The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
The country’s top corporations are now more conscious about online security and are starting to invest heavily on information-technology (IT) products and services to address business disruptions from cyberattacks like those from computer viruses.
Many local firms are now employing IT-based business applications from the world’s leading software vendors and consultancy providers.
Third Pillar Business Applications Inc., an all-Filipino information technology firm, reported that its business volume has grown yearly mainly coming from top corporations and government agencies that are seeking services encompassing sales, marketing, financial services and data governance.
Alan Alipao, Third Pillar managing director and head of consulting, said in a media briefing that business disruption can be avoided and losses and costs reduced through the consultancy that the company provides in the areas such as sales and distribution.
Alipao said that the business of providing IT-based solutions to address business disruptions has huge potentials for growth in the country. Based on a survey of polling firm Gartner, a leader in the IT analysis, 40 percent of data in computer systems across the world is erroneous and “there is a massive opportunity to clean these data to have the right information,” Alipao said.
“The right data and quality information will not disrupt business operations,” he noted.
Founded three years ago by a group of business and IT veterans, Third Pillar has now grown into a trusted and reliable business-solutions provider because of its key strategic partnerships with industry leaders namely, salesforce, the innovative company behind the world’s top Customer Relationship Management Platform that helps organizations sell, service, and market their products through the Internet.
Salesforce enables companies to build meaningful long lasting business relationships with their customers resulting in increased sales revenue. BackOffice Associates is a worldwide leader in information governance and data modernization solutions.
Its award-winning products are built on a revolutionary platform and can address the needs of business users that want to unlock the value of their data assets. CPM Consulting, a unit of BackOffice Associates LLC, which provides professional consulting services by aligning, designing and implementing SAP solutions for business planning and financial consolidation.
Consus Global Consutling, one of the leading consulting firms in the spend management space, adds positive impact to the bottom-line of its customers by helping them achieve guaranteed savings in their annual spend.
“As a company in the technology space, we are firm believers in building strategic alliances with leading industry brands and leveraging their expertise and track record for the benefit of our customers,” said Jennifer S. Ligones, Third Pillar president and CEO.
The company offers proven premium solutions that enable business organizations of all sizes to become more cost effective, innovative, more competitive and more profitable but more important, to better meet the ever-changing demands of its market.
“Since SMEs make up a big part of the country’s businesses, we are looking forward to being an integral part of their growth.” Ligones added. RIZA LOZADA