8layer Technologies Inc

An SME like 8layer Technologies Talks about SME IT Solutions at the ICT Month Celebration at CICT.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0500

This year's theme; Get Online Philippines! should be a recognition and a manifestation of a concrete commitment from both the private and public sectors to power infrastructure and empower users on the benefits of timely information, communication and being connected.

The Philippine Commission on ICT issued Memorandum Circular No. 2, Series of 2010 enjoining all government agencies of sorts to organize activities to resound the said theme.

Hence, CICT held a week's Celebration at their C.P. Garcia Grounds to imprint the significance of ICT to all sectors in a country still groping in the wilderness of IT.

8layer was tasked to share our insights on ICT Solutions befitting for SMEs. The speaking slot was kind of a sleepy afternoon for the participants as it was just after their lunch break. But to our suprise the cozy auditorium and the beguiling afternoon did not get into the way of the room's being awake, lively and participative.

The participants were mostly members of the academe (SUC's) which is an important sector for ICT Education and some from the SME Organizations in the country, providing training and other assistance to SMEs.

Our Ms. Deng Silorio, Head of Marketing and Business Operations, shared 8layer's experiences as an SME in taking advantage of the ICT Applications and Solutions to aid the company in daily operations and to attain competitive advantage.

She also expounded on the current nature of SMEs towards ICT: their perspective, belief and attitude on ICT usage and what prevents SMEs to adopt IT Solutions and if they do use IT what are their hurdles.

Simplify. Lower Cost. Productivity. These are what the SMEs look for in a particular tool and that doesn't leave out ICT Solutions for their businesses. Apart from the many F/OSS applications that 8layer Technologies, discussed during the talk, Deng did impart solutions like 8ix Zenith IP Telephony and the KahelOS Linux Desktop application which is an intelligent alternative to expensive Desktop OS and Productivity without the viruses and system crashes. She added the Smarter Lotus Foundations Start an Application built and developed with the SMEs in mind.She also discussed the initiatives and benefits of the PLDT Snap! Offering for SMEs. These ICT Tools and Applications epitomizes the absolute value and philosophy of simplicity, affordability and productivity plus reliability and security.

Though currently 8layer Technologies provides IT Consultancy, Services and Solutions to a vast range of organization and companies, it was really at the onset geared to assist SMEs to focus and harness on the latter's products, services and efficient delivery of such.

Awareness is key to proper ICT adoption specially by SMEs but the SMEs limitation to participate and contribute impedes ICT Solution providers like 8layer to gather pertinent and relevant information in ICT Standardization for SMEs.

In very recent future, 8layer would wish to see in actual fruition ICT big players and the government especially agencies like CICT and the Philippine Commission on ICT to fund studies on ICT Standardization for SMEs since SMEs account for 98%-99& of total number of enteprises in the country today. With this fact and figure, SMEs are not only the major source of income but likewise are perceived to constitute a primal and essential role in the socio-economic development of a Nation.

KahelOS, A Labor of Love and Passion

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0500

KahelOS Installer May 01, 2010

The May One version of KahelOS installer (KahelOS 050110) is dedicated to all the laborers around the world. Downloads are available at http://www.kahelos.org/downloads.php

The first day of May marks the inception of KahelOS and historically it also marks the celebration of the triumps and achievements of labor movements worldwide This day is famously known as the International Workers day.
The origin of our international commemoration dates back in the year 1884, where the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions victoriously got the approval of the eight-hour workday.
In the Philippines, we term it as Labor Day or “Araw ng Paggawa” and was very first celebrated in 1903. Thousands of laborers marched to Malacanang to voice out their grievances for better working conditions and was organized by the Union Obrero Democratica de Filipinas.
Today, everywhere around the world, Labor day will surely be remembered and actively participated in through rallies, demonstrations and even parties to exalt the laborers of the world.
http://www.librarylink.org.ph/featarticle.asp?articleid=69

Even before our official release today, the new KahelOS installer has already been reviewed at beginlinux.com http://beginlinux.com/desktop_training/reviews/kahelos-review.
Thank you for taking time and providing significant inputs to make KahelOS work better for those who would like to experience its utility.

The highlight of this installer is the easier and friendlier way to do installation in a just a few steps unlike the first two installer release. Again, All in One CD Installer.

Improvements that you may discover with the new installer:

Compiz Fusion is enabled by default
Font cleanup and improvements
Improved hinting and rendering of fonts
Massive cleanup of unnecessary packages, saving disk space.
Massive optimization of PNG/MNG/TIFF/GIF packages.
New boot splash, background and theme.
Out-of-the-box easy file-sharing (just by right clicking the folder you wish to share)
Mabuhay Welcome Center w/ introduction of Kahel OS.
iBus is now the default alternative input bus
Include all possible Wifi Firmware by default

Include OpenJDK6 Java Development Kit by default

New Default Applications Installed:

Pitivi 0.13.4
Simple-Scan 0.9.9
Google Gadgets 0.11.2
Chromium 5.0.
Chromium supports WOFF (http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/woff) and playing HTML5 videos without Flash (http://www.youtube.com/html5).
Gnome 2.30
Gnome Color Manager 2.30
Kernel 2.6.33
OpenOffice 2.3.0
Banshee 1.6.0
Tracker 0.8g
Tomboy notes
Gbrainy
Lights Off

KahelOS, as a Labor of Love and Passion, we continue to be indebted to the selfless, generous, highly-talented geniuses and collaborators of Linux and Open Source Applications.

