Because companies dedicated to the provision of services are more effective than product manufacturers and their growth is more accelerated, economies such as those of Central America could bet on the outsourcing of technology services.
In this context of sanitary and economic crisis, generated by the covid-19 outbreak, several economic sectors were affected due to the restrictions imposed, but, in contrast, companies involved in the provision of technological services reported a significant growth.
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.
Measuring sales performance, observing trends and anticipating the impact that the crisis will have on the market in which each company operates has never been more important, and in this context, accurate data management and analysis becomes essential.
"... Twelve years ago, in the midst of the economic downturn in 2008, British Airways (BA) was cutting costs across the organization.
Understanding which are the main and relevant data that must be managed in a company and how to protect them in digital format is fundamental for the expansion of a company.
Representatives of Costa Rican technology companies WIC, Innovamars, ATTI Cyberlabs and Grupo Inco, agree that organizations are facing challenges arising from the digital transformations they must make to continue growing.
The Central Bank of Honduras tenders information and news monitoring services at the national level, for a 24-month term.
Honduras Government Purchase LPública No.03-2019:
"Hiring of information and news monitoring services at the national level, related to the Central Bank of Honduras and the country's economic environment, which are transmitted in the different media, for a twenty-four (24) month period from the signing of the contract.
The National Institute of Electrification of Guatemala tenders the professional services of technical support of the system of operation and dispatch of the institution.
Guatemala Government Purchase 9319743:
"Negotiations will be made to acquire through specialized technical support for the Operation and Dispatch System with a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, which may be executed in person and/or by chat, e-mail or telephone, as required by the case, by a work team made up of at least one Service Administrator and three specialists in information systems."
In 2016, Costa Rica registered just over $3.3 billion in exports of services through means of technology, information and communication networks.
Of the total value exported, 88% corresponds to large companies, although there is also a significant participation of micro-enterprises (7%). The remaining 5% is shared between medium and small companies.
Instituto Nacional de Electrificación de Guatemala is putting out to tender the supply, installation and implementation of an automation system for the institution's processes.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7828403:
"The contract consists in the acquisition of a computer program, with a web architecture solution with an advanced and integrated suite of modules that will contribute to proactively managing the equipment, its information and maintenance activities, linking management processes to automate the assignment of orders of work, affective forecast of probabilities of points of failure and automation of purchases and management of the inventory that allows for adapting, controlling and managing the processes of maintenance, resources and production of the Electric Power Generation Company, aligned to the ISO 55000 Standard.
In Panama, a tender is being launched for services to modernize and systematize procedures for granting environmental permits, with a focus on the evaluation and inspection stages.
Panama Government Purchase 2018-1-08-0-08-LV-024170:
"The main objective of the modernization and systematization of environmental procedures, is that officials, agents, citizens and other related entities be able to initiate and follow up on their evaluation and inspection procedures online.
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.
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.
The failure of polls on the presidential election in the US shows that in order to get the right information, data must be collected and analyzed with scientific rigor, free from any bias caused by the personal interest of pollsters and analysts.
EDITORIAL
Only 1 out of the 20 main pollsters, newspapers and television stations in the United States who possessed all the tools needed to properly manage the demographic data and surveys, was right in indicating who the next president would be.
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.
The availability of data, a new generation of technology, and a cultural shift toward data-driven decision making continue to drive demand for big data and analytics technology and services.
Availability of information, new technologies and cultural change towards making decisions based on data is changing the way we do business.
According to estimates by the firm International Data Corporation (IDC), at the global level "...
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.