The Ministry of Education of Nicaragua tenders the supply of all equipment and technological tools, learning software and related services for Mobile Digital Classrooms in Primary schools.
The Honduran Institute of Social Security tenders the services of an enterprise-level cloud technology platform Amazon Web Service, for a one-year term.
Government of Honduras Purchase LPN-010-2021:
"Enterprise Level Cloud Technology Platform Service (IaaS). Enterprise-class, integrated cloud computing services that support the selection of operating systems, tools, databases and devices on the platform itself.
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage tenders the service for the replacement of the current hardware platform in which the Integrated Commercial System operates.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2020LN-000003-0021400001:
"Contracting the service for the replacement of the current hardware platform (obsolete and without technical support) in which the Integrated Commercial System (OPEN SCI) operates.
Logistics, banking, tourism and education are some of the sectors in Panama that need to modernize their computer systems, which generates business opportunities for developers of technological solutions.
According to a study prepared by the Foreign Trade Promoter (Procomer), Panama's ICT market exceeds $1.5 billion per year as a contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
El Salvador National Civil Police tenders the technological equipment and implementation of a virtualization solution for the institution's 911 emergency system.
El Salvador Government Purchase LPI-01/2018-PNC-BCIE:
"Required equipment overview:
-120 Workstations
-15 Mini Dome IP cameras for indoors
Construction is planned for next year, on a plot of land measuring between 7 and 10 hectares in the province of Los Santos, Panama, of the first of the three centers of agricultural excellence.
After the signing of a memorandum between the agricultural authorities of Israel and Panama, it was agreed to build three agricultural centers valued at $6 million.The first center will be located specifically in El Ejido, province of Los Santos, in the facilities of the National Institute of Agriculture.
A tender is being launched in Panama to update the technology platform, hardware and software, data centers and telecommunications network for the computer management system of the Adversarial Criminal Justice System.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-1-46-0-08-LP-002640:
"The National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG) requires the services of adjusting the platform used by the Adversarial Criminal Justice System (PTSPA) in two data centers within the Republic of Panama, as well as the renovation of the entire current technological infrastructure (servers, load balancers, firewall, etc.), management and monitoring of all components of the solution, telecommunications service and storage solution and replication in both data centers, so as to ensure the proper functioning of the management criminal adversarial system.
The Ministry of Public Security in Panama is putting out to tender the design and implementation of a technology platform to collect, centralize and systematize data and information at the INAMU.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-18-01-08-LP-028060:
"Some of the activities to be developed:
-Review all instruments provided by the INAMU to collect data and information.
The judiciary is pre qualifying companies interested in developing and implementing the technology platform which interconnects the three institutions of the justice and security sectors of Honduras.
Honduras Government Purchase EuropeAid-IH-137 482-BE-HN:
"This platform must primarily develop specific information systems for each institution and information flows according to the institutional and inter-agency processes of the Honduran penal system.
There are five projects in Costa Rica attempting to set up truly fast internet networks, and all of them are hampered by bureaucracy.
An editorial in Elfinancierocr.com explains that in Costa Rica "the five projects designed to bring high speed internet to businesses and homes are stuck."
"... First of all, it begs the question, why have five projects that are so similar? The plans by Racsa, Jasec, ESPH, Curridabat, all offer an open network (available to all service providers) using optical fiber to connect households (known as Fibre To The Home or FTTH), while the ICE is planning to use fiber combined with copper to provide it's services. "
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.
Investments by Panama are resulting in it being positioned next to Chile in the 2013 Information Technology ranking by the World Economic Forum.
The availability of free internet nationwide in 'infoplazas', the provision of computers with Internet access to schools and the implementation of e-government, has allowed Panama to advance its use of new technologies in Latin America.
The tender is for the provision of technical expertise to design, develop, recruit and manage projects and programs for Universal Access Service to Telecommunications.
15 companies and at least 2 independent consultants participated in a preliminary hearing to the tender for the procurement of services to form the Management Unit of the Trust to be in charge of the projects of the National Telecommunications Fund (FONATEL).
Top of the list in the region is Panama (57 in the world), followed by Costa Rica (58), Guatemala (98), Honduras (99), El Salvador (103) and Nicaragua (131).
The Global Information and Communication Technologies Report 2012 is prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with INSEAD Business School. It has been published since 2001 and covers 142 countries.
The medical and scientific research center would cost $7 million in the first three years.
The center would conduct studies for the prevention and treatment of diseases from genetic information.
According to the article in Prensa.com, "The project will have a network of laboratories and institutions both public and private, and it will be supported by a research center in South Africa."