At a Latin American level, the Peruvian market is the fifth with the greatest demand for professionals in the IT area, with a deficit of 17 thousand people, being the financial sector one of the activities with the greatest need for solutions.
Peru has established a financial structure made up of 16 private and 4 state-owned banks, as well as a dozen other credit profiles.
The use of nanotechnology in production processes is one of the investments that companies in the textile industry will have to make to compete at a global level.
According to specialists in nanotechnology, an area focused on the design and manipulation of matter at the level of atoms or molecules for industrial purposes, in the production processes several advanced techniques exist that give industry the opportunity to innovate and access new markets.
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.
At the Annual Conference of Executives in Panama, to be held from April 26 to 28, discussions will take place on the technological advances that have been made and how companies can adapt to the "fourth industrial revolution".
"The future has arrived: Panama 4.0" is the name of the 2017 edition of the Annual Conference of Executives in Panama (CADE).
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.
The Ministry of Finance and the state run power company ESPH have been denounced for anti competitive practices in the tender for an electronic invoicing system.
After the Ministry of Finance convened an ultra fast tenderand received only two bids for $27 million and $8 million to develop an electronic invoicing system, the union of technology companies has filed a complaint alleging anti-competitive practices.
Amcham is calling on entrepreneurs to take part in a mission to the largest American innovation park from May 9th to 12th.
The American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Amcham) is organizing a mission of businessmen and Panamanian officials to the Silicon Valley Business Park, in California, from 9th to 12th of May.
Amcham's president, Aristides Chiriatti, informed Panamaamerica.com.pa that "...
Operators are opposed to the proposal to tax phone bills and purchases of technological equipment, while the government has shown itself unwilling to cooperate by reducing tariffs.
While the government insists that telecommunications companies must lower telephone rates in order to minimize the impact of a future tax of 10% for public security, telecoms companies have defended themselves arguing that "...
The communication and technology sector predicts that for the next two years it will hire more technical staff and university graduates than licensed professionals with master's degrees or doctorates.
The need for staff with technical rather than academic skills continues to grow in the field of technology and communications. A study by the Chamber of Information Technology and Communication concludes that only 2% of companies in the technology sector in the country plan to hire professionals with a PhD, while only 32% said they expected to hire graduates.
Between 2010 and 2014 internet access in households in the metropolitan urban area in the country increased from 18.3% to 27%.
In 2010, it was reported that in rural areas of Guatemala only 1.4% of households had internet access, a figure that hasn't changed to date. Nationally, 12.8% of the population has access to the internet.
The manager of the National Institute of Statistics, Ruben Narciso, told Estrategiaynegocios.net that "...
On October 30th and 31st companies from the sector will gather together in San Jose to discuss issues such as internet governance, mobility and telecom investment.
Taken from Expotelecom.net:
For 2014. the 6th edition will be held again at Real Intercontinental Hotel located in Escazu.
Expo - Telecom since its inception in 2009, has been known for putting on a show featuring the industry's latest innovations, quality exhibitions and is a place where visitors will find interactive booths with new products, where the architecture displays the image of each of the exhibitors, highlighting the strengths of the various products on display.
The budget for the country's investment in technology and research is four times less than what is invested in developed countries.
A presentation has been made of the first report on the "State of Science, Technology and Innovation in Costa Rica."
From a press release issued by the State of the Nation:
The First Report on the State of Science, Technology and Innovation aims to lay the foundation for monitoring scientific and technological work in Costa Rica from the point of view of human development. It aims to give the central role that science and technology plays for the country's future more visible and provide information which will support decision-making in this field.
From 21 to 23 October the Atlapa Convention Center will host the exhibition and meeting companies and telecommunications technologies from different countries in America.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP):
PANAMA Bizfit 2014
With the participation of over 120 exhibitors and more than 100 policy makers, business leaders, technology providers and specialists solutions, the sixth version of BIZ FIT PANAMA will be held, a Meeting on Innovation and Technology for the country's most important businesses, which will take place from 21 to 23 October 2014, at the Atlapa Convention Center.
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.
The information technology company UST Global has started operating in the Green Valley Business Park.
In the second quarter of the year the company will begin construction of a building measuring at least 5,000 square feet that will house 250 employees initially, with hopes of doubling this figure in the next 2 years.
As announced in January, "Gaurav Agarwal, Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the firm and John Gustafson, President of the Latin American Division, said that provisional operations by UST Global in the country started during the first quarter of 2014."