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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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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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18 April 2012 at 14 : 52 PM
London 2012: One Hundred Days To Go
It is exactly one hundred days until the opening ceremony of the London Olympic games when, under Danny Boyle's direction, thousands of British volunteers will show the world that the UK can match anything China did four years ago. Well maybe the budget for fireworks will be less than China managed, but at least we won't stoop to lip-syncing children ...
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3 February 2012 at 17 : 15 PM
Brazilian banks: an easy target for Anonymous?
This week, almost every major bank in Brazil has been the victim of a sustained attack by organized hackers. Who is responsible? British financial journalist, Shaun Cumming has some ideas... As news breaks that Anonymous successfully intercepted an IT security conference call between top Scotland Yard (UK) and FBI (US) officials, rumors of a ...
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30 December 2011 at 14 : 03 PM
BBC ranks Dilma most important woman of 2011
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced their list of the women who contributed the most to 2011 and Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff features as their most important woman for September 2011. The BBC said: ...
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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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2 November 2011 at 12 : 50 PM
Brazil economy set to overtake UK in 2011
As the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) arrives in São Paulo for their conference on the future of the Brazilian economy this week, they have just released new research indicating that Brazil is about to replace the UK as the world's sixth largest economy. ...
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5 October 2011 at 06 : 49 AM
Brazil is digital now, but maybe it’s not obvious?
It's great to see US entrepreneurs coming down to Brazil and writing about the hi-tech economy in well-read media such as The Huffington Post - a title I write for myself - but it's not always so great when some of the facts are misrepresented or mistaken. So when I read Steve Rosenbaum's report from the Digital Age 2.0 conference in São Paulo last week ...
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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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