Queue Management System Beta

BNShosting is opening the beta version of our queueing system to the public for testing. The project was led by Mark Gutierrez and by team members from Cagayan State University students.

Please feel free to let us know what improvements can be done to it. Visit this to download the free beta http://www.queue-systems.com/

After attending the garag3.com sponsored event in Singapore, here are some ideas I was able to learn and share with you here:

Getting Donations:

http://www.kickstarter.com/

Kickstarter lists projects from the creative arts—Art, Dance, Film, Music, Photography, Publishing, and Theater—as well as projects from the diverse and creative fields of Food, Design, Fashion, Technology, Games, comics and jouranlism. People then choose which projects they would like to fund. It could be yours.

One sample success story is from the Moonchild project. Sara Chong and Chen Yanyun, was in dire need of donations in order to finally finish their animated film – “Moonchild”  They aimed for only 2000 USD in 60 days, but already got more than 4000 USD in 6 days!

Getting Equity Investors:

http://www.profounder.com/
ProFounder was created to ensure all entrepreneurs have access to the resources they need through the engagement of robust, supportive communities. Traditional funding sources can be expensive, difficult to access, or not a great fit for many small enterprises. Instead, we believe that communities can be the best source for the energy, encouragement, tools and capital small business entrepreneurs need to succeed.

Getting Loans:

http://www.kiva.org/

Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending

I am sure that the Philippine government has counterpart funding scheme of some sort similar to Singapore’s Spring, MDA and IDA programs, but I am not aware of any at this point. If you have information about this, kindly share it with us here.

Farmout urgently needs 10 C++ Web Developers. If you are interested, you may email team@bnshosting.net for your resume. Or call (075)523-3538 for more information.

For the minimum requirements:

1. Male or female, age 18-40
2. IT background (programmer, developer in C++)
3. Willing to undergo drug check and background check
4. Willing to work any shifts in Dagupan

You may also visit Farmout Training Center located at 2F Eastgate Plaza, A.B Fernandez East, Dagupan City.

The main goal of the project is to transform the client’s existing website to a professional, interactive and dynamic website which is rich in content, creates high visual impact, and is user-centric.

Objectives

• To establish a visually appealing and easy to navigate website.
• To serve as an efficient means of disseminating information to the general public.
  

The  winning  bidder  shall  be  required  to create and present at least three (3) design concepts and at most 6 for the website. Each design concept should   include   an   “Introductory   Page   and   Home   Page”   along   with corresponding “Secondary Page” designs. The Management Team shall decide on and sign-off the winning design.

For more information, you can email team[at]bnshosting.net.

This article from US CERT on DNS vulnerability (http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113) may shed some light. Some excerpts are reproduced below:

Caching DNS resolvers are primarily at risk–both those that are open (a DNS resolver is open if it provides recursive name resolution for clients outside of its administrative domain), and those that are not. These caching resolvers are the most common target for attackers; however, stub resolvers are also at risk.

An attacker with the ability to conduct a successful cache poisoning attack can cause a nameserver’s clients to contact the incorrect, and possibly malicious, hosts for particular services. Consequently, web traffic, email, and other important network data can be redirected to systems under the attacker’s control

We hope to make this an annual event that will provide an additional venue for learning among DigitalFilipino club members (http://www.e-commercephilippines.com).

The event will focus on best practices (what to do, what not to do, execution, measurement) and we would like to have a great roster of resource persons who can share their insight & lessons learned.

We requested speakers to deliver talks on a big-picture perspective (keynote-style) discussing findings and insight that they haven’t mostly shared before but still reflective of their respective experiences.

We are targeting 150 to 200 participants for this event. Main audience will be DigitalFilipino club members, DigitalFilipino Web Awards past and current entries/winners, DigitalFilipino Social Networking Awards winners, SMEs, enterprises, and entrepreneurs at large.

Conference Program

Attendees to this event can expect a highly-interactive session with e-commerce players and industry practitioners. Topics in the agenda includes (subject to change):

November 12 (Day 1):
7:30 to 9:00 Registration & morning snacks

9:00 to 9:30 Welcome & Big Picture theme introduction

State of Internet and Mobile Commerce Market Growth
Speaker: Donald Patrick Lim, President and CEO of Yehey! Corporation 9:30 to 10:00

Has Internet and Mobile Commerce taken off in the Philippines? What are the numbers? Are the Filipinos today really buying online? A look into the latest market study with cross analysis on the technographic and psychographic behavior of our new generation of digital sellers and buyers.

