Sun Latin America sees big opportunities in 4 regions

The Latin American division of Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: JAVA) expects countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Chile, as well as Central America and the Caribbean, to drive growth in the region this ye...

• Argentina, Brazil

   Software AG places local support center to ease market integration

  The Brazilian unit of German software firm Software AG has set up a Brazilian support center in effo...   more

• Mexico

   PTC unit looks to extend reach to US border, Bajío

  The Mexican unit of US product management and lifecycle software firm PTC (Nasdaq: PTMC) plans to ex...   more

• Brazil

   B2W posts US$8.8mn net profits in Q1

  Brazil's largest online retailer B2W's net profits increased 18% to 15.0mn reais (US$8.8mn) in the f...   more

• Regional

   Roundup: Síragon, Oracle, Gesfor, Coasin, Microsoft

  Venezuela's fifth largest private bank Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) has bought desktops from ...   more

• Brazil

   Datasul posts US$4.9mn in Q1 earnings

  Brazilian corporate software company Datasul (Bovespa: DSUL3) posted net profits of 8.4mn reais (US$...   more

• Brazil, Panama

   Governments sign MoU for technology cooperation

  The Brazilian and Panamanian governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the...   more

• Regional

   SAP launches benchmarking program in Spanish, Portuguese

  SAP (NYSE: SAP) has expanded its Benchmarking program by launching studies in Spanish and Portuguese...   more

• Argentina

   Lawmakers request special commission to probe alleged Siemens bribes

  Argentine lawmakers have submitted a request to the federal government for the creation of a special...   more

• Brazil

   IN BRIEF NIC.br: 45% of internet users refer to web for price search

  About 45% of Brazilians who have used the internet claimed to have priced products or services on th...   more

• Regional

   Exact Software looks to 57% Latin American sales growth this year

  Dutch software developer Exact Software expects sales in Latin America to grow 57% this year over 20...   more