MERALCO held its Technology and Innovation Summit (MTECH) last August 23 to 25, 2016. In this event, an exhibit and experience zone was set up for the company’s technology and business partners to showcase their latest products.
MERALCO’s President and CEO Oscar Reyes (center, in white) along with the company’s top executives signal the start of the event
Among the participants were some of the biggest names in the industry such as Dell, Hitachi, SAP, Lenovo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, Schneider Electric, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft, Trend Micro, Smart and PLDT. MERALCO itself showcased its latest offering, KURYENTE LOAD. The prepaid electricity service.
Meralco Chief Technology Advisor Gavin Barfield (rightmost), Meralco VP and Head of Marketing, Customer Solutions and Product Development Tony Valdez (4th from right) and Meralco Senior AVP and Head of Corporate Technology Strategy and Architecture Carlo Casem (3rd from right) as they present and explain how household lighting can be managed via a smart meter.
Aside from the usual slew of laptops, PCs, Tablets, Printers, Appliances, and many more consumer products, the exhibit also featured Smart Home Solutions by Schneider Electric, Smart Sensors and Appliance Control through Smart Plugs by Indra, Electric Consumption Monitoring and Analytics by CALIBR8. Pocket sessions were also held throughout the 3-day event. Focusing on various topics and were facilitated by speakers from SAP, Schneider Electric, Hitachi, Microsoft, Siemens, Intel, Lenovo, and Smart Communications.
One of the exhibitors, Hewlett-Packard, showcased its latest innovations in enterprise solutions
A sales representative from Microsoft Philippines talked about data analytics and real-time remote monitoring.
On the last day of the event, MERALCO held day-long forum on its vision, with presentations from international speakers.
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
