Lesser-Known Opportunities in Techology by Calen Legaspi
May 11, 2015
Lesser-Known Opportunities
in Techology
by Calen Legaspi
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US Software Market ($Billions)
IT Industry Growth
Cloud / Internet of Thingss
Social Networking
MobileWorld Wide WebPersonal ComputersMainframes
2012 global IT spending to hit
$3.6 trillion- Gartner
Less capital intensive than traditional businesses
Littered with Me-Too Businesses
Extensions to SaaS Systems
Used by millions of organizations
Provides “marketplaces”
No logistics necessaryNo physical stores, warehouses, deliveries...
Extensions to SaaS Systems
Outsourcing opportnities also abound
Offshore Outsourcing
Programming in Niche Languages
(Ruby, Python, Scala)User Experience (UX)
Design
Others... what's your expertise?
Opportunity: Untapped Talent in Countryside
good schools with thousands of studentsgood schools with thousands of students
Getting Started
Challenges in Outsourcing
Scaling up gets costly
- formal office space
- professional management
- marketing trips abroad
Competition for talent
- less competition in provinces
- have in-house training capability
Machine Learning & Data Mining
Many machine learning & data mining libraries are now open source (free)
Create products that learn as it is used or find patterns
Examples
Product recommendations
Stock-market analysis
Fraud detection
Survaillance
Games
Platform-as-a-ServicePlatform-as-a-Service(PaaS)(PaaS)
Setting up your own platform
Deploying on your own platform
PaaSPaaS
Free at low usageVery cost effectiveBest infrastructure in the world
Internet of Things
August 2010, AT&T and Verizon announce that non-human subscribers exceed human subscribers
on their networks
December 2011, scientists create a working transistor of only one Phosphorus atom
January 2012, IBM announces they have created computer memory of only 12 iron atoms
June 2012, researchers createspray-on battery, 0.5 mm
Welcome toThe Internet of ThingsThe Internet of Things
Ever smaller and cheaper
Self-configuring Embedded Connected to the
internet Everywhere
embedded in everything
Applications
Internet of Things (IoT)
Everything will be programmable and accessible on the internet
New industries will be created. Blue ocean Blue ocean opportunitiesopportunities will abound
Important IoT technologies...
Arduino
Open-source microcontroller
Cosm
on-line database service
connecting device-derived data
Zigbee
Wireless sensor network
Linux
Open-source operating system
Payment Gateways
Philippines on FATF “gray list”
Difficult & expensive to get payment gateway
Workaround: Incorporate in HK
Programming Talent
Tough competition for talent
Make friends with CS & CoE people!
Programming Languages & Frameworks
The most popular technologies are necessarily the best
PHP is good for content, but not complex logic
Java is good for complex logic but difficult to program
Ruby on Rails lacks maturity
Programming Languages & Frameworks
My recommendations:
- Grails
- Python & Django
Capital
Better now, but still very difficult to get venture funding, on good terms
Expect to bootstrap
What is
Vision
To create a To create a FilipinoFilipino technology company admired technology company admired by the world.by the world.
Vision
Contribute to rebuilding the Contribute to rebuilding the Filipino technology Filipino technology communitycommunity..
Systems Design & Development
Training & Coaching
Other Activities• Start-up incubation• Sponsorship of
technology events and organizations
• Industry-Academe Linkage
– Conducting teacher training
– Advising CHED, TESDA and PSITE
• Scholarships
Partners
First Philippine company to use and teach AgileAgile
First and still the only SpringSourceSpringSource partner in Southeast Asia – East Asia region
Tiger Awards 2011Kuala Lumpur
most productive investment in workforce; from staff training to social responsibility
Employment & Internship- Best developer training program in the - Best developer training program in the
countrycountry
- Highest engineering standards- Highest engineering standards
- Excellent trainers and mentors- Excellent trainers and mentors
- Challenging projects- Challenging projects
- Technopreneurship programs- Technopreneurship programs
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