By Nora Terrado - ComputerWorld Philippines August 2008 Edition 
Read more of Securing the Future on ComputerWorld.com.ph.Public opinion rings true across the board: the Philippines has emerged as a significant player in the global IT market.
Since the first half of the decade, information and communications technology (ICT) has developed into a premier business sector in the country and has driven some of the Philippines’ fastest growing and most dynamic industries.
Thanks to our talented pool of IT workers, the Philippines is no longer relegated as an alternative to India but regarded as its parallel counterpart. Our steady stream of IT talent fills the growing channels of the O&O and software industries.
But are we lulled in a false sense of manpower security?