Generating comprehensive information on consumer tastes and preferences using artificial intelligence systems is the main challenge faced by companies, which must increasingly make faster and better decisions.
No company or industry seeking to continue operating in these new times can avoid these challenges. An example of this is the entertainment sector, a market that with the arrival of new platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify, has become increasingly competitive. Companies like Warner Bros. have reported that they are beginning to use advanced technological systems to decide which films to produce.
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.
A new information platform aims to identify the main disadvantages faced by companies that transport goods through the region in customs and paperwork management.
The Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (Sieca) presented the Trade Incidences Platform, which will compile information on the disadvantages that companies have in the areas of customs, transport, sanitary procedures, phytosanitary, import or export.
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.
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.
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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.
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 "...
State officials do not own the information they manage, and when that information has not been legally declared as reserved, they must ensure its availability to the public.
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And 'availability´means that public institutions must have all the doors to obtain it wide open, both administratively and technically.
State officials often create administrative barriers to free access to public information, in the form of lengthy bureaucratic processes, including sometimes filling out forms that include insidious questions about what the information will be used for.
In Honduras the start of the process for international prequalification of companies for the development and implementation of immigration and passport issuance system has been announced .
From a statement issued by the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership (COALIANZA):
The Commission for the Promotion of Private Public Partnerships COALIANZA), has launched the publication of international tender for prequalification of a Public Private Partnership for the project Modernization, Improvement, Management of an Operating System for Migration Services and Issue Honduras Passports, which aims to implement a comprehensive operating model for the operation of these services.
The Ministry of Finance of Honduras has made a Request for Information (RFI) in order to find out the characteristics of different solutions that meet the functional requirements for a new platform.
The Republic of Honduras has received funding from the World Bank for the Project for Improvement of Public Sector Performance, and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan for acquiring a new platform for HonduCompras.