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A 'Social Silicon Valley'

Brazilian Journalist Gilberto Dilmenstein has transformed Sao Paulo's Villa Madelena neighborhood from one filled with crime to one filled with learning.

Tags: Sao Paulo, News, ina fried, microsoft, pc, south america, brazil, ibm, software, google, internet

Videos 2008-08-27

Parallel Processing Applied to the Design of Concrete Encased Grounding Electrodes

This work presents the authors' investigation regarding the application of parallel processing to the design of grounding systems, comprising concrete encased electrodes. The natural parallelism of the involved tasks and the large time-consuming characteristic of sequential processing for this kind of application justify the use of high performance computation. This...

Tags: Electrode, Sao Paulo, Parallel Processing, Telecom & Utilities

White papers 2007-12-01

Additional Resources

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

iPhone MMS working for many; two weeks early

Working for me in ATLOS: 3.1.1Carrier Bundle: 5.1But I cheated. Saw a blog posting late last week that had directions on how to get MMS working (w/o jail breaking) using a new carrier file...5.1. However, it didn't work at first. It took about a day to start...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, MMS, iPhone MMS, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Empresa Tejofran De Saneamento e Servicos Ltda. Expands Its Financial Vision

Founded in 1957, Empresa Tejofran de Saneamento e Servicos Ltda. Tejofran is a pioneer in the service outsourcing industry. Today, it has eight business units: cleaning and multiservices, security, sanitation, railroads, energy, environment, services management, and highways. Including 23 service points and its headquarters, Tejofran operates in approximately 190 cities...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2009-08-01

Brazilian Airline Automates Web Content Management, Drives Agility, and Reduces Costs

Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes [Gol Intelligent Airlines] positions itself as the best option for people who appreciate quality air services for a good price. Gol has always taken advantage of the almost unlimited reach of the Internet, offering tickets online for the first time in...

Tags: Brazil, Web, Web Content Management, Microsoft Corp., E-business, Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A., Channel Management, Web Technology, Content Management, Portals, E-business/E-Commerce, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet

Case studies 2009-07-21

Investment in 3Com Security Technology Yields Top Marks for Ibmec Educational Institute

Ibmec is dedicated to educational and professional training in business, law, and economics, with five facilities located in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Security has consistently been a primary concern; the institution believes security is essential to its technological infrastructure in order to avoid leaking academic information,...

Tags: Security Technology, Investment, 3Com Corp., Ibmec, Data Centers, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2009-01-01

BREAKING: Internet broken, North America-Asia cables damaged

BREAKING: Internet broken, North America-Asia cables damagedThere you go!Point well taken :-)BINGO .......NT ....hahah you got it manall this cloud none sense lost its meaning in a 10th of a second ....It's raining on their parade!////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Actually clouds handle this really wellIn this situation you're much better off with...

Tags: Network technology, cable, North America-Asia, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromise

Deloitte's recently released Wireless Security Survey assessing Mumbai's -- India's financial capital -- state of security awareness in respect to wireless security, shows an ugly picture of insecure wireless networks in both, business, and residential districts. With Mumbai being the home of India's most important financial institutions, next to the...

Tags: Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-16

IBM expands cloud computing footprint

IBM on Wednesday said that it has opened four new cloud computing centers sprinkled around emerging markets. The latest additions give Big Blue 14 cloud computing centers. Specifically, IBM rolled out cloud computing centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-23

(Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)

(Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)ProximityWhile North America tends to have affluent and poor areas of town, many countries don't work that way. You can walk along a canal of slums in S.E.Asia and hit the entrance to one of the wealthiest neighborhoods. They're not ten meters apart.Inclusão Digitalpost duplicadoInclusão DigitalParabéns pela...

Tags: Vertical industries, city name, slum, Paulo Perantunes, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Unique corporate service relies on good human nature

Last week I was on a call with Frank Hannigan, Managing Director of YouGetItBack.com, and quite possibly the best thing to come out of Ireland since Guinness. YouGetItBack is a lost and found company, the idea created in 2004, probably from a drunken...

Tags: phone, mobile, service, yougetitback, o2 bluebook, advertising & promotion, marketing, zack whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Banking Leader Updates Operating System for Enhanced Security and Productivity

Founded in 1943 and based in Sao Paulo, Banco Bradesco is the largest private bank in Brazil, with nearly 3,200 branches, 27,000 ATMs, and more than 51 million customer accounts. Banco Bradesco executives decided early on to migrate their highly mobile and widely distributed workforce from a largely Windows 98,...

Tags: Security, Operating System, Banking, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2008-06-01

Branding Solutions Provider Enhances Efficiency, Mobility With New Operating System

Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Cstore/Brandsupply is a leading supplier of branded merchandise and branding solutions. To maintain its competitive edge, Cstore/Brandsupply upgraded to the Windows Vista Ultimate operating system. Now employees work more efficiently and with optimized security whether in the office or on the road, and use the...

Tags: Operating System, Mobility, Branding, Marketing

Case studies 2008-06-01

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...

Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Federal University of Sao Paulo Upgrades and Saves With Extreme Networks Gigabit Ethernet Solution

The Federal University of Sao Paulo UNIFESP was running an obsolete Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDI network that was continuously on the brink of crashing. Designed to serve just 200 users and connect only 46 computers, the system could no longer handle the demand generated by its 7,000 users, including...

Tags: Gigabit Ethernet, Extreme Networks, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

Case studies 2008-04-01

How Cisco Uses IP Telephony and Wireless Technologies in Brazilian Office

The Cisco Sao Paulo office has grown very rapidly, from less than 20 people in 1997 to 132 people today. Because of this expansion, the Cisco Workplace Resources group struggled with options for housing its employees. New workplace solutions needed to be implemented to improve flexibility and mobility, supported by...

Tags: Workplace, Telephony, Wireless Technology, IP Telephony, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless

Case studies 2007-12-12

Come and get it: Fedora laptop for $150

Come and get it: Fedora laptop for $150I sure as heck wouldThough I'd certainly look in the bargain bins for more memory and perhaps a bigger hard drive to plop in it. And I'm sure other less adventurous folk would add on an OEM copy of Vista or XP.Defintely: too...

Tags: Litigation, Notebooks, laptop computer, too-good-to-be-true, fraud, Fedora Project

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

METALIS Cuts Losses, Increases Profits With Price, Stock and Credit Controls

As mid-size company, METALIS remains a long way from matching the revenue of leading international aluminum companies. But with its recent introduction of globally integrated business processes, this Sao Paulo-based metal sheets distributor is leading the way in terms of operating efficiency. Leveraging Oracle E-Business Suite applications, METALIS is building...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Stock, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Software

Case studies 2007-04-01

Avaya Case Study: AES Eletropaulo

AES Eletropaulo is the largest utilities and electric power company in Brazil, and the largest revenue-producing electrical energy distributor in Latin America. With an increasing number of calls to AES Eletropaulo's Call Center - distributed across two sites located in downtown Sao Paulo - the company needed a strategic provider...

Tags: AES, Avaya Inc., AES Eletropaulo, Network Security, Networking

Case studies 2007-04-01