Make I.T. Work For Your Biz!

PC Magazine Philippines and Intel Microelectronics Philippines, Inc. present How-To Roadshow: Make I.T. Work For Your Biz! A series of seminars for owners of small and medium business on how I.T. can make you succeed.

>How the latest IT technologies benefit SMEs
>How to finance IT investments
>Security
>Network and communication strategies
>Leveraging wireless tech in business

Selected participants shall be contacted prior to the event and be given confirmation codes. Only interested parties with confirmation codes shall be accepted into the seminars on May 11, 2006, 8:30 to 5:00pm at the Mariott Hotel, Cebu City. This includes free buffet lunch, am & pm snacks, seminar materials, back issues of PC Magazine Philippines.

For more information, please call (02)813-6848, (02)8400196 or text 0919-8071990

CCCI Opens Web Awards To Students, Freelancers

As a way to encourage more web developers and designers, the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) opens its 6th Cebu Web Awards to students and freelance professionals.

CCCI, in a statement, noted that Cebu has one of the richest talent pools in the country when it comes to web development and design.

"Exhibiting creative prowess with versatility, Cebu's web techies range from flash animators to online game programmers, macromedia experts to HTML encoders, and even independent weblog authors, commonly known as bloggers," CCCI noted.

According to Cebu Chamber, the 6th Web Awards, which is among the activities during the Cebu Business Month (CBM), would be an ideal venue for drawing out all professionals, freelancers and students in one setting and providing them with an opportunity to showcase their web designing chops.

The Cebu Web Award, which will be held from June 21 to 23 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, Lahug, Cebu City, has three categories - Best in Multi-Media, Best in Animation, and best in Website Design.

In the multi-media and animation categories, entries must be based on the CBM theme, "Invest Cebu," and must contain five-minute audio, video, animation and 3D elements.

The winner in the Best in Multi-Media category will receive P15,000 and a trophy while the winner in the Best in Animation will take home P10,000 and a trophy.

The website design category is subdivided into two sub-categories: Web Olympics (on-the-spot website design) and Best Website Design (existing design submitted as entry).

For the Web Olympics, contestants will be tasked to design a website based on a specific theme in a span of two days. There will be separate contests for college, high school and open sub-categories.

The Best Website Design has four separate categories - corporate/commercial website, LGU/e-Governance website, organizations/schools, and open category.

First to third prize winners in the Web Olympics will receive P10000, P5,000 and P3,000, respectively. First place winners in all Best Website categories will get P15,000 cash plus a trophy.

For more inquiries, call Jarrah Jurani or Ency Encinares at 232-1421, fax 232-1422 or visit website: cebuwebawards.cebu-chamber.com.

Cebu Daily News, 12-April-2006