The use of specific software in your consultancy or agency can bring benefits on several levels.
First of all, the most obvious and evident one, which is the own and internal benefit of the business structure. If we use tools that can streamline daily procedures, we can work more efficiently and comfortably.
In this way, we can increase productivity, reduce costs and keep the staff happier by reducing their workload.
Coordinating work teams that work remotely, having updated information systems and incorporating the use of cloud applications to generate reports in an agile way, are some of the needs of companies in the new business scenario.
The return to on-site work is a reality that seems to be far away for some companies, which, faced with the imposition of restrictions on mobility, had to readjust their operations and migrate to digital formats.
Having general ideas of how a computer can look at an image and identify a stop sign, a pedestrian or a car, is fundamental for business leaders to be able to empower humans with the help of artificial intelligence.
The development of artificial intelligence tools suggests that human work will be abolished, something that could be far away, since these technological applications are for now used for the execution of specific business tasks and not for problem solving.
Applying artificial intelligence tools and complementing it with increasing the technological capabilities of employees is essential to significantly improve the performance of companies.
According to reports by Harvard Business Review, companies have been found to achieve the most significant performance improvements when humans and machines work together.
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.
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.
Nearly three-quarters of newly formed companies arise from ideas that are not very innovative, and there are very few that are export-oriented.
This was revealed by the "National Report 2012: the state of entrepreneurship in Costa Rica". "The research, made with the methodology of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), shows that 73% of new companies created do not offer any new products or services to customers, while for established firms the ratio is 60 % ", reported Nacion.com.
New firms are expected to entry in the remittance industry with new technologies, especially for mobile phones.
According to Luis Felipe Rodriguez, vice president and general manager of Western Union in Mexico, the slowdown in the U.S. economy has led to a slower pace of job creation, which along with more efficient border controls and even more restrictive laws in some states such as Arizona, has caused an unprecedented decline of migration to that country. "Regulation in the United States is changing the dynamics in the business of remittance companies," he says.
The in vitro plants produce almost twice the amounts of fruit per head, being ready to harvest two months earlier than regular plants.
These plantains produced in the biotechnology laboratory of the International School of Agriculture and Livestock of Rivas (EIAG) were grown in order to assertain the benefits of of plantains produced in a laboratory.
The Superior Council of Private Enterprise in Nicaragua has created a special commission to promote the reform of the National Technological Institute.
"... We have created a commission at the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP) to begin immediate work on the theme of technical education in the National Technological Institute of Nicaragua (Inatec) ...
The growing Latin American potential for consumption of IT services is attracting information technology companies from India.
An article in Nearshoreamericas.com states that "An increasing number of Indian technology companies are expanding in the emerging markets of Latin America, in an attempt to reduce their excessive dependence on the already saturated markets of the United States and Europe ".
The associated reduced costs are driving opportunities in developing countries for technology sectors based on satellite communications.
Elfinancierocr.com published an interview by Mónica Cordero Sancho with the Deputy Secretary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Houlin Zhao, who recently visited Costa Rica "to leverage the discussion in the area of radio spectrums to provide satellite services. '
Technology gives parents the chance to have a much more active role in parenting, while fulfilling their obligations as executives or entrepreneurs.
By Fernando Ramirez - VP Sales, CA Technologies Central America and Caribbean
If we analyze the labor scene 50 years ago, we find a very different reality today. At that time, work was more structured than it is today and, barring a few occasions, it was unthinkable to have flexible working hours.
The increasing trend for data storage on external servers has created new challenges that require a review of computer security policies.
The use of mobile devices and personal cloud services represent hitherto unknown challenges for the protection of sensitive business data.
"A study by Sophos revealed that 45% of people use personal services in the cloud for business purposes, although 64% felt that it generates potential risks to the company," reported Elfinancierocr.com.