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14 April 2013 at 15 : 49 PM
Greater UK ‘Soft Power’ Thanks to Iron Maiden?
I was recently invited to attend a Wilton Park round-table discussion titled "Applying soft power: the Brazilian and British perspectives" in São Paulo. Wilton Park is a think tank funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to explore policy issues that affect the UK in various ways. My own contribution focused on how social media and popular culture ...
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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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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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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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20 September 2011 at 13 : 10 PM
English training for techies is in the cloud
IT Decisions has commented in the past on the difficulties faced by IT professionals in Brazil who want to learn, or improve, their English language skills - though given the growth of the IT industry in Brazil some might argue that the rest of the world needs to learn Portuguese. ...
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17 August 2011 at 05 : 30 AM
IT’s Brazil: the technology skills gap
The Brazilian IT market has gone from strength to strength in the last few years. The sector is forecast to grow more than 10% in 2011, with revenues exceeding $182bn by year-end, up from $165.5bn generated in 2010, according to IT trade body Brasscom. However, does Brazil have enough people to cater for current and future demand? In the second ...
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26 July 2011 at 19 : 08 PM
IT’s Brazil: The National Broadband Plan
Top politicians in Brazil have been repeatedly quoted as saying that conditions need to be created to lead Brazil into the knowledge economy recently, but are the fundamentals in place for that? The series IT's Brazil will examine the components of the government’s strategy around technology and in this first article, we cover the National Broadband ...
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18 July 2011 at 16 : 42 PM
Start the week #20: Train derailed and foreigners denied
Welcome to a new week and one where we are going to get back to the usual publishing rate, because we just enjoyed a major launch! ...
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12 July 2011 at 18 : 36 PM
Bullet train project off the rails
An auction for the right to build a high-speed rail link between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo has failed to attract any bidders, casting doubt on the project in its present form. ...
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27 June 2011 at 12 : 18 PM
2012 Olympics role for ITD CEO
The past few days have brought good news on the blogging front for IT Decisions CEO, Mark Hillary. ...
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