Browsing Tag São Paulo
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25 April 2013 at 14 : 23 PM
Gringoes: why would you live in Brazil?
I'm a regular reader of the Gringoes.com website. It's a magazine for foreigners living and working in Brazil and the downsides of being in Brazil are a regular theme of articles and discussion, particularly in the associated Facebook group where readers can vent their opinion openly without the need for an editor to approve what they submit to the ...
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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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29 January 2013 at 16 : 20 PM
IT Decisions at Campus Party 2013
I was delighted to speak at the sixth Campus Party in São Paulo today. My talk this afternoon focused on how companies can use social media with a focus on describing step-by-step the planning process for using these tools. My talk was a part of the UKBrasil Season of events, a six month programme of events building a legacy from the London 2012 Olympic ...
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26 September 2012 at 15 : 34 PM
How Twitter Saved Bletchley Park
Dr Sue Black is an internationally-known computer scientist. She is is a Senior Research Associate in the Software Systems Engineering group in the the Department of Computer Science at University College London and a Senior Consultant with Cornerstone Global Associates. Dr Black visited Brazil recently and toured the country lecturing on Bletchley Park ...
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4 May 2012 at 15 : 23 PM
São Paulo pub quiz hosted by ITD @ Queens Head on June 1
***VEJA ABAIXO PARA VERSAO EM PORTUGUÊS*** The "pub quiz" is a tradition of British pubs. Over 22,000 different pub quiz events take place every week in the UK making it a common way to enjoy a pint - and possibly win a prize. http://j.mp/pub-quiz... Mark and Tim are both British, both are married to Brazilian girls (the best, right?) and both live in ...
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22 March 2012 at 17 : 51 PM
Feedback: Brazil and CeBIT 2012
Roberto C Mayer is the CEO of research firm MBI and president of the Brazilian chapter of Latin American federal IT association ALETI. IT Decisions spoke to him in São Paulo and asked for his feedback on the CeBIT conference in Germany earlier this month. In this video Roberto talks about: How Brazil IT is opening itself to the world far more than ...
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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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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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29 November 2011 at 20 : 22 PM
Proposals for a better Brazil in 2022
Claudio Porto is the founder and president of management and strategy consultancy Macroplan. Earlier this year, he launched a book, "2022 - Propostas para um Brasil melhor no ano do do bicentenário," which presents a reflection about the opportunities that can be seized by the country by the time of the 200th anniversary of its independence. ...
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