Banco Nacional de Costa Rica is planning to build a data center in Santo Domingo, province of Heredia.
According to CentralAmericaData's identification system on Construction Projects, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) was submitted by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica Rica to the National Environmental Technical Secretariat (SETENA) on January 6, 2017.
When using data to make business decisions, companies must understand that having a lot of information is not the same as having real, verified and high quality information.
EDITORIAL
Every day more and more companies are using new methods of analyzing information to make their business decisions, but on the path towards change it is all too easy to make the mistake of believing that having a lot of information,real, is the same as having real, verified and high quality information.
Soin Soluciones Integrales S.A. has won a contract in Costa Rica to provide the Costa Rican Electricity Institute with sustainability services for a BSS solution and integrated complements.
The contracting institution is the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad and the works consist of services for sustainability under the BSS solution and integrated complements for a period of 14 months, renewable for three equal periods.
On November 3 and 4 companies in the technology and telecommunications sector will be meeting in San José to explore business opportunities.
The event will be held at the Hotel Real Intercontinental, where more than 40 companies will be taking part exhibiting their products and services.In addition, conferences and business meetings will be held on topics such as digital transformation of industries, artificial intelligence and new business trends.
In Costa Rica an investigation has been launched against the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Company of Heredia for anticompetitive practices in the market of digital technologies.
On August 30 entrepreneurs from data center industry at the regional level will be meeting to explore business models successfully implemented in other regions.
The event will be held at the Wyndham Hotel in Herradura, and will include the participation of Gary Connolly, president and founder ofHost in Ireland, an organization dedicated to attracting investment in Ireland.
A 'crime against humanity' is how 109 Nobel prize winners describe Greenpeace's stance against the production of genetically modified foods.
A group of Nobel laureates in various disciplines, referred to the need to produce food to feed the world's growing population, describing the environmental organization Greenpeace's opposition to the practice of precision agriculture as 'criminal'.
On November 3 and 4 2016 technology companies in the telecommunications sector will be showcasing their products and taking part in conferences and business meetings.
The event known as IT-Comm (formerly ExpoTelecom) will take place on November 3 and 4 2016 at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Jose.
Elfinancierocr.com reports that "...The IT-Comm fair is aimed at executives and officials in the government and the private sector, including services, banking, marketing, telecommunications, industry, manufacturing and technology. "
Accepting that Uber, Airbnb and crowfunding are here to stay, the National Markets and Competition Commission of Spain is in favor of reducing requirements for traditional operators and not adding any new regulations for incoming competitors.
EDITORIAL
The incursion of digital platforms that connect users through collaborative schemes has invaded economies and made life easier for users, but has caused complications for governments whose laws are one step behind the progress being made in markets.
The government affects the activity with bureaucratic costs of more than $3,500 for companies who want to use drones.
While in the US there is an online registration process where companies and individuals pay only $5, in Costa Rica the Directorate General of Civil Aviation does not seem to be interested in encouraging the market. An investigation of Elfinancierocr.com reveals that $1,874 has to be paid to obtain certification and to commercially operate the drones, plus $94 per license, an insurance policy for liability and damage to third parties (which is around $1,800), and a course taken whose price varies depending on the school teaching it.
Companies with radio communication permits must migrate to digital technologies before 31 December 2020.
Executive Order 39491 of December 2015 requires that companies that have permits to use radio equipment must make an investment in order to move from analog technology to digital systems before 31 December 2020.
Elfinancierocr.com reports that current permits issued for analog technology will expire and they "...
People with kidney failure can now travel normally, covered by a coalition of companies united by the concepts of a sharing economy.
EDITORIAL
The best demonstration of the advantages that exist today because of the unstoppable "sharing economy" is the association of global companies Uber and Airbnb with 0a Uruguayan startup, Connectus Medical, to help solve the problem of the travel needs of people who need regular hemodialysis treatment.
The third edition of the UN Workshop on Space Technology will be held in San Jose, from 7th to 11th of March 2016.
Taking part in the event are professionals from space agencies, astronauts and representatives of academia and research, and companies linked to the global aerospace sector.
The event, called Human Space Initiative (HSTi) which is being led by the United Nations, will be held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Sabana Norte, San Jose.
The multi million dollar spending sprees that governments hope will drive innovation and improvements in business productivity is in stark contrast with the widespread tendency to maintain the status quo of the markets.
"In 2005 in Costa Rica they wanted to block Skype, in 2015 they want to block Uber."
The title of the blog in Nacion.com written by Pablo Fonseca, is indicative of a general trend on the part of state officials to protect the status quo, in order to protect the interests of companies or sectors, especially those that are officially regulated.
Involving more than 120 exhibitors and more than 100 decision-makers, business leaders, suppliers and technology solutions specialists, the even will be held from 20th to 22nd of October in the Atlapa Convention Center.
All ready for EXPO BIZ FIT PANAMA 2015 meeting of innovation, technology and business
(Panama, October 14, 2015).
With the participation of over 120 exhibitors and more than 100 decision-makers, business leaders, suppliers and specialists in technological solutions, the seventh version of BIZ FIT PANAMA EXPO, Meeting of Innovation, Technology and Business largest in the country will be held from 20th to 22nd October 2015 in the Atlapa Convention Center.