the highest probability I answered wrong because of excitement. Going back to that experience my head just churns because I should have won a t-shirt from HP and a 2 gigabyte USB if I answered it correctly. What a shame. I became really interested in the product so I will feature it in my upcoming posts.
Going back to the COMDDAP, it was a very geeky but entertaining and time worthy event. It felt like being a small kid again locked up in a room full of candies and toys.
Photo credits to Ms.Kate Mariel Dizon
Motherboard from Gigabyte
LCD Monitors from AOC
Me advertising AOC *tehee*
From left to right (cham2x, dolor, angel,kate, Me (looking sleepy) and Karren)
Last July 2, 2009 we attended the Comddap Davao 2009. This is a product exhibit of the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines.
Admittedly, it is geeky. LOL. But fun and informative at the same time. My friends and I signed up for the seminar to be given in the afternoon but fortunately we arrived there a little earlier and that's why we had a little time on our hands to make rounds on the exhibit area.
As I remember it, companies such as AOC, NEXUS, HEWLETT PACKARD PHILS. CORP., Canon, Dell, EPSON, MSI-ECS PHILIPPINES. INC., WORDTEXT SYSTEMS, INC., SMART, Gigabyte, Envision and other IT related companies where there to show their products on separate booths and stalls.
I was trying to get an idea for my research topic by looking at the products and I have seen a lot of Green IT related products such as a green computing based motherboards (from Gigabyte), laptops (mostly by Dell) and LCD monitors by AoC.
Later in the afternoon we joined in the seminar held by Mr. Celmer Santos of Jupiter System Inc, Nexus group. He introduced us to Jupiter Systems and focused more their Dealer Management System. If you want to outsource software developments especially those which focus more on car dealership and management you can visit to their site: http://www.jupitersystems.com.ph/
Jupiter Systems has a lot of services such as procurement, manufacturing, order management and dealership management system. And the one the Mr. Santos focused more on his talk is their dealership management system. A lot of well known companies such as Volvo, Mazda, Honda, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Toyota and other big car brands purchased their services. The general features of their dealership management systems are the following:
• Monitor Sales Executive Activities,
• Sales lead monitoring from initial inquiry to actual close
• Sales quotation processing
• support sales of new and used vehicles
• vehicle reservation and deposit collection
• vehicle inventory
• customer incident and resolution recording
• interface to manufacturer systems
• reports and queries
• highly graphical technician assignment and loading window
• customer appointment
• repair order and estimates
• customer/vehicle service history
• technician time in and time-out
• parts requisitioning and picking
• control parts and consumables cost
After Mr. Santos, Mr, Leonard Zapa from HP Invent took thestage and introduced us to HP's new product: thin client. It was a really informative topic and a very handy product. By the first three slides he already convinced me to buy the product (but I can't since I don't have dough haha). Thin clients are small and protable CPU like device but with lower memory since it doesn't have a hard drive. It has an IDE flash with a memory of 1-2GB which may seem as a disadvantage but it actually is very beneficial especially to task based users.
Thin clients are computing devices that function as an access device on a network. These solid-state devices connect over a network to a server where the bulk of the processing takes place. Thin clients have no hard drive, allowing for more secure storage of data and applications on the server. Thin clients offer the highest data security, lower total cost of ownership, increased energy efficiency, easier manageability and high reliability with a small chance of downtime to occur in the system or even none at all.
With no hard drive, fan or other moving parts, thin clients have a much longer lifespan than standard computers and use significantly less power. Lower maintenance costs are another benefit as software application updates, virus scanning and patches can be executed on the server. Thin clients offer significant savings in power usage over traditional desktops. This is realized not only in energy costs but reduced air-conditioning costs in some cases. With their long lifecycle thin clients allow companies to achieve energy savings targets and reduce the need for replacement equipment. Deployment costs are also reduced as thin clients can be remotely configured and do not need to be set up individually. Break-fix simply requires replacing the thin client.
In a Thin Client environment you can upgrade users quickly and inexpensively by updating application software hosted on servers, not clients. Not only do you have a more controlled and secure environment, but technical support costs are greatly reduced. These are long-lasting products with no moving parts, to not only reduce noise levels, but also lower maintenance costs. There’s even optional wireless connectivity support on select models.
Total Cost of Ownership*
• 80% less maintenance per year
• 25% capital cost savings
• 34% less in maintenance
• 23% less to operate
• 25% productivity increase
Other advantages of thin clients are:
• Control software, applications and files centrally
• Save up to 80% on maintenance costs
• Deploy out-the-box in under 10 minutes
• Support your legacy mainframe
• Effortlessly manage enterprise IT
• Use fewer support personnel
• Manage remotely with simple problem diagnosis
• Reduce hardware theft
The talk with Mr. Zapa was really fun and all of us were listening closely so that e could answer the questions he will give at the end of his speech. I was called to answer and the question was relatively simple but bad enough it’s not my lucky day and I just blurted out an answer with fully reading all the choices. Maybe and with the highest probability I answered wrong because of excitement. Going back to that experience my head just churns because I should have won a t-shirt from HP and a 2 gigabyte USB if I answered it correctly. What a shame. I became really interested in the product so I will feature it in my upcoming posts.
Going back to the COMDDAP, it was a very geeky but entertaining and time worthy event. It felt like being a small kid again locked up in a room full of candies and toys.
Photo credits to Ms.Kate Mariel Dizon
Motherboard from Gigabyte
LCD Monitors from AOC
Me advertising AOC *tehee*
From left to right (cham2x, dolor, angel,kate, Me (looking sleepy) and Karren)
3 comments:
COMDDAP sure was a fun event to attend, ne? :D
i hope we can attend more events like this because we are IT students, after all.
i'd appreciate your comments, too. :D
wow han... u sure had a good time... goodluck anyways
weeeh.^^ nyza woie.. miss na nako ang mga in.ana huhuhu
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