Analysis
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5 September 2012 at 15 : 28 PM
How Will You Be Watching the Rio Olympic Games?
How did you watch the London Olympic and Paralympic games? Did you follow the coverage on TV offered by the BBC and Channel 4 or were you watching on a phone or iPad, catching video clips offered up from various social networks? London 2012 was the first Olympic games where social media and mobile devices played a big part in the experience. Don't forget ...
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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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19 March 2012 at 16 : 01 PM
Interacting with consumers via social media
Last week a group of international industry analysts visited São Paulo in Brazil and Bogotá in Colombia to explore how the customer experience company Teleperformance is operating in South America. In this video Peter Ryan, the practice lead for services outsourcing at Ovum, gives his feedback on what he saw in Brazil, including comments on: The ...
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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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24 February 2012 at 06 : 16 AM
Paid overtime will have no effect on outsourcing
They say that the main challenge for working people today is trying to achieve a work/life balance. It can be hard when the boss expects you to work superhuman hours in the office and then still answer emails or calls on the phone once you escape to the sanctuary of home - or a local bar. This is becoming normal the world over, but in Brazil the ...
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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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