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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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Brazil IT for sale: we want your views

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?

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UK sees close ties with Brazil tech as “priority”

As reported yesterday in IT Decisions, a British trade mission visited Brazil this week led by trade minister Lord Green – formerly the group chairman of HSBC – and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. IT Decisions asked the British government … Continue reading

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Davos comes to LatAm via Rio

A little piece of Switzerland will be coming to Rio this week as the Latin America version of the World Economic Forum in Davos focuses attention on this part of the world for three days from Wednesday – IT Decisions … 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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Obama leaves Brazil, but what happened?

US president Obama enjoyed a game of football with some Brazilian kids at the weekend, but he didn’t get around to the discussion of any IT industry matters – as expected. However, there were extensive talks over the general state of … Continue reading

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Brazil IT remains under the radar

As a board member of Intellect, the trade association representing the British technology industry, Dr Richard Sykes is better placed than most to understand how to promote a national industry. As an IT industry veteran with experience including roles as … Continue reading

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LSE: Brazil can be an innovation pioneer

Professor Chrisanthi Avgerou is an information systems expert at the Department of Management in the London School of Economics (LSE). Professor Avgerou is not only known as an expert on the technology industry and the use of outsourcing, but she … Continue reading

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The next Google will come from Brazil

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

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India-Brazil trade could reach $10bn

Bilateral trade between Brazil and India could grow from $7.73bn in 2010 to $10bn in the next couple of years, technology being a key sector driving the increase.

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