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25 April 2011 at 12 : 07 PM
Davos comes to LatAm via Rio
A little piece of Switzerland will be coming to Rio this week as the Latin America version of the World Economic Forum in Davos focuses attention on this part of the world for three days from Wednesday - IT Decisions will be there to cover the event. ...
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20 April 2011 at 17 : 14 PM
South Africa joins Brazil in the BRICs
IT Decisions just returned from a research visit to Cape Town in South Africa, organised by local trade association BPeSA. This trip took place at exactly the same time as South African president, Jacob Zuma, was invited to China to participate in the latest BRICs summit. ...
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11 April 2011 at 11 : 53 AM
Lessons in IT propaganda
Last week, IT Decisions ran a story headlined ‘75% of Indian IT graduates are unemployable’. It’s an arresting headline and one that provoked an interesting response - claims of misinformation and propaganda - on LinkedIn from Praveen Jha: ...
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8 April 2011 at 14 : 22 PM
Chinese Takeaways
Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, will visit China next week on a mission focused almost entirely on trade between the two BRICs giants. ...
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1 April 2011 at 06 : 21 AM
Denmark: Brazil IT is a great opportunity
IT Decisions met with Stefan Kumarage Schou, a senior advisor from the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI), in São Paulo yesterday. Schou was in Brazil exploring opportunities for business partnerships with Denmark. ...
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1 April 2011 at 05 : 13 AM
Only in Brazil – bikini girl fired by IT firm
Picture the scene at Ipanema beach. The sun, surf, and cocktails as residents of Rio de Janeiro enjoy the many pleasures of living in a city next to the Atlantic Ocean. ...
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28 March 2011 at 12 : 17 PM
Start the Week #4: IT strike gets underway
Featured in this Start the Week podcast of week commencing 28 March 2011: Mark Hillary and Angelica Mari from IT Decisions talk about the numerous events that took place last week in São Paulo, the dropping of the Englisoft program by Brasscom, and the start of the IT workers strike. Listen! Photo by Steve Eng licensed under Creative ...
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25 March 2011 at 10 : 01 AM
Millions go into IT for World Cup and Olympics
Brazil is spending about R$ 1.07bn ($644.8m) in information technology and communications (ICT) projects underpinning the World Cup and Olympic Games events that will be taking place in the country over the next few years. ...
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19 March 2011 at 15 : 26 PM
Mr Obama, the jobs are all in Brazil
As president Obama arrived in Brazil today, the BBC ran a feature explaining how Brazil is becoming increasingly attractive to Americans seeking work. Say that again? Citizens of the richest and most influential country on earth seeking out job opportunities in Brazil. Isn’t job migration supposed to be the other way around? ...
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17 March 2011 at 18 : 02 PM
Visa waiver can boost US-Brazil business
All American eyes will be on Brazil this weekend for a variety of reasons other than just watching the girls leading the samba troupes at Carnival. ...
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