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IT Spending in Latin America 2009 Special offer

Special price for limited time Development and trends in IT Spending 2009 The study aims to measure the principal investment trends in information technologies across Latin America and involved over 350 telephone interviews with IT leaders from throughout the region that belong to the principal sectors of business and government regarding issues like SOA, ASP, operating systems, hardware preferences and investment attitudes. Besides the survey and results analysis, the report will include an investigation of IT trends in Latin America and will analyze and compare the results of the survey with the data collected during the 2006 IT study. Sample: For this study, we called more than 350 interviewees in the following countries and sub-regions: - Brazil - Mexico - Argentina - Chile - Colombia - Venezuela - Peru -Central America Some conclusions we reached in this study: - A major portion of companies surveyed (46%) plan to focus IT investment on expansion and newprojects instead of maintaining existing operations. - There exists open and widespread interest in making use of IP platforms (76% of companies surveyed) and a growing interest in mobile technology. - Demand is up for the development of in-house technologies and investments are growing in CRM and Business Intelligence (40% of companies surveyed are considering implementing them sometime during the next 3 years). - HP and Dell have taken the lead in the area of hardware.

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Regulatory Change in Southern Cone Electricity Markets

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IT Spending in Latin America 2007

IT Spending in Latin America is the most comprehensive benchmark study focusing exclusively on Latin American IT Spending trends. Business News Americas conducted in-depth interviews with senior IT managers to anticipate IT trends in the region, to gain insight into their company’s IT strategies, and to discover how they will invest their IT dollars in the coming quarters. The result is the region’s most comprehensive report, covering spending trends across 9 industry sectors with in-depth precision. This report, filled with key statistics and vital analysis, will tell you what your peers are doing and how your company measures up, helping you to make the right decisions with your IT Spending strategy.

Methodology

IT Spending in Latin America 2007 is based on a comprehensive survey of 350 IT managers in Latin America compiled by the Buenos Aires-based market research firm Fine Research during October - December, 2006. The results are based on futher analysis conducted by BNamericas’ experts according to the 8 distinct geographical markets and the 9 industry sectors examined in the study.

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Liquid Value: The state of water in Latin America

Water today is one of the most scarce resources in the world, and is among the most diffi cult to administer. Without water there is no economic activity or even life. With an expanding economy, Latin America is facing an ever more complex problem in how to administrate this scarce resource. This is a 95-page Business News Americas report with over 60 statistical data tables to help you understa... view more