Analysis
-
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. ...
Read More -
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. ...
Read More -
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 ...
Read More -
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". ...
Read More -
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. ...
Read More -
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 ...
Read More -
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. ...
Read More -
7 February 2012 at 16 : 43 PM
Poll results: English in Brazil IT
The IT Decisions LinkedIn group recently asked readers a question related to the use of English in the IT industry in Brazil: How important are English skills to IT professionals in Brazil? We checked the group today to see the results and they are quite conclusive. 76 per cent of respondents said that a knowledge of English is now essential ...
Read More -
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 ...
Read More -
3 February 2012 at 17 : 15 PM
Brazilian banks: an easy target for Anonymous?
This week, almost every major bank in Brazil has been the victim of a sustained attack by organized hackers. Who is responsible? British financial journalist, Shaun Cumming has some ideas... As news breaks that Anonymous successfully intercepted an IT security conference call between top Scotland Yard (UK) and FBI (US) officials, rumors of a ...
Read More
