Central America a bright spot for SAP's SME sales

Software purchases by Central American SMEs are growing in spite of the global economic slowdown, the head of SAP's (NYSE: SAP) Mexico and Central America division, Ali Hamid, told BNamericas. Sale...

Chile
NextTime partners with Planning Group to launch digital factory solution
Chilean IT firm NextTime Software has partnered with Spanish firm Planning Group to launch the latte... more
Brazil, Regional
Dell sees Q3 profits slide 54% on slumping sales
US computer giant Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) saw profits fall 54% to US$337mn during its fiscal third quart... more
Regional
Roundup: Bull, Aesoft, Sistemas Bejerman, technology in retail
Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) has awarded French company Bull a contract to... more
Brazil
Certisign expects 50% surge in 2010 revenues
Brazilian digital certificate provider Certisign - affiliated with US security company Verisign - ex... more
Regional
Hitachi, Network 1 units ink alliance
The Central America and Caribbean unit of Japanese storage services and hardware provider Hitachi Da... more
Brazil
PTC unit ratcheting up partner hunt
The Brazilian unit of US product management and lifecycle software firm PTC (Nasdaq: PTMC) is lookin... more
Brazil
GFT Technologies unit expects 2010 revenues to increase 20%
The Brazilian unit of German IT solutions provider GFT Technologies expects revenues to increase 20%... more
Colombia
Insights on a successful e-government program
On Tuesday (Nov 17), Estrategia Digital, the Chilean government digital access program, held its ann... more
Regional
NetApp's Q2 Americas revenues slip 4%
US unified storage solutions provider NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP) saw its Americas revenues decline 4% yea... more
Regional
Roundup: Camtic, Unisys, Neoris, T-Systems
Costa Rica's IT chamber Camtic has held elections for its board of directors, the organization said ... more
Regional
Intermedia increases Latin American business with new partners, affiliates
US hosting services provider Intermedia has signed a number of private label partners and affiliates... more
Chile
Neoris unit sees 2010 SAP sales increasing 10-12%
The Chilean unit of Latin American IT consultancy firm Neoris expects its SAP (NYSE: SAP) related sa... more
Argentina
Síragon eyes domestic PC market
Venezuelan PC manufacturer Síragon has disclosed plans to enter Argentina's PC market. Síragon will... more
Regional
Microsoft division plans to invest US$3.5mn-4.5mn in education
The Latin American division of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) plans to invest US$3.5mn-4.5mn annually in i... more
Regional
Latin America exceptional in understanding open source model - Red Hat
Latin American governments and customers understand and appreciate the open source model more than t... more

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In Depth Interviews

Latin America: The best in understanding the open source model

Alex Pinchev
Global sales, services and marketing VP and president
Red Hat

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, ...more

Features

HP, 3Com deal's Latin American focus: UC, data center, shot at IBM

HP's (NYSE: HPQ) plans to purchase US network equipment vendor 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) could mean a change in focus in different areas within Latin America, according to analysts. First and foremost, th... more