Browsing Month November, 2011
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29 November 2011 at 20 : 22 PM
Proposals for a better Brazil in 2022
Claudio Porto is the founder and president of management and strategy consultancy Macroplan. Earlier this year, he launched a book, "2022 - Propostas para um Brasil melhor no ano do do bicentenário," which presents a reflection about the opportunities that can be seized by the country by the time of the 200th anniversary of its independence. ...
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23 November 2011 at 05 : 46 AM
Rhodia IT chief on issues facing Brazil IT
IT Decisions recently ran an interview with Rhodia’s infrastructure and strategy director Fernando Birman about the plans his company has for their merger with fellow chemicals firm Solvay. We also asked Birman about the IT industry in Brazil in general and captured his thoughts on this video. In this video, the Rhodia IT executive describes: The ...
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22 November 2011 at 10 : 59 AM
Don Tapscott on education in Brazil
Canadian author, speaker and all-round expert on innovation, Don Tapscott, was in Brazil at the weekend to speak at the TEDx USP Leste event at the University of São Paulo. He was delivering a keynote speech on how education in Brazil has to change for it to meet the needs of a modern society. ...
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21 November 2011 at 18 : 11 PM
Rhodia IT boss on handling a merger
It’s all change at specialty chemicals firm Rhodia. The French company has been acquired by Belgium-based firm Solvay earlier this year and IT is an important aspect of the merger, so IT Decisions caught up with Rhodia’s infrastructure and strategy director Fernando Birman about the plans for technology for both firms in the next few months. ...
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17 November 2011 at 10 : 20 AM
J&J: CIOs must look at Brazil IT
Johnson & Johnson has been doing business with Brazilian IT companies since 2004. In this interview, the firm’s IT manager for global services, Nigel Storey, tells IT Decisions about his ...
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16 November 2011 at 11 : 32 AM
Renner board bets on IT to grow
The recent Economist Brazil Summit in São Paulo focused on how Brazil will change in the decade to 2022 - a significant date because it will mark 200 years of independence from Portugal. One of the conference speakers was Deborah Wright, an independent member of the board at Lojas Renner, one of the largest department store retailers in Brazil. ...
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15 November 2011 at 10 : 33 AM
Nearshore Americas: How do you define Brazil IT?
Kirk Laughlin is the founder and editorial director of Nearshore Americas, a web site that has now spun off a new title called Sourcing Brazil. IT Decisions caught up with Laughlin at the recent Brasscom Global IT Forum in São Paulo and asked him for his view on what is happening in the Brazil sourcing marketplace. ...
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14 November 2011 at 13 : 06 PM
Neo Group: Brazil IT will soon be bought
Neo Group founder and chief executive, Atul Vashistha, is well-known and respected in the international sourcing marketplace for his advisory work with Neo as well as his books and additional roles with the IAOP and US government. He attended the recent Brasscom Global IT Forum in São Paulo, so IT Decisions asked him for some of his thoughts on present ...
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14 November 2011 at 11 : 41 AM
IT Decisions CEO shortlisted for major prize
It's always an honour and a pleasure to be shortlisted for any major award, but to find myself on the shortlist twice for something as prestigious as the Computer Weekly Social Media Awards 2011 is quite a thrill. Computer Weekly is the premier technology journal in the UK and their Social Media awards have been running for four years now - almost as ...
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11 November 2011 at 09 : 24 AM
IAOP: Brazil IT should not copy other countries
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is a global network of over 110,000 executives involved in the outsourcing business. Michael Corbett founded the IAOP in 2005 and is the association's current chairman. He was in São Paulo last week for the Brasscom Global IT Forum and IT Decisions caught up with him on the sidelines of ...
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