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Software alliance targets 5,000 PH firms – Manila Bulletin

Published July 22, 2021, 8:00 AM New public sector investments in national infrastructure call for the private sector to commit to design with licensed, cyber secure software – and shed decades old habit of using unlicensed software products. BSA The Software Alliance (BSA) is planning to conduct outreach to 20,000 engineering and design firms across the Southeast Asia region, including 5,000 private sector engineering and design firms in the Philippines as part of its campaign to fight the use of unlicensed software in the private sector. Working with software company Autodesk, Inc., BSA is also targeting 5,000 firms in Indonesia, 5,000 firms in Malaysia and 5,000 firms in Thailand. While the firms are primarily engineering and design firms, there are also other companies on the list, including manufacturing companies and animation

BSA pushing for licensed software

BSA pushing for licensed software published : 21 Jul 2021 at 04:00 Tarun Sawney, senior director of BSA | The Software Alliance. The upsurge in unlicensed software usage is attributed to the rise of remote work and megastructure project development, according to BSA | The Software Alliance, a global software advocate, and the police s Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD). In the first half of this year, losses from the use of unlicensed software amounted to 212 million baht, a rise from 195 million in the same period a year earlier, the ECD said in a press briefing. This year, BSA will focus more on engineering and design firms under the Legalise and Protect initiative, aimed at promoting the use of licensed software among enterprises, following the rise of megaprojects worth billions of dollars across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, said Tarun Sawney, senior director of BSA | The Software Alliance.

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