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ITD helps to connect UK-Brazil IT industry

If you are based in London then you might be interested in an event on January 20th at the Brazilian embassy. UK Trade & Investment along with the main British ICT trade association, Intellect, are hosting an event focused on … Continue reading

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BT Global to hire 250 in LatAm

British telecommunications giant  BT Global Services announced a series of new investments in the Latin America region with an aggressive target to double their LatAm revenue within the next three years.

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Entrepreneurship in Brazil: “still a lot to do”

Internet business pioneer Paulo Humberg talks to IT Decisions about his experience as an entrepreneur, his perception of the Brazilian e-commerce scene and his future predictions for the internet business in Brazil.

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Survey: Is Brazil IT for sale?

IT Decisions recently covered the Politec acquisition story and asked whether this was symptomatic of a greater trend in Brazil, that of local IT companies being bought by foreigners eager to access the lucrative domestic IT market in Brazil.

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Should China’s investment in Brazil be welcomed?

As part of Europe teeters on the verge of bankruptcy with countries like Greece staring into an economic abyss, there are some economies around the world that are actually doing very nicely.

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How can Brazil dazzle the global CIO?

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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R&D parliamentary front launches

A parliamentary front aimed at improving Brazil’s legislation around research and development (R&D) and innovation has been launched today. 

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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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Audio report: WEF Rio opening session

Angelica Mari is on the ground at the World Economic Forum on Latin America, taking place over the next couple of days in Rio de Janeiro. In this audio report she outlines some initial views from the opening session – … Continue reading

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UKTI: The UK has a lot to learn from Brazil

A team of British technology experts from UK Trade & Investment, the government agency responsible for trade promotion, recently visited Brazil and spoke to IT Decisions. In this guest post, Nitin Dahad, ICT Sector Specialist at UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), … Continue reading

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