COMDDAP Annual IT Event 09

COMDDAP (Computer Manufacturer Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines) have just presented an IT event, The COMDDAP Davao Expo 2009 scheduled on the 2nd on to the 4th of July this year and that was held at the Grand Ballroom Hall of the Apo View Hotel. The said affair exhibited various new-fangled innovations and technology. They also held seminars, workshops, and presentations sample some software and systems. The event was filled with different participants and spectators, from students, teachers, critics, businessmen, media or journalist, and people whose field are IT related or even non-IT people who just took interest on the said event.

July 2, first day schedule of the event, we went to attend the seminars that we signed up online to. Since the slots that were offered and available were limited, first come, first serve basis of registration online was imposed. Luckily, a lot of IC (Institute of Computing) students from USEP (University of Southeastern Philippines) made reservations on the seminars held on the 1st day. In fact, we were dominating in number of participants who took part in the event. I was really amazed for the reasons that many up-to-date and latest versions of well-liked and trendy software and hardware were showcased in the affair. There were also open source software displayed there. And the idea that I was most fond of was there even some models and endorsers present and ooh believe me, they were very eye-catching.
The main event and the purpose of our participation and involvement is our attendance in the seminars. I believe our foremost intention of being there is to participate on the seminars. The seminars were handled and sponsored by The Nexus Group (TNG). The seminars comprised of presentation of different topics.

During the session, the first presentation was presented by Mr. Celmer L. Santos was about ERIC DMS (Dealer Management System). JSI (Jupiter System, Inc.) is an expert in software development, business consulting, e-business enablement, specializing in ERP for manufacturing, automotive dealership and distribution companies. JSI’s world class creation is Enterprise Resource Information and Control System (ERIC). It is an integrated financial, distribution, manufacturing and personnel software application. The ERIC DMS is an end-to-end software solution for automotive sales parts and service businesses. It covers full range of dealer activities from customer prospecting and vehicle services. It supports full functionality for vehicle dealership business from Pre-Sales, Vehicle Sales and Administration, Service Management and Post Sales.

Well, basically, it is more beneficial for car businesses. At first, I was misled of what the presentation was all about. I know there are variety of systems specialized for this kind of IT field, but I did not think that it would be one of the topics that will be presented. Anyways, I was not really paying attention from the moment I was not able to catch up with the car stuffs he was discussing (rude much). In general thought of what I have perceived, the system entails overall package of the operations.

The second presentation was presented by Mr. Leonardo Zapa was about The HP’s new product: Thin Client. It is a petite or a thin sized system unit that is quite portable. Unlike any other typical system unit, it has no hard drive. It uses flash storage, IDE flash specifically. This new innovation supports data security, reliability, easier management and virtualization. Through out the discussion, we have come up of an idea that thin clients are best suited to be utilized in a network because of its client virtualization and remote client solution specializing in connection over networks. Aside from that, there are numerous number of advantages like having hardened embedded operating system and free management tools, with ¼ failure rate, 10x higher MTBF, in a solid state, provides longer life span. It is also up to 80% lower power or 11 to 20 watts, it has space savings feature that takes less than 1/15 volume, reduced foam up to 75% and board packaging up to 40% and it is of minimal heat generating device. What I have mentioned are just few characteristics of a thin client. With the idea of promoting green computing, I guess that this product would be helpful in environment conservation.

To end this, I consider that credits should be conferred to the individuals who made the event possible. It has been an informative affair. I look forward to any other events relating to IT that would feed us students with supplementary knowledge about the hip and newest technology.