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Brazilian industrial policy: what it means for IT

A series of measures announced today as part of the new Brazilian industrial policy will have a series of implications for the IT sector, including lower hiring costs. IT Decisions gives a summary of the Brasil Maior plan and what … Continue reading

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IT’s Brazil: The National Broadband Plan

Top politicians in Brazil have been repeatedly quoted as saying that conditions need to be created to lead Brazil into the knowledge economy recently, but are the fundamentals in place for that? The series IT’s Brazil will examine the components of … Continue reading

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Brazilian government remains under hacker siege

The personal email of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has been hacked as well as the Twitter account of the former governor of the state of São Paulo, José Serra, in the latest development of what is Brazil’s most severe wave … Continue reading

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LulzSec boat sails into the sunset

After causing chaos in Brazil last week with a serious of hacking attacks, it seems the LulzSec security group has disbanded and sailed their ‘boat’ off into the sunset unchallenged.

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Census bureau is latest victim of Brazil hacking wave

The Brazilian census bureau was the latest victim of cyber attacks which brought its website down following a string of similar attacks by activist hacker groups.

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Brazil suffers its biggest cyber attack – yet

The service interruption of government websites and the disclosure of the supposedly personal data of top-ranking politicians claimed by hacking collective LulzSec is part of a string of cyber attacks that have taken place in Brazil in the last 48 … Continue reading

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Brazil raises cyber defense game

As cyber attacks grow more frequent and severe worldwide, the Brazilian government is pressing ahead with plans to launch a dedicated unit to ensure that the country has sturdy cyber defense and counter-attack mechanisms.

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Brazilian academic gives a social media lesson

Renata Santiago is a professor at FAAP university in São Paulo, teaching social media and communications. She also teaches digital communications at SENAC and is a social media strategist at CDN Digital.

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R$1bn technical education program launches

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff launched the law project to enable the creation of the National Program of Access to technical Education and Employment (Pronatec) which will see R$ 1bn ($636m) going towards technical education for about 8 million people in … Continue reading

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Brazil IT is China’s big opportunity

Ting Zhang is the founder and chief executive of China Business Solutions based in Cambridge, UK. She is an expert on Chinese trade relations worldwide with a long history of advising governments and organisations on China. Ting spoke to IT … Continue reading

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