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GSIS Fires IT Head

faced by the ongoing issue of system failures, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) recently sacked it’s Information Technology Services Group (ITSG) Sr VP for allegedly entering into illegal and questionable deals with Questronix Corp. and IBM Philippines. Edilberto P. Ocampo was said to be dismissed after being found liable for entering into multi-million peso […]

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IBM/Questronix Blames GSIS' System Crash

IBM Philippines washes it’s hands and Questronix puts blame back to Philippine government agency – GSIS, which early this week expressed that it’ll file charges due to it’s defective pension software. “If you look at the project, we’re really nowhere near it…How can we establish the root cause if we don’t have a contractual obligation […]

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GSIS Takes Legal Action Against IBM

IT giant, IBM might be facing charges from the Philippine Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for “incalculable damages” that the pension fund sustained due to defective computer software. GSIS chief legal counsel Estrella Elamparo stated that the issue pertains to IBM’s database management software – IBM DB2, which as early as 2008 has shown problems […]

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