The Light Shines Bright on Brazil IT
June 1st, 2010SAO PAULO and RIO DE JANEIRO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ — The Brasscom Global IT Forum, one of the largest IT industry forums in Latin America, will be hosting more than 50 global enterprise leaders, analysts and investors on June 8 – June 10 in the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Organized by the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication Companies (Brasscom), the forum will be co-located with the Gartner Outsourcing Summit 2010 – Latin America. It will showcase Brazil’s IT infrastructure and how the nation has emerged as a prime locale for offshore IT and outsourcing services.
Confirmed panelists and presentations on the agenda include:
Panel discussions with Julia Santos, head of Worldwide Strategic Outsourcing of Johnson & Johnson, and Jairo Avritchir, IT site director for Dell’s Brazilian operations
Outsourcing success stories presented by Ribeiro Neto, engineering director of Google
Insights on Brazil’s IT and foreign investment opportunities …
Infosys Opens its First Delivery Center in Brazil
December 15th, 2009Infosys Technologies Tuesday said it has opened a development centre in Brazil to service clients in that South American country as well as Brazilian subsidiaries of global customers. The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Infosys Tecnologia Do Brasil, is located in Belo Horizonte, the third largest metropolitan area in Brazil after Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Infosys said in a statement.
This is the third development centre of Infosys in Latin America. It has two centres in Mexico.
“The company has been investing and strengthening its position in Latin America to expand its footprint in the region and also to leverage the near shore advantage of similar time zones for global clients,” the statement said.
Infosys chief executive and managing director S. Gopalakrishnan described Brazil as the largest IT and BPO services market in Latin America, with the eighth highest IT and BPO services spend in the world.
“The growth forecasts …
Blogging Live Brazil ITO-BPO: New Delivery Models, Tax Burdens and Competing with India Inc.
November 10th, 2009The US-Brazil IT-BPO Summit (sponsored by the Brazil-American Chamber of Commerce) kicked off this morning at the W Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan
US-Brazil ITO-BPO Summit Comes to New York City on Tuesday
November 8th, 2009The Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication Companies (Brasscom) invites you to attend the US- Brazil IT-BPO Conference, organized in partnership with Apex-Brazil – the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of NY.
The summit will focus on Brazil’s rise as an economic powerhouse with growth projections tied closely to ICT advances and government investments in education, infrastructure and technology. The combination of market maturity, political stability, cultural affinity and highly qualified professional result in Brazil being able to offer outstanding opportunities for business development at a competitive cost.
When: November, 10, 2009 8:00 am – 2:00pm
Where: W Hotel, 541 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
About the Event: The Brazilian IT-BPO market is among the strongest and most mature in the world, having evolved in size, coverage and complexity over the past few decades. Brazil’s cultural affinity to the U.S. and overall market strength …
Blogging Live at Two Key Sourcing Events in NYC
November 4th, 2009Nearshore Americas will be actively covering two major conferences this week in New York City – the US-Brazil ITO BPO Summit at the W Hotel on Tuesday and the Global Sourcing Forum and Expo on Wednesday and Thursday. This is a great chance to connect and share feedback and ideas about our growing online brand.
