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An insider view of Avon’s ERP troubles in Brazil

As the chief executive of cosmetics giant Avon steps down amid slowing sales and profit growth, IT Decisions looks at one of the key factors linked to the company’s poor performance in Brazil – a marred implementation of an enterprise … Continue reading

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Interview: Pif Paf CIO leads IT for growth

Ensuring business alignment has been the motto of the IT chief at Pif Paf Alimentos, one of the main livestock firms in Brazil. Chief information officer Augusto Antonio Carelli talked to IT Decisions about the firm’s IT journey and plans … Continue reading

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Will the industry analyst business be dead soon?

Industry analyst Phil Fersht, founder and CEO of HfS Research, recently published a blog exploring the future of the industry analyst business and metaphorically dropped a big fat cat amongst the pigeons.

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Interview: Onofre drives IT transformation

Fabricio David, the head of IT at one of the most traditional drugstore chains in Brazil talks to IT Decisions exclusively about IT skill shortages, cloud computing, IT spending and a massive technology-driven revamp.

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Brazil must legislate for outsourcing

Julia Kotlarsky is Associate Professor of Information Systems at Warwick Business School in the UK. She is the author of several books on globalization, outsourcing and offshoring. In light of the recent proposal to create an outsourcing commission in Brazil … Continue reading

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IT goes global at Lojas Renner

Brazilian retail giant Lojas Renner has adopted a global sourcing strategy to support the company’s increasing growth. Chief management and technology officer Leandro Balbinot tells IT Decisions about the company’s technology journey.

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China needs Brazil for creativity in IT

Charles Chang is a principal consultant at Oaksmill Associates and well-known in the UK as a senior board member of the British Computer Society. He talked to IT Decisions about the differences in focus between Chinese IT firms and its … Continue reading

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SAP issues challenge to local competition

This week, IT Decisions attended the SAP Forum in São Paulo and spoke to their most senior local executive, Felix Feddersen, the senior vice president for SAP Latin America.

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