Economics
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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 17 : 01 PM
Latest LatAm research from Tholons
The research and advisory firm Tholons has just released their latest paper focused on the hi-tech service sector in Latin America, specifically IT and Business Process Outsourcing. Naturally Brazil takes centre stage in the Tholons findings. You can read the entire Tholons Latin America report here, but our quick summary of the main comments focused on ...
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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 ...
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2 February 2012 at 07 : 19 AM
Can Brazil drive innovation?
Last month, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) along with the main British ICT trade association, Intellect hosted an event at the Brazilian Embassy in London, which focused on the IT and communications sector in Brazil – in particular the opportunities for Brazilian and British firms to work together. The CEO of IT Decisions, Mark Hillary, spoke at ...
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20 January 2012 at 17 : 22 PM
UK Needs the Samba Beat of Brazil for Success
Brazil's economy has now officially overtaken the UK. So says economic research group, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) in a recent report. In fact, the Economist Intelligence Unit has predicted that by the end of this decade the new international economic order will be China, the US, India, Japan, and then Brazil. Not a single ...
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30 December 2011 at 14 : 03 PM
BBC ranks Dilma most important woman of 2011
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced their list of the women who contributed the most to 2011 and Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff features as their most important woman for September 2011. The BBC said: ...
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22 December 2011 at 15 : 12 PM
Brazilian IT entrepreneurs are mostly rich
Last week, Brazilian newspaper Valor Econômico ran a large feature with the headline: "IT entrepreneurs are more educated than average." However, at IT Decisions, we believe the truth behind the numbers is quite different: people starting technology businesses in Brazil are simply richer. ...
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3 November 2011 at 05 : 45 AM
State of Brazil IT: What does Brazil IT need?
With The Economist in Brazil this week focused on where Brazil is heading in the next decade, IT Decisions is commenting on a series of points raised during discussions in our LinkedIn forum. This section summarises the past few articles and issues a call to action for everyone in the IT industry in Brazil today... Click here for the complete State of ...
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2 November 2011 at 12 : 54 PM
State of Brazil IT: World Cup & Olympic Games
With The Economist in Brazil this week focused on where Brazil is heading in the next decade, IT Decisions is commenting on a series of points raised during discussions in our LinkedIn forum. This is the state of Brazil IT today in relation to the key technology implications of the World Cup of 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2016. ...
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2 November 2011 at 12 : 50 PM
Brazil economy set to overtake UK in 2011
As the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) arrives in São Paulo for their conference on the future of the Brazilian economy this week, they have just released new research indicating that Brazil is about to replace the UK as the world's sixth largest economy. ...
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