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13 September 2012 at 15 : 45 PM
Embracing the Shifting Challenges of Retail
The world of retail is changing fast as we have seen this month with the opening of a new flagship Marks & Spencer store in Ellesmere Port. The new store features online hubs, sales assistants with iPads, and free wifi throughout. These innovations allow the staff to offer better information to customers, customers can check price comparison sites using ...
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13 July 2012 at 12 : 38 PM
Brazil starts free broadband tests
The Brazilian government will start testing free public broadband this coming Saturday (14). ...
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29 June 2012 at 18 : 15 PM
ITD Research: Transforming delivery models
This crowdsourced research report presents the views of Brazilian leaders around changes in IT delivery models and how that affects their job. ...
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20 June 2012 at 13 : 19 PM
Economic nationalism: the way to go for Brazil?
The Brazilian government's measures such as the recent temporary tax breaks for car manufacturers and home appliances to maintain economic growth may signal the start of a new form of economic policy, according to specialists. Brazil’s upbeat economic performance slowed in the first quarter of this year, with GDP falling 0.35% in March, after activity ...
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14 May 2012 at 18 : 49 PM
ITD Research: Social media and the CIO
Social media is now deeply embedded in the corporate world in Brazil. About 90% of Brazil-based businesses are using social networking tools to promote their products and services and many large organizations now turn to these tools as the first place to look when hiring new employees. ...
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3 April 2012 at 16 : 08 PM
ITD Research: How Brazil firms use IT as a business advantage
CIOs worldwide often talk about how "the business" does not appreciate how technology can be used as a competitive advantage. This ITD research report investigates how Brazilian companies are faring in that respect. ...
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14 March 2012 at 15 : 55 PM
ITD Research: Brazilian CIOs and the cloud
In 2003, Nicholas Carr published his famous "IT doesn't matter" article in the Harvard Business Review, predicting that technology would become as ubiquitous as electricity. With cloud computing making many of Carr's predictions a reality, IT Decisions sought to investigate how close Brazilian organisations are to accessing "technology on tap". ...
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7 March 2012 at 18 : 29 PM
ITD Research: Managing IT talent in Brazil
In this exclusive report, technology decision-makers in Brazil share their views around managing talent in the IT department. ...
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23 February 2012 at 15 : 34 PM
ITD Research: The Consumerization of IT
In this exclusive report, Brazilian IT executives share their views on the ever-present theme of IT consumerization in Brazil. ...
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7 February 2012 at 16 : 27 PM
Clickpic: image & sound search made in Brazil
Marco Vanossi is the founder of Clickpic, currently an iOS mobile application underpinned by image and sound recognition technology. A serial entrepreneur, he is now taking his latest venture to the next step of development. To get an idea of what Clickpic’s technology can enable, imagine you are reading the sports pages and see a photo of your ...
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