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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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10 February 2012 at 08 : 03 AM
Brazil government takes on Twitter over roadblocks
This week, the Brazilian government filed a lawsuit against Twitter, claiming that the micro-blogging site has been helping motorists in Brazil to avoid police speed-traps and roadblocks aimed at tackling drinking and driving. It's a strange story. ...
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31 January 2012 at 10 : 12 AM
Is English essential for IT professionals?
The use of English is a topic we have returned to often at IT Decisions. Brazil doesn't use English as a first language, but the international IT industry does - even programming languages use keywords in English - so how essential is it for IT professionals to be at least competent when working in English? When we published our research into the issues ...
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22 December 2011 at 16 : 37 PM
ITD helps to connect UK-Brazil IT industry
If you are based in London then you might be interested in an event on January 20th at the Brazilian embassy. UK Trade & Investment along with the main British ICT trade association, Intellect, are hosting an event focused on the hi-tech IT and communications sector in Brazil - in particular the opportunities for Brazilian and British firms to work ...
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1 November 2011 at 19 : 38 PM
State of Brazil IT: Exporting technology services
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 chapter of our report State of Brazil IT comments on the measures being taken to increase the attractiveness of Brazil as an IT services hub for foreign ...
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13 October 2011 at 18 : 38 PM
Occupy Wall Street… then Brazil
The Arab spring may have been helped by social media, but the Occupy Wall Street movement has been entirely fuelled by social networks from the start. And now the movement is coming to Brazil with plans for 'Occupy Brazil' protests from Saturday the 15th. ...
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5 September 2011 at 13 : 03 PM
Entrepreneurship in Brazil: “still a lot to do”
Internet business pioneer Paulo Humberg talks to IT Decisions about his experience as an entrepreneur, his perception of the Brazilian e-commerce scene and his future predictions for the internet business in Brazil. ...
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18 August 2011 at 05 : 31 AM
Survey: Is Brazil IT for sale?
IT Decisions recently covered the Politec acquisition story and asked whether this was symptomatic of a greater trend in Brazil, that of local IT companies being bought by foreigners eager to access the lucrative domestic IT market in Brazil. ...
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11 August 2011 at 19 : 24 PM
It’s time to reconsider Brazil for contact centers
The contact center industry in Brazil has become increasingly introspective over the past few years. The Brazilian economy continues to grow, unlike the malaise of the EU and US, and that means customer service centers are in demand. Global players like Teleperformance and Accenture are all here in Brazil, but only serving local customers and their end ...
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3 August 2011 at 11 : 49 AM
Free Brazil IT – let it compete with the world
In the northern hemisphere, the media calls this time of year the silly season. Vacations are taken, governments take a rest from governing, and not much news is generated. ...
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