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11 November 2011 at 09 : 24 AM
IAOP: Brazil IT should not copy other countries
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is a global network of over 110,000 executives involved in the outsourcing business. Michael Corbett founded the IAOP in 2005 and is the association's current chairman. He was in São Paulo last week for the Brasscom Global IT Forum and IT Decisions caught up with him on the sidelines of ...
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10 November 2011 at 15 : 36 PM
Interview: Virgílio Almeida, Ministry of Science & Tech
The Brazilian government is adopting a sharper focus on technology policy to ensure the opportunities within the sector are properly leveraged. ...
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9 November 2011 at 13 : 00 PM
IDC: Brazil IT is not thinking of the future
David Tapper, from industry analyst group IDC, knows the outsourcing marketplace inside out. His own take on the strategy being outlined for Brazil at the Brasscom Global IT Forum was that most in the industry are being too short-sighted and focused on business models that used to work - not the business models of the future. ...
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8 November 2011 at 15 : 18 PM
Hulcher CIO: “Promises won’t make me buy more”
Despite having a positive experience in offshoring software development and testing to Brazil, the chief information officer at railroad contractor Hulcher Services said he is yet to see concrete results when it comes to addressing some of the sector’s main issues. ...
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7 November 2011 at 11 : 48 AM
J&J: We love working with CI&T in Brazil
This is a short extract from a customer case study delivered to the Brasscom IT Forum last Friday by Nigel Storey, IT manager, global services at Johnson & Johnson. In his talk, Nigel was talking about his experience of working with CI&T in Brazil on a variety of IT projects. As you can tell, even from this short extract, J&J is quite a ...
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3 November 2011 at 20 : 38 PM
Brasscom IT Forum 2011: First impressions
Mark Hillary of IT Decisions at the close of the first day of the Brasscom Global IT Forum. More interviews and great content to follow, including an exclusive video interview with IT Secretary, Virgilio Almeida. Click here to read the IT Decisions State of Brazil IT report produced specifically for the Brasscom 2011 conference... Photo by IT ...
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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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3 November 2011 at 05 : 03 AM
Brasscom Global IT Forum starts today
Today and tomorrow sees the Brasscom Global IT forum here in São Paulo. Brasscom is running the event alongside the Economist Intelligence Unit's Brazil summit ensuring a good measure of heavy-hitting speakers as well as some international visitors. The agenda includes an exploration of how the Brazilian IT industry will look in 2022, risks, cities of ...
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2 November 2011 at 07 : 01 AM
State of Brazil IT: plugging the skills gap
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 looks at the current issues around the skills of the country's technology workforce. Brazil is booming, and ...
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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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