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State of Brazil IT: What does Brazil IT need?

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Mark Hillary

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Comment, Culture, Economics | Tagged 2014, 2016, apexbrasil, brasscom, conference, economist, eiu, english, export, fifa, gdp, immigration, IT, ito, linkedin, migration, offshoring, olympics, outsourcing, portuguese, rio, São Paulo, skills, softex, tax, UK, visa, world cup | Leave a comment

Ovum view on making Brazil work for nearshoring

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Peter Ryan is the lead analyst for contact center and business process outsourcing at industry analyst firm Ovum. IT Decisions got in touch with Peter to ask for his views on the Brasil Maior program and how payroll tax cuts … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Interviews | Tagged analysis, analyst, apexbrasil, BPO, brasil, brasscom, brazil, canada, contact center, datamonitor, industry, it decisions, itd, itdecs, ito, latam, montreal, nearshoring, offshoring, outsourcing, ovum, peter ryan, sourcing | 1 Comment

HfS: Govt should give incentives to IT providers

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Mark Hillary

How do governments usually promote the IT sector in their country? Sponsor some trade missions where IT companies fly out to meet potential customers, or take out the ‘platinum’ sponsorship position at a big conference? How successful is that approach … Continue reading →

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Brazil IT for sale: we want your views

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Is it essential for a nation to build its own cars, or toys, or ships? Do indigenous companies have an advantage over the competition when it comes to retaining innovation within the same country, or is this attitude just nationalistic flag-waving?

Posted in Comment, Culture, Economics | Tagged a venda, acquisition, antonio gil, apexbrasil, brasil, brasscom, brazil, britain, british, capgemini, car, cpm braxis, csc, doha, for sale, foreigner, indra, IT, it services, m&a, mergers, nationalism, nearshoring, offshoring, outsourcing, patriotism, politec, protectionism, purchase, spain, takeover, ti, trade, UK, vixia | 3 Comments

How can Brazil dazzle the global CIO?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Mark Hillary

What does Brazil IT need to do in order to dazzle CIOs as a destination for technology-based services? We asked Paul Smith, the global managing director of the offshore software development arm at recruitment group Harvey Nash, about what it … Continue reading →

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Brazil IT firms invite US CIOs to the Indy

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Brazilian trade bodies have invited nine IT executives from companies based in the United States to the Indy Racing event later this month.

Posted in Culture, News | Tagged apex, apexbrasil, brasil, brasscom, brazil, carnival, chris snyder, expenses, free, hulcher services, indy, indy racing, indy500, junket, offshoring, outsourcing, promotion, vip | 11 Comments

Brazil to be partner country for CeBIT 2012

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Mark Hillary

It has been announced that Brazil will be the partner country of the CeBIT 2012 technology conference in Germany. This was confirmed yesterday at the BITS trade fair in Porto Alegre – a local trade fair held here in Brazil under … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment, Economics | Tagged 2011, 2012, apexbrasil, bits, brasil, brasilit+, brazil, cebit, germany, hannover, IT, ito, porto alegre, technology, trade fair, turkey | 19 Comments

South Africa joins Brazil in the BRICs

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Mark Hillary

IT Decisions just returned from a research visit to Cape Town in South Africa, organised by local trade association BPeSA. This trip took place at exactly the same time as South African president, Jacob Zuma, was invited to China to … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Comment, Economics, Interviews | Tagged apexbrasil, bpesa, BPO, brasil, brazil, brics, business trust, cape town, carl byoir, china, curtis robinson, datamonitor, gartner, hfs research, hill & knowlton, ian marriott, idc, india, itdecs, ito, jamie snowdon, offshoring, onshore offshore, outsourcing, ovum, paul davies, peter ryan, rio, russia, south africa, south-south innovation summit | 12 Comments

The next Google will come from Brazil

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Mark Hillary

We talked to Robert Janssen, a senior advisor to Outsource Brazil about how Brazil and the US could improve relations from a technology standpoint.

Posted in Analysis, Audio, Economics, Interviews, M&A | Tagged apexbrasil, bcs, BPO, brand, brasil, brasscom, brazil, CIO, ICT, india, IT, it decisions, itdecs, ito, nasscom, obama, offshoring, outsource brazil, outsourcing, robert janssen, services, softex, trade, UK, via forum | 11 Comments

CeBIT Special: IT Decisions in Germany

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Steve Brookman, Managing Director of Brookman & May, and guest contributor to IT Decisions was at the CeBIT conference in Hannover, Germany, last week. Steve shot some video of the Brasil IT+ area of the conference hall and gave us … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment, Interviews, Video | Tagged apexbrasil, brasilit+, brookman & may, cebit, curitiba offshore, germany, hannover, IT, softex, steve brookman, technology | 11 Comments