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Latin America: The best in understanding the open source model

Alex Pinchev

Global sales, services and marketing VP and president


During the second quarter of its fiscal 2010, ended August 31, US Linux operating systems provider Red Hat saw net profits increase 37% to US$28.9mn, while revenues reached US$184mn, a 12% rise. The result was not only positive for the company considering the dreary state of the global economy, but for Latin America the news was quite uplifting as well, as the region continues on its path to achieving significant growth in these tough times, in comparison to other regions. To discuss the compan

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IT outsourcing for Latin America, by Latin America


Cristián Argüello

Country Manager, Argentina
Cognizant

November 13, 2009

in American countries such as Argentina, Chile and Mexico have garnered a reputation for their global IT outsourcing services. Still, companies such as US IT services firm Cognizant are now keeping their Latin American divisions more focused on business op more No permission

Growing independently


Luiz Marcelo Marrey

Chile general manager
Microsoft

November 06, 2009

ing its fiscal year 2009, ended June 30, Microsoft Chile started operating as an independent unit, reporting directly to Latin American headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, instead of the Southern Cone unit, which brought benefits and challenges to th more No permission

Weekly Wrap|Perspectives

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009

Seemingly anticipating the holiday season, there were spending sprees galore in Chile this week. Multinational companies splurged on infrastructure and technology investments, while government agencies dipped deep into their pockets for e-commerce expenditures.

For example, IT services provider GenShare selected Chile as its new headquarters and IT services delivery center. GenShare, which will provide order-to-cash services, analyzed seven Latin American countries before selecting Chile, and based its decision on the talent pool available as well as the local business environment. The company plans to hire 1,000 employees by 2015.

Meanwhile, some 40 Indian companies - including large IT services providers such as Infosys and Wipro - are said to be keen on establishing operations in Chile. The Indian IT firms present in Chile currently include Tata Consultancy Services, Evalueserve and most recently Polaris.

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Coming Up

  • November  24, 2009

    Brazilian internet association Abranet and ICANN (Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers) to host "The Future of Internet" event at Hotel Transamérica, São Paulo. - Brazil

  • November  25, 2009

    Deadline to turn in proposals to the government for an IT consultancy project, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to help modernize the national procurement system. - Barbados

  • November  26, 2009

    Thanksgiving Day, US markets closed. - Regional

  • November  29, 2009

    Presidential elections. - Honduras

  • November  29, 2009

    Presidential run-off election. - Uruguay