Wireless solutions provider hopes to hike earnings after
bagging e-services awa
A local enterprise and wireless solutions provider expects
to earn PhP4
million this year after winning the grand prize for its
wireless application solution.
GiveMe Unlimited, Inc., bagged for the second time the top
prize for the e-Services Wireless/ Mobile Application for its
'infoTXT' product. The award was given during the the recently
held 4th e-Services Philippines outsourcing show which is
organized annually by the Center for International Trade
Expositions and Missions (CITEM).
GiveMe'senhanced wireless solution "infoTXT" Messaging
Platform was again named the Best Product Award for Mobile
Applications for 2004. It also won in the same category last
year.
InfoTXT integrates short messaging system (SMS) mobile
telephony with desktop computing. It allows companies to send
and receive text messages using personal computers (PCs) and
facilitates retrieval of information through SMS.
The InfoTXT software can be interfaced with any enterprise
system. It can be used to respond to customer inquiries,
announce product offerings and events, update customers or
employees with new information, communicate alerts, track
shipments, and broadcast job openings, power interruptions,
company procedures or virtually any information.
Theadditional features for this year's entry include a
reversible SMS to e-mail system, a message folder,
anauto-routing of messages facility and voice integration.
GiveMe's president and chief operating officer (CEO)Erick
S. Kalugdan saidin an interview that this year's revenue
forecast is based on the results of their victory in 2003.
From only three clients, Mr. Kalugdan reported that its
customers grew to over 30 after winning the e-services awards.
It also forged reseller alliances with both smalland big name
industry players, and expanded its network of contacts from
less than 200 to over 3,000.
He said thatInfoTXT sold over 40 licenses with a value of
PhP2.4
million in just eight months after the 2003 exhibit. He
added that in less than a year, they closed over 40
contractson their own, excluding those generated by their
network of resellers. Their user network extends to hotels,
retailers, power and utilities, shipping, manufacturing and
the public sector.
GiveMe Unlimited was established in 2001 with lessthan five
employees. Mr. Kalugdan said that their sales revenues in 2002
was only PhP100,000
but it reached PhP2.4 million when they started marketing
their product after winning the Best Product Award in 2003.
Among GiveMe's clients are Caltex Philippines, Shangri-La
Hotel Makati, Hotel Intercontinental Manila, Manulife, Forex
Cargo, Maersk Filipinas, and the National Transmission
Corporation. They use InfoTXT for sales, marketing,
distribution, operations, and customer service processes.
GiveMe is a family-owned corporation, where Mr. Kalugdan
holds about 94% of the company share.
Meanwhile, a Cebu-based business software solutions
provider, Primary Software Development Corp (Primasoft).,
bagged the Best Product Award for the Education category. Its
product, the Prime 3D Verve/ Assemblage,is a cheaper
three-dimension (3D) animation learning tool.
Angelico L. Jurado, the research and development manager of
Primasoft, said that their software is geared towards further
enhancement of the local animation industry.
Other winnersinclude Sprint Software, for their Local
Government System software, in the Business software category
and Stag Philippines, Inc., for their Clinic Operations
Management Plus System (COMPLUS) for the Health category. -- Maricel E. Estavillo | 
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