Building and Managing an E-Commerce, Internet Gaming, and Outsourcing Business during a Global Economic Crisis
Speaker: Enrique Gonzalez, CEO of IPVG Corp.
10:15 to 10:45

Creating a Niche and Identifying Your Online Target Market
Speaker: Stephanie Caragos, President and CEO of Syntactics Inc.
11:00 to 11:30

Creating an e-commerce website is not merely the act of having the site developed and launched. Careful study and analysis plays an important role in identifying the target market and knowing how to attract it. Insight on potential customers helps in strategic positioning of your products and services.

Lunch break

Search Engine Friendly Web Design: Making Site Visitors Click!
Speakers:
Jan Alvin Pabellon, Vice President for Business Development at IT Group, Inc.
Arnold Alvarez, General Manager, BF Homes Properties 1:00 to 1:30

Improve your rankings, increase your visits, and make more money by building a web site that is attractive to both automated search engines and real live people. Discover how “search engine friendly” web design can help you get more traffic from search engines. Speakers will share experience in making their sites search engine friendly, launching additional websites to improve rankings, get more visits, and consequently improved revenues and bottom line.

The End of Faceless Brands: How the Internet has Forced Brand Marketing to Personalize
Speaker: Brad Geiser, Co-Founder, GeiserMaclang Marketing Communications
1:45 to 2:15

One of the reasons why there are few companies in the Philippines who invest in e-Commerce is due to the perception that it is just a business structure and has not yet explored the idea of e-Commerce as a marketing tool. This discussion gives an overview on how some social marketing experiments have turned in groundbreaking results.

(Other topics with speakers to be finalized)

- Payment programs and platforms catering from mainstream to unbanked market segments.
- Making self-service advertising platforms work for you.
- Improving e-commerce website performance
- Tracking website analytics & e-commerce sales performance

November 13 (Day 2):
7:30 to 9:00 Registration & morning snacks

9:00 to 9:30 Welcome & Day 1 Summary

E-Commerce Policies and E-Government Growth in the Philippines
Speaker: Dir. Maria Lourdes Yaptinchay, Supervising Director, Department of Trade and Industry E-Commerce Office 9:30 to 10:00

An update on e-commerce policies approved and for ratification to push the growth of e-commerce in the Philippines. Government e-commerce transaction growth in dealing with stakeholders, citizens, customers, and businesses shall also be discussed.

Building Online Trust: Making E-Commerce Secure Against Fraud
Speakers:
Jovel Cipriano, CEO, PinoyDelikasi
Mannix Pabalan, General Manager, AyosDito.ph
10:15 to 10:45

The intricacies of E-commerce have provided merchants with a host of interesting challenges. Perhaps the biggest challenge is establishing and maintaining trust. Spam, fraud, identity theft and fly-by-night e-retailers threaten consumers’ fragile trust in online marketplaces, particularly those in which they are asked to provide credit card information. Trust becomes a key issue in the buying process. Winning the customers’ trust and increasing their confidence is essential for E-commerce success.

E-Commerce as a viable retail market outlet for SMEs
Speakers:
- Ma. Regina Bundang, CEO, RegaloService.com
- Russell Ri, CEO, e-Philippines Adventure Travel and Destinations 11:00 to 11:30

Entrepreneurs will share their experience in putting up an e-commerce site, working with partners, challenges, lessons learned, market changes, and tips to aspiring entrepreneurs who would like to expand their business online.

(Other topics with speakers to be finalized)

- Internet and mobile banking growth.
- New technologies to make e-commerce easier

PLUS! The summit will be the venue for recognition of the top Philippine E-Commerce sites as DigitalFilipino.com opens the nomination for the 3rd DigitalFilipino Web Awards (http://digitalfilipinowebawards.blogspot.com).

Free conference pass to DigitalFilipino Club members: (to become a club member, visit http://www.e-commercephilippines.com and process the membership fee online)

- individual members (1 day, participate themselves, no proxy)
- SME members (1 representative per day)
- Corporate members (2 representatives per day)

Additional club member and sponsor delegates are entitled to 15% discount. Register today to confirm your seat at http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/digitalfilipino-e-commerce-summit.html

If interested, sign up here: http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/WebPro/Signup.aspx

The HTML guy will be working with another developer to finish not more than 15 templates screens which needs middle content completion. On the other hand, the PHP programmer will closely assist the lead programmer to finish the project within 10 days. The office is located in Fort area, Taguig, Metro Manila and a conference room will be provided for the entire team as a place for them to do all the work.

This is a rush project. Successful candidates awaits a good compensation. For further details please contact Carlo Marcelino at 02-828-4232 or email him at carlo[at]fiveworks.com.ph.

What: Convention
Host: SMART Communications
When: Start Time: Friday, September 11 at 8:00am End Time: Friday, September 11 at 5:00pm
Where: SM Science Discovery Center @ SM Mall of Asia