Frazzetto: "Mentality shift"
By Jon Tonti
Global CIOs are more focused than ever on activities that generate revenue and they are leveraging their global sourcing strategies not to save money, but instead to invent new business verticals, according to the newly released 2012 Harvey Nash CIO Survey. As the architecture of a company’s systems becomes synonymous with its business model, CIOs are crafting souring strategy not just directed at cost savings, but also revenue generation.
Nearshore Nexus ’12: A Historic Day Filled with Passion and Purpose
April 23rd, 2012Nearshore Nexus – the ‘home conference’ for the thriving Latin America BPO and IT industry – created a huge splash last week in New York City. Capturing the passion and energy of over 200 executive attendees, twenty sponsors and attendees from 15 countries in the region is a tall order – but our photographer managed to distill the full-day program into this colorful pictorial..
Why Has IT Lost So Much Credibility Inside the Enterprise?
April 18th, 2012IT has to make itself more relevant or risk allowing ‘shadow IT” to drive the needs of business, says Alex Camino of Softtek
By Filipe Pacheco
Buenos Aires is the most dangerous city when it comes to virtual threats in Latin America. Research done by the security company Symantec, in alliance with the research firm Sperling’s BestPlaces, shows that the capital of Argentina is the one with most users vulnerable to virtual attacks of many different kinds, ranging from thefts of passwords to social media threats. São Paulo appears in fourth place in the list, and Rio de Janeiro is fifth (see the whole list at the end of this post) — both are right after San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Bogotá, Colombia.
Uribe and CNN: On Stage at Nearshore Nexus
March 28th, 2012
In what is shaping up to be one of the more historic moments in Latin America outsourcing, Nearshore Nexus (April 19 in New York City) will feature a dialogue between the former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe and Senior Latin America Affairs Correspondent for CNN, Rafael Romo.
Romo will facilitate a dialogue with Uribe during the morning Keynote portion of the Nexus program. The discussion will focus on the current economic attractiveness of Latin America; an examination of the conditions necessary to drive services exports; and analysis of how to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurialism within the region.
Uribe is, without question, one of the most knowledgeable political leaders in fully grasping the wide range of economic benefits driven from business process outsourcing. In a briefing with Nearshore Americas last week, Uribe cited the work he performed in collaboration with his …
By Patrick Haller
Andy Wasser, Associate Dean at Carnegie Mellon University, has been instrumental in building the university’s Masters of Information Systems Management, Masters of Science in Information Technology, and the Masters of Science in Information Security Policy & Management programs. These programs have earned the reputation of being the highest ranked graduate level Information Systems programs in the US, and have educated top IT talent from around the world through a unique distance learning methodology that teaches over 200 students a year.
Brazil vs. India: It’s a Whole Different Ballgame
February 3rd, 2012Benjamin Quadros, CEO of BRQ, on why the desire to do business in Brazil differs from India.
NEARSHORE NEXUS: Why It’s “Invitation Only”
January 19th, 2012By Kirk Laughlin
As a young media organization, we’re obviously very proud to be staging our second annual Nearshore Nexus 
conference, coming up April 19 in New York City. There are lots of exciting features around the show (great speakers, sponsors, venue, and entertainment), but what I want to share here is why we’re making it “invitation only.”
Nearshore Nexus is specifically engineered to host an audience where more than 70% of attendees will be carefully reviewed outsourcing customers – people who call the shots and sign the deals for their corporations.
Nearshore Nexus 2012: Bigger, Bolder and Coming to Broadway
January 11th, 2012The most exclusive outsourcing event of the year comes to New York City, April 19. Buy-side executives (including vendor management, IT, BPO, site selection and software leaders) are invited to attend.
Ray Wang on the Consumerization of IT
December 5th, 2011Nearshore is a place for partnerships, driving innovation and intelligence that fits well with the consumerization trend, says analyst Ray Wang, of Constellation Research
