Tag Archives: olympic

London 2012: One Hundred Days To Go

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Mark Hillary

It is exactly one hundred days until the opening ceremony of the London Olympic games when, under Danny Boyle‘s direction, thousands of British volunteers will show the world that the UK can match anything China did four years ago. Well … Continue reading →

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Is English essential for IT professionals?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Mark Hillary

The use of English is a topic we have returned to often at IT Decisions. Brazil doesn’t use English as a first language, but the international IT industry does – even programming languages use keywords in English – so how … Continue reading →

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ITD helps to connect UK-Brazil IT industry

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Mark Hillary

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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One year to London 2012

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Yesterday I made the official launch to my Olympic blogging efforts at the UK Consulate General in São Paulo. The British Consul General introduced the event, which included the deputy sports secretary for São Paulo, Gilberto do Carmo Nucci, and several … Continue reading →

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Start the week #21: IT consumerization

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mark Hillary

It’s time to start another week. But this week, we are all excited about the phenomenal response the new IT Decisions research network enjoyed. We had CIOs from sixteen different industries in Brazil contributing to the research last week focused … Continue reading →

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Join ITD to mark ‘one year to London 2012’

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mark Hillary

As reported some time ago in IT Decisions, our CEO Mark Hillary is an official BT Storyteller – a blogger covering the London 2012 Olympic games.

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Bullet train project off the rails

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Mark Hillary

An auction for the right to build a high-speed rail link between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo has failed to attract any bidders, casting doubt on the project in its present form.

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Start the week #18: ITD CEO at London 2012

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Mark Hillary

Another busy week at IT Decisions, and varied too. Not only did we talk to business leaders such as Paul Smith from Harvey Nash, but we documented a Digital Divide case study and highlighted the international success of Brazilian video … Continue reading →

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2012 Olympics role for ITD CEO

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Mark Hillary

The past few days have brought good news on the blogging front for IT Decisions CEO, Mark Hillary.

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