Invaluable gratitude also goes to those who support applications like KahelOS for believing on its Philosophy, noble cause and to imbibe in its initiators, developers, contributors, advocates and users of the responsibility and rationale, in going and doing Linux and Open Source Programs and Projects.

Together, we at KahelOS, celebrates and commemorates May One with all the Laborers of the World.

An Open Invitation

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:18:32 -0500

Your business is growing. No doubt, thanks to your hard work, focus and the culture of excellence you have built your company upon.
You have always invested in the right people and have always sought to forge sound partnerships. And now, by upgrading your I.T. Infrastructure, you intend to be abreast or stay ahead via new demands and opportunities that come hand in hand with growth.

So, you leaf through the quotations and proposals on your desk. You've seen these before. Page after page of brand names, technical services, and specifications in between claims of being the best solution for your company. You know outright that most of these vendors are only out to make a quick buck from your requirements, so most of their offerings must be limited by profitability and popularity, both poor substitutes for suitability and performance.

You stop and think, How did these vendors come up with what is best for MY company? Did these vendors come up to me to understand my needs and wants or did THEY just come up to show us some really cool and professional presentations?

And then realize, YOU need IT Practitioners who understand the Technology and YOUR needs!

You refuse to accept a generic “best” solution. Because your company runs and breathes differently. Because your corporate values and resources are different from any other company's. And most importanty, because you will not allow your company to be tied down by solutions that are inherently limited, compromising your ability to adapt to a constantly changing business landscape.

Through the years, 8layer Technologies, Inc. has been blessed to find like-minded partners, companies that have come to recognize the value of collaboration versus quotations and true results over maketing hype.

Get in touch with us. Let's talk about your company's uniqueness, how like us, you make a habit out of asking the right questions and finding the best answers, and how we can help you define open source solutions that will amplify your freedom to drive your business as you envision it.

8layer connects with ICpEP.se at their General Assembly

8liens, Roz and Renan rushed at about 10am on August 14 at Technological Institute of the Philippines-Quezon City (TIP-QC), just in time to set up a simple booth for 8layer at the ICpEP.SE General Assembly. The TIP,QC Grounds at that time was serene and the sun was shining to keep the event warm for the whole day.

At 12Noon, the blissful serenity was replaced by happy boisterous and crackling buzz of Computer Engineering Students from all over Metro Manila and Luzon Schools, Colleges and Universities as they line-up/pile- up for registation filling the TIP, QC Grounds. Finally, it was jam-packed and was estimated to number at 1,800 Computer Engineering attendees.

It was a last minute decision on our end due to tight schedules and priorities to sponsor the Institute of Computer Engineers of the Philippines (ICpEP), ICpEP.SE (Student Edition) dubbed as CpEYesta! 2010. It was also an assimillation and recognizance that we need to spend some fees in order to imbibe in students the value of excellence and hard work in the academics and further studies, and to spark awareness on F/OSS as part of our advocacy. And though the benefit for 8layer as a company is least in terms of business opportunity to participate, we came to instill and foster motivation, persistence to students to excel in their studies and in their chosen field of interest and profession.

There were other sponsors and presentors who briefly discussed their brands and products and there were fun games and entertainment too. But we were certain we were not there to promote our company instead to heed the importance of being open to learn and being learned. We were also there to join the fun as we immersed with the students in the bleachers and also enjoyed ourselves as the crowd joyously howl and anxiously wait for the raffle as the lucky numbers are randomly picked by the computer. “Raffle”, “RAffle”, “RAffle”, “RAffle”, … as the students roar and drown the multi-purpose hall.

And when it was time for our CEO/CTO to take center stage and give his motivational talk, Meric instantly shouted, “Raffle”,”Raffle”,”Raffle”, and the students with Meric and the teachers laughed altogether.

The 8layer Team who were there to take part and witness the event were actually surprised to see how the students silenced themselves and eagerly listened to what r3d3ye has to convey. Meric himself is a Computer Engineering Graduate from Adamson University and among his other achievements is being a RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer).

Meric compressed his presentation to about 30 minutes on motivating students to excel, be driven by ambition to be innovators and bequeath the power of having knowledge with passion to do what is right for oneself and for a lot of people. The students were gagging for more, when they knew about Open Source, Linux and KahelOS but it was time to wrap up.

At the end of 8layer’s presentation, it was time for us to give away raflle prizes. We didn’t give out our usual 8layer Juancho mugs or usb’s but we decided to empower the winners with a chance for them to hone their skills and be able to buy him a lot of stuff for himself (if put to good/full utility). When we announced that we were raffling off free linux training, everyone in the hall, shouted and wanted to win the prize. We raffled off a three-day linux training to two(2) groups of 6 lucky students which will happen this September 2010 at 8layer OHQ. Congratulations to Ted Josiah Domingo and Jefferson Maybanting and their friends!

In the end, it was a beginning for us to have high hopes to have sparked and started in some of the students if not to all,the value of continuous proactive learning and sharing.

Thank you to ICpEP.SE CpEYESTA 2010, Mr. Alex Ybasco, Mr. Erwin Mendoza and to the members of the organization, we enjoyed being part of the event too.