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26 March 2013 at 15 : 10 PM
When Did You Last Switch Off Your Smartphone?
How often each day are you truly disconnected from the internet? If you have a smartphone then it's probably not very often at all. If you take a flight then it's likely you might have to endure several hours without social network updates - though many airlines are now offering wifi access on board leading to many inane Facebook updates saying little ...
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13 July 2012 at 12 : 38 PM
Brazil starts free broadband tests
The Brazilian government will start testing free public broadband this coming Saturday (14). ...
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17 November 2011 at 10 : 20 AM
J&J: CIOs must look at Brazil IT
Johnson & Johnson has been doing business with Brazilian IT companies since 2004. In this interview, the firm’s IT manager for global services, Nigel Storey, tells IT Decisions about his ...
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10 November 2011 at 09 : 31 AM
This much I know: Luiz Adolfo Gruppi, Cielo
Luiz Adolfo Gruppi Afonso is the strategy and architecture director at payment processing firm Cielo. The company is the largest credit and debit card operator in Brazil, with a 49% market share in terms of credit and debit card transaction volume and some 1.5 million active merchants in its client portfolio. In a few soundbites, the executive gives ...
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25 October 2011 at 19 : 47 PM
Will Netflix succeed in Brazil?
Yesterday, movie streaming giant Netflix said that it lost 800,000 US subscribers in the quarter that has just ended - is there a danger that they may not succeed in Brazil? ...
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5 September 2011 at 13 : 03 PM
Entrepreneurship in Brazil: “still a lot to do”
Internet business pioneer Paulo Humberg talks to IT Decisions about his experience as an entrepreneur, his perception of the Brazilian e-commerce scene and his future predictions for the internet business in Brazil. ...
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29 June 2011 at 15 : 59 PM
Case study: Brazilian NGO fights digital divide
Public and private sector organizations are teaming up to bridge the digital exclusion experienced by millions of Brazilians. In the second instalment of a two-part article, digital inclusion specialist and coordinator for institutional relations at NGO Rede Marista de Solidariedade, Alexandre Siqueira Mesquita, talks about how the organization is ...
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28 June 2011 at 16 : 16 PM
Digital inclusion in Brazil: a social right
Both government and society are now realizing the need to bridge the digital divide currently experienced by millions of Brazilians. Digital inclusion specialist and coordinator for institutional relations at NGO Rede Marista de Solidariedade, Alexandre Siqueira Mesquita, talks about the progress made so far in a two-part guest article for IT Decisions. ...
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3 June 2011 at 12 : 01 PM
What Brazilian CIOs must know about social media
Business speaker and writer Guy Clapperton spoke to IT Decisions about how companies can benefit from social media and how CIOs in Brazil need to manage this brave new world of information. ...
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12 May 2011 at 16 : 17 PM
Increased customer spend boosts IT at Cardif
The Brazilian arm of BNP Paribas-owned insurance firm Cardif is looking at taking its IT into the next stage of development to meet the demands of a fast-growing customer base. Chief information officer Beto Rubim tells IT Decisions about his plans for technology at the company, in an exclusive interview. ...
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