Latin America to represent 3-5% of global earnings in 3 years, says Cognizant

US IT services firm Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) expects Latin America to represent 3-5% of global sales within the next three years, the company's country manager for Argentina, Cristián Argüello, told B...

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FTAs, fraud protection driving interest for security solutions - RSA
RSA, the security unit of US storage solutions provider EMC (NYSE: EMC), found that those Latin Amer... more
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McAfee stepping up focus on security as a service
US software security firm McAfee (NYSE: MFE) is banking on its security as a service to reach Latin ... more
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Roughly 25% of worldwide Conficker attacks registered in Brazil - Symantec
About 25% of global Conficker attacks through July occurred in Brazil, US security solutions provide... more
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Teradata's Americas revenues slip 2% in Q3
US data warehousing provider Teradata (NYSE: TDC) saw its third quarter revenues in the Americas reg... more
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Roundup: Binário, Defontana, Camtic, Desca
Brazilian IT systems integrator Binário has signed a distribution agreement with US connectivity an... more
Brazil
IBM scores US$2.6mn IT infrastructure contract
Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Cosan (NYSE: CZZ) has awarded IBM (NYSE:IBM) an IT infrastructu... more
Peru
PC sales to reach US$823mn in 2013 - report
Sales of PCs in Peru are estimated to reach US$823mn by 2013, growing at a compound annual growth ra... more
Brazil
Dell pits country among top global markets, looks to target public sector
Brazil represents one of the global markets with the highest growth potential for US computer giant ... more
Brazil
IN BRIEF Online retailer B2W reports US$7.8mn Q3 profit, down 38%
Brazilian online retailer B2W Companhia Global de Varejo said Friday it had a 13.5mn-real (US$7.8mn)... more
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Healthcare, education driving desktop virtualization in Latin America
The Latin American health and education sectors are driving the implementation of desktop virtualiza... more
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Roundup: IT consultancy tender, Sonda Procwork, Northek-Avantica, SAP
The government of Barbados has called for bids for an IT consultancy project, the Inter-American Dev... more
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Lenovo sees Q2 net profits jump 130% on lower costs, asset sales
Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo saw net profits increase 130% to US$53mn during its fiscal second qua... more
Chile
Senator proposes modification in data protection law to avoid spam
The head of the Chilean senate Jovino Novoa is proposing a modification in the current private data ... more
Argentina
Govt earmarking US$3.8mn for technology in tourism industry
The Argentine government will provide 14.4mn pesos (US$3.8mn) to encourage technology adoption in th... more

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