The Brazilian IT service market has good momentum. Brazil's market represents the majority (49%) of the total U.S.$32 billion IT service market in Latin America. With a positive and promising GDP, global appetite for new growth, open culture, and a dynamic and diversified economy, Brazil...
Gartner forecasts that information technology spending in Latin America in 2012 will be a little less than the amount predicted for 2011. Last year, Gartner forecasted that IT spending in Latin America would reach U.S.$303 billion by the end of 2011. However, during this week's Gartner Symposium (read all...
The Brazilian government has great ambitions for its information technology (IT) sector. Yesterday, the government unveiled a vast investment program totaling U.S.$247.65 million (R$500 million) over the 2012-2015 period, which aims to improve and increase software development, boosting both the software and IT service...
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Around the world, IT resources are growing fast, and their price is decreasing. In Brazil, for example, Internet access speed...
MIAMI - Latin American telecom operator giant America Movil has begun a project to standardize its company's primary IT systems in the region. Named America Movil One, the project was launched after Brazilian Claro transformed its business process management systems by implementing a combination...
The Brazilian holding company EBX Group, owned by Brazil’s richest man Eike Batista, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have reached an agreement under which IBM will acquire a 20% stake in SIX Automação SA, an EBX Group subsidiary focused on industrial automation. IBM will also...
América Móvil’s Claro Brazil has reduced the time it takes to add a new customer into the telecom operators’ base from 8-10 days to 2-3 days. This is a result of a change in business process management, through the implementation of a combination of...
Mobility is a great enterprise tool for speeding up the decision-making process. Whether employees bring their own devices to the company (BYOD) or firms deliver them to their workforce, the ever-growing number of smartphone options and the recent explosion of tablet computers oblige IT...
Health Evolution Partners and Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions have established a strategic relationship to encourage innovation and adoption of connected health information technologies. The companies said venture is designed to help drive patient care improvements and better manage costs.
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IT services provider Atos said it plans to acquire a 50% stake in MSL Group, which provides real-time results and information systems for major sports events. Atos, which is a worldwide IT partner for the Olympic and Paralypic Games, noted that combined the operations...
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) said they plan to create a global joint venture offering interoperability platforms and application solutions targeting healthcare providers and patients.
The new company, which has yet to be named, will be headquartered near the Microsoft...
The information and communication technology (ICT) could move the climate change agenda forward, because technology offers practical means of cutting carbon emissions. This is what the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), together with a coalition of industry partners, will be working to convince delegates at...
Brazil's information and communications technology market could reach U.S. $400 billion by 2022, according to Brasscom, thanks to several major factors boosting the country's telecom transformation.
Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011 | Manoj Gairola & Rajesh Ahuja
The role played by some senior executives of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in the Aircel-Maxis deal has come under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI). The CBI is investigating whether...
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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The Korea Herald | July 26, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun
The smart device boom may be a blessing for many who now have instant access to everything from emails to the nearest restaurant serving their favorite foods, but smart products also are making electronics companies...
The Korean Herald | July 25, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun
Companies fail to lure customers due to lack of killer products.
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I recently had a chance to attend the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), billed as the world’s largest hospitality technology conference, which recently concluded in Austin, Texas and ran June 20-23.
As it turns out, the conference’s producer - the...
Bloomberg | June 13, 2011 | Tim Culpan
AU Optronics Corp. (2409) expects prices of display panels used in computers to climb further this month, driven by demand for commercial laptops, Michael Tsai, general manager of IT products said today.
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Round Rock-based Dell (DELL) was awarded a $252M contract to provide IT services and products through a six-year agreement with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Dell will handle operations, management and updates to the NRC’s Office of Information Systems within the agency’s IT infrastructure...
Round Rock-based Dell (DELL) was awarded a $252M contract to provide IT services and products through a six-year agreement with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Dell will handle operations, management and updates to the NRC’s Office of Information Systems within the agency’s IT infrastructure...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - While Computex may famously be the most famous computer show of the IT industry, the world of wireless is certainly having an effect on the Taipei trade show. Nothing says wireless more than antennas, of which a plethora were to be...
The Hindustan | May 26, 2011 | Vivek Sinha
Gung-ho on the phenomenon of ‘cloud computing’, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of software giant Microsoft, said it will help generate 300,000 jobs in India over the next five years. Speaking at a CII event in New Delhi...
