Browsing Month May, 2011
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31 May 2011 at 12 : 48 PM
iPad 2 Brazil launch: what it means to the CIO
IT Decisions guest columnist Mauricio Longo comments on the recent launch of the iPad 2 in Brazil and its implications to the local tablet market, as well as IT strategy. ...
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31 May 2011 at 10 : 53 AM
Taking a vacation in bits
IT industry geeks the world over rejoiced when John Graham-Cumming published his book The Geek Atlas in 2009, a travel guide that brings to life a myriad of places where science, technology, and mathematics is (or was) happening. Next week, the book will be published in Portuguese in Brazil. ...
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30 May 2011 at 16 : 26 PM
Start the week #13: Mayors in Brazil
Featured in this Start the Week podcast for the week commencing 30 May 2011: Mark Hillary talks about the various comments on the proposed outsourcing commission, the Klabin CIO interview, the forthcoming HfS webinar on sourcing in Latin America, and the C40 Mayoral summit. Of course, there is also the usual mix of comment and CIO interviews coming up and ...
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30 May 2011 at 16 : 18 PM
IT’s Brazil: the old pirate
There is always a story to tell that involves technology being used in Brazilian everyday life, whether the protagonists are young or old, rich or poor. The IT’s Brazil series will bring comments, videos and photos to paint a picture of how technology is being used by Brazilians, directly from the streets. ...
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30 May 2011 at 15 : 26 PM
Wanted: more corporate creativity
Irene Tobón Restrepo is a Colombian documentary film-maker, now based in São Paulo. She has worked on various corporate social media programs, including the Web 2.0 transition of newspaper Robledo somos todos and a research campaign that attempted to make potatoes 'cool' for the international potato center in Lima, Peru. ...
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26 May 2011 at 12 : 48 PM
Things can only get better for Brazil IT
David Kinnear is the co-founder and partner of GSSOCX, the only industry-wide portal of its kind for professionals in shared services, outsourcing and consulting. He is a strategic adviser to early stage and break-out companies with disruptive technology or service propositions, such as in the outsourcing, social media and carbon accounting sectors. ...
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25 May 2011 at 19 : 41 PM
Brazilian academic gives a social media lesson
Renata Santiago is a professor at FAAP university in São Paulo, teaching social media and communications. She also teaches digital communications at SENAC and is a social media strategist at CDN Digital. ...
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25 May 2011 at 12 : 10 PM
Brazil IT firms invite US CIOs to the Indy
Brazilian trade bodies have invited nine IT executives from companies based in the United States to the Indy Racing event later this month. ...
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24 May 2011 at 18 : 33 PM
Interview: Klabin positions IT as a game changer
While many CIOs worldwide still run IT as a support function, the IT chief at Brazilian paper manufacturing giant Klabin is focusing on repositioning technology as a value generator to the business. ...
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24 May 2011 at 13 : 06 PM
Change is gonna come
As IT Decisions recently reported, the Brazilian government has proposed a new outsourcing commission charged with creating new laws to simplify how outsourcing can work in Brazil. ...
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