Daily Archives: April 11, 2011

Brazil IT – come to Europe now!

Andrew Graham is the senior client partner at Brookman May. In this video, created by Brookman May CEO Steve Brookman, Andrew talks about opportunities for Brazilian IT companies in the UK and Europe more generally.

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Dilma wants broadband of at least 1MB

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff reviewed the National Broadband Plan and wants telecom operators to offer popular broadband connections of at least 1MB for R$35 ($22,19) per month as opposed to the current speeds of 600KB.

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Interview: ‘Healthy craziness’ drives Porto Seguro IT

Following years of underinvestment in technology, insurance giant Porto Seguro is now pressing ahead with an ambitious IT and organizational revamp and preparing to expand into the mobile market. Chief information officer at the firm, Italo Flammia, tells IT Decisions … Continue reading

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Lessons in IT propaganda

Last week, IT Decisions ran a story headlined ‘75% of Indian IT graduates are unemployable’. It’s an arresting headline and one that provoked an interesting response – claims of misinformation and propaganda – on LinkedIn from Praveen Jha:

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Start the week #6: Dilma in China

Featured in this Start the Week podcast of week commencing 11 April 2011: Angelica Mari from IT Decisions talks about location-based services in Brazil, the biggest online directory tool, and the forthcoming trip to China this week by president Dilma. … Continue reading

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