Prior to the OAS General Assembly held last month in Medellín, Colombia, member countries of the Organization of American States proposed to strengthen the use of technology to combat corruption in The Americas. “According to the Corruption Perception Index prepared by Transparency International in 2018, Colombia ranks 99th out of 180 nations. Brazil and Peru...
Research firm Everest Group has recently conducted an in-depth study of Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara, Jalisco as a potential nearshore services delivery location. Guadalajara is home to many IT operations for large global operators such as IBM, but also headquarters for many nearshore firms such as iTexico. To better understand Guadalajara’s unique characteristics and...
During the GSMA Mobile 360 ° event that took place in Mexico City, Hugo Simg, Business Development Director for MediaTek in Latin America, spoke about the available technologies to reduce the digital divide in Latin America and other emerging markets. An abridged version of Simg’s speech at the GSMA Mobile 360° follows In general, between...
During his visit to Seoul, South Korea, the Deputy Minister of Digital Economy From MinTIC, Colombia’s Ministry of Information & Communications Technogy, Jehudi Castro Sierra, met with his South Korean counterpart Won Ki Min. Won also serves as the head of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy issues for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...
NVIDIA has announced NVIDIA EGX, an accelerated computing platform that enables companies to perform low-latency AI at the edge, in order to perceive, understand and act in real time on continuous streaming data between 5G base stations, warehouses, retail stores, factories and beyond. NVIDIA EGX was created to meet the growing demand to perform instantaneous,...
QStory Limited has announced SKWeston & Company as a global reseller of their suite of cloud-based intraday automation solutions. Led by noted industry analyst and consultant Steve Weston (side photo), SKW provides consultancy to contact centers around the globe, focusing on customer interaction and workforce optimization. Through a suite of professional services around the optimization of a...
Synapse Financial Technologies, Inc. (SynapseFI), an API-based banking platform for financial institutions, yesterday announced a $17 million Series A investment led by Trinity Ventures and Core Innovation Capital. . Schwark Satyavolu of Trinity Ventures and Arjan Schütte of Core Innovation Capital joined the SynapseFI board of directors. Since its founding in 2014, the company has processed approximately $10 billion in transactions for...
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) announced this month that the U.S. Air Force has selected the company to provide a package of digital workplace services through which it will securely manage, maintain and monitor the Air Force’s end-user desktop, laptop and mobile devices. The $76 million award covers an engagement that will run for one year. This...
IAOP, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals last month announced a strategic alliance with Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA). The relationship will leverage both organizations’ expertise to collectively advance impact sourcing as a business practice that impacts local communities by creating jobs in the BPO industry in underserved areas. “Employment for high potential but...
With just over a month to go, the Digital Transformation Andes Summit, held at the Habitel Hotel & Convention Center in Bogotá near the El Dorado International Airport has announced exciting new speakers relevant to executives charged with making key strategy and IT decisions in their enterprises. Amikam Yalokevsky from global technology giant Mediatek will...