Thursday, August 2, 2007

Where Less is More

For the longest time, the Philippines has been trying to copy India's NASSCOM, a cooperative association of their various IT and BPO companies where they collectively work to uplift India's IT industry. It is, the main source for information on India's IT industry and helps promote India's brand in the global ICT market.

Industry agrees that we need one such definitive site for our ICT sector. It would not only make it easier for foreign investors and customers to get more information about Philippine opportunities and services, "coopetition" would also make everyone seem larger than they are, and therefore eligible to compete for bigger, more lucrative opportunities.

Unfortunately, we just can't seem to get our acts together. Rather than one, we have numerous associations such as BPAP, ITAP, PSIA, to name a few, and now, are starting even regional ones.

More isn't necessarily better.

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