COUNTRY FOCUS: PHILIPPINES
“
WE’VE SEEN AND
HEARD HOW SO
MANY OF OUR
MODERN HEROES
HAVE LOST THEIR
LIVELIHOOD
DUE TO THIS
GLOBAL COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
Hans Leo Cacdac, OWWA Administrator,
said: “I’m proud of our stellar IT team led by
Rosanna Siray and Joseph John Padilla, and
our indispensable administrative units that
provided support services to set up realtime
electronic application, evaluation and
database systems to support the DOLE-AKAP
financial assistance program for our OFWs.”
Pocholo Reyes, CEO of NTT DATA Philippines,
said: “I am extremely proud of our team,
and the partnerships with OWWA and
Microsoft that made this possible. We’ve
seen and heard how so many of our modern
heroes have lost their livelihood due to this
global COVID-19 pandemic, so we have
been equally inspired to do our part as a
technology partner and our commitment to
our nation to help OWWA deliver a safe and
reliable financial assistance application portal
to our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and
their families as well.
“The global COVID-19 pandemic has left an
indelible impact in our society today, and we
recognize the enormous role of technology in
helping us respond and adapt. We are eager
to continue collaborating with Microsoft to
contribute to the success of our customers
especially during these challenging times.”
Within three days of launch, OWWA received
54,000 online applications through the
DOLE AKAP portal. Moreover, the OWWA IT
personnel was able to configure, deploy the
application, and modify updates remotely
using DevOps and Azure providing flexibility
at an instant with minimal downtime. •
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