It has been estimated that this year companies´investment in business intelligence systems and data analysis will grow by 12% globally, driven by the banking sector and the manufacturing industry.
According to estimates by the firm International Data Corporation (IDC),"... worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics (BDA) will reach $150.8 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.4% over 2016.
Competitiveness in the production of goods and services is directly dependent on the adoption of digital technologies, meaning that having connectivity is vital.
The World Bank is analyzing the impact of the internet and mobile telephony in economic development and the "digital dividend" generated by improving economies in general and the business sector in particular, and its productivity through digital technologies.
Panama is the only country in the region which has improved considerably in the use of information technology in the last year.
Investments in the field of information technology have resulted in more and better use of these IT services in Panama, which has improved its overall position in the use of technology, according to the Information Technology 2014 report, prepared by the World Economic Forum World.
Investments by Panama are resulting in it being positioned next to Chile in the 2013 Information Technology ranking by the World Economic Forum.
The availability of free internet nationwide in 'infoplazas', the provision of computers with Internet access to schools and the implementation of e-government, has allowed Panama to advance its use of new technologies in Latin America.
Representatives of the governments of South Korea and Nicaragua are holding meetings to explore Asian investment in projects in information technology and communications.
Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports Vice President Omar Halleslevens comments on the topic, stressing that the talks so far are not focused on any particular project, but on investment opportunities in areas of technology and communications.
More and more companies are taking their first steps in this initiative, looking for it for many years has been elusive, success in the TI projects!
Enterprise Architecture has emerged as an important initiative that allows to reduce the complexity of measuring the impact of IT projects throughout the corporate world, it is worth noting the different studies show that technology projects over USD1M have a chance fail much higher than smaller projects. The bigger and strategic projects are, the greater your risk and ultimately the business value is diluted.
The Nicaraguan government has announced it is to hold a meeting with representatives of the multinational company to evaluate investment possibilities.
The announcement was made by Vicepresident, Jaime Morales Carazo, in an interview with Canal 12: "After a long absence, IBM's interest in returning to Nicaragua seems to be back".
"The Vice president indicated that IBM has re-evaluated Nicaragua's situation and seems to have found positive reasons to resume its operations in the country," reports EFE.