Big Blue held its 5th IBM Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25. During the event, company said that cloud computing and emergent markets are pillars of its growth. Check below
Don Tapscott: The age of networked intelligence is rising
Author of “Macrowikinomics:...
Speaking at the IBM Forum event in São Paulo, Don Tapscott, author of “Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World,” said that due to the prevalence of the Internet, we are currently living in the age of networked intelligence.
Tapscott explained that through technology, institutions can...
Emerging markets, such as Brazil, China and India, along with cloud-computing, analytics tools and solutions for a smart planet are IBM Corp.'s four main global initiatives. Big Blue believes that the combination of these four sectors will drive its growth in the coming years....
IBM Brazil highlighted innovation, collaboration integration and business intelligence during its IBM Forum event in Sao Paulo. “We are becoming more interconnected, with globally integrated enterprises in a smart and connected world. And intelligence will be driven by business analytics, and due to that...
Two Brazilian vendors have formed a joint venture for a a cloud-computing company. Benner Systems, the third-largest domestic supplier of business management software, and TBA Group, a leading information technology conglomerate in Brazil, announced they created a joint venture called GlobalWeb Corp. This company...
Cloud-computing service providers should install their infrastructure close to their clients to mitigate risks, said Gartner VP Gene Phifer, adding that as cloud service providers deploy that strategy, they will want to have their infrastructure throughout the world, including Brazil. As such, "the Brazilian...
Every company will adopt cloud computing in the near future, and even now a lot of enterprises don’t know it, but they are using some kind of cloud services. According to consultancy firm Gartner, 70% of companies with more than 1,000 employees have not...
Cloud computing has emerged as a top priority and a long-term, cost-effective solution to store content, both in the enterprise space as well as with consumers. As mobile and fixed broadband penetration in Latin America spreads, operators seeking to rise up the value chain should consider...
Insead has just released InnovaLatino, the result of a two-year collaboration between Insead and the OECD Development Centre, and funded by the Telefónica Foundation. The objective of InnovaLatino was to research innovation dynamics in the business and public sectors in Latin America, drawing attention to...
Intel Corp. aims to play in wireless and device markets, introducing digital signage and machine-to-machine solutions. “We are working with some players to validate our chips to tablets and smartphones,” said Carlos Kokron, Intel’s Latin America’s director of carriers business, in an interview with...
Brazilian airline TAM is preparing to offer Wi-Fi service to its customers, and allowing them to use their mobile devices to make phone calls during international flights.
The initiative may be launched within about one year in both Airbus and Boeing aircrafts, and is an...
iTnews | July 26, 2011 | Ry Crozier
The Queensland Government has announced plans to appoint a "standalone" chief information officer tasked with driving consistent IT outcomes across state departments and agencies.
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OP-ED: The Greater Austin area, stretching from Round Rock to San Marcos, is a small market when it comes to big companies headquartered here. You can count the number of Fortune 500 members with two hands – and that’s using just your hands, not...
eGov Innovation | Mar 22, 2011
MUMBAI -- The 2011 CIO Agenda survey conducted by Gartner Executive Programs (EXP) showed that chief information officers in India ranked cloud computing as their top technology priority for 2011.
The worldwide CIO survey was conducted by Gartner EXP from September to...
