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MAKATI SHANGRI-LA, MAKATI CITY,
PHILIPPINES; June 24, 2014 – EMC-Pivotal held its first Application Development
Class in the country this June 2014. The key purpose is to bring the “next-generation
enterprise computing platform” to leading companies in the country.
Pivotal is a start-up at the
intersection of big data, Platform-as-a-Service, and agile development, whose mission is to help companies transform
into great software companies. Pivotal is jointly owned by EMC, VMware and GE.
The one-day session featured
three speakers who are recognized experts in the fields of Big and Real-time
Data (Steve Illingworth, Pivotal), Agile Application Development and PaaS (Wang
Yi, Pivotal), and Application Delivery Management (Darrell Tan, EMC). Attended by 34
participants from the telecommunications, mobile commerce and utilities
industries, the participants were showcased and presented with modern
technologies that would enable companies the ability to develop, deploy and
scale applications in minutes rather than weeks as currently done.
The class format was a
combination of presentation and hands-on activities conducted by the three
speakers. The focus of the presentation was for the participants to understand
the technology while the hands-on activities were to give them a first hand
practical experience so that they can better appreciate the solution and
effectively apply it in their respective companies.
The key areas presented and
showcased are in Big & Real time data combined with agile application
development. These are the very same ingredients that enable companies like
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Visa and Verizon to be highly successful as the
strength of their business is directly linked to the software they run. The
presentations and highly interactive discussions bring valuable insights to the
participants on how the solutions can potentially create new value to their
respective organizations.
Host and moderator Robin
Fong, Pivotal Sales Director for Thailand and Philippines noted that the
success of the class was due mainly to the participants’ passion and hunger to
learn new leading edge technology. The enthusiasm, energy level and teamwork were
highly visible throughout the session. He added that there is a great potential
and future ahead for the Philippines to adopt leading edge technologies like
Pivotal due to the availability in the country of qualified resources in the
areas of application development and information technology.
The participants themselves
confirmed this optimism as they expressed appreciation and excitement for the
knowledge and experience gained during the class and the potential the
solutions can bring, both for their companies and their personal lives.
