How to move the economic recovery in Latin America
The strong economic recovery in Latin America that are expected this year will impact positively in the field of information technology to promote greater investment in this area, experts predicted on Thursday.
The takeoff of the region and how it is reflected in the market for information technology (IT, for its acronym in English) was one of the topics discussed at the CIO Leadership Forum on Latin America 2010, held in Miami (USA) for the Microsoft Corporation.
“We are optimistic about the economic development of the region is driven by the improvement of competitiveness based on improved productivity and largely due to investment in technology that have made all countries,” he told reporters Herman Rincon, president of Microsoft Latin America.
Cesar Bermuda, vice president of sales, marketing and services of that company, said this year there have been sales of 31 million computers in the region, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
“That’s significant growth over the previous year. This is an increase from 13 to 15 percent in sales of computers. That makes the revival of the IT sector,” said Corny.
Corner during his presentation said the region over the past five years to 2008 recorded an average economic growth of 5.5 percent annually and inflation generally remained in
But “now we are seeing a strong recovery” to highlight the growth figures released on Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with Brazil leading the recovery in the region.
“The economic and social changes are rigged with advances in technology that are accompanying this growth,” Rincon said about 200 chief information officers of public and private sector from about 25 countries in Latin America.