SAP Philippines managing director Krishnendu Datta talks about the company’s performance in 2007 and the evolution of enterprise resource planning solutions in Episode 3 of Technobabble, our technology podcast, which I co-host with INQUIRER.net executive editor Leo Magno.
Here’s a video of the podcast recording session taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Lawrence Casiraya.
THINGS have been pretty hectic lately — well, that’s been the case for pretty much the whole year, heh — and the funny thing is that next year will see the launch of even more content and services from INQUIRER.net. We’ve pretty much mapped out what we’ll be rolling out from Q1 to Q4 2008, and I just have to keep reminding myself to contain my excitement and not spill the beans.
Anyway, for now I’m happy to announce two more podcasts from INQUIRER.net. These are Technobabble, our technology podcast, and Sports Aficionado, our, well, sports podcast, heh 
Episode 1 of Technobabble has me and INQUIRER.net executive editor Leo Magno interviewing Intel Microelectronics Philippines country manager Ricky Banaag, while Episode 2 features Hewlett-Packard Philippines managing director David Tan.
Meanwhile, we launched Sports Aficionado with two episodes on the “Ring of Fire” mixed martial arts competition that was held at the Araneta Coliseum, with Episode 1 featuring Kimo and Episode 2 featuring Heath Herring (and his girlfriend, pro poker player and model Lacey Jones).
Special thanks to Penmachine.com for the royalty-free music that I used for Technobabble and Sports Aficionado.
Oh, and in case you were wondering who did the voiceover for the intros and extros of the two podcasts, ahem, ahem, yup, being the multimedia editor means you have to multitask a lot, heh, from hosting to producing the podcasts heh
INQUIRER.NET has launched the Makati Standoff special site to cover the situation in the Peninsula Manila Hotel, where Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has holed up with supporters.
Trillanes is calling on the Filipino people to withdraw their support from the government of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The authorities have asked him to surrender peacefully.
Visit our special site for updates.
THE CONGRESS BLAST Special Site is online.
Keep visiting the site for updates on the powerful explosion that rocked the House of Representatives at around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
WE had fun doing the audio and video podcast interview with new Microsoft Philippines managing director Rafael “Pepeng” Rollan, who shared his thoughts on Windows Vista, software piracy and open source.
The podcast session also gave us a chance to catch up with Microsoft execs Sam Jacoba and Mae Rivera-Moreno, as well as Joy Mirasol of their PR firm Perceptions. Special thanks to Mae for making sure we could set up our equipment properly at the Microsoft office and rearrange the furniture as needed. And to all Microsoft employees there that day, our sincerest apologies. If you were wondering why the centralized aircon in your office was suddenly turned off, we’re to blame heh The aircon was too loud in Pepeng’s office during the podcast and we asked if it could be turned off before we realized that it was centralized. D’oh!
Anyway, check out Episode 4 of The Newsmaker Vidcast, hosted by INQUIRER.net executive editor Leo Magno. INQUIRER.net reporter Lawrence Casiraya took the video, while I produced the vidcast.
Click here for the audio podcast.
