why brazil?

Brazil, the New Global Power in IT

Brazil is on the fast lane up. Boasting the largest economy in Latin America and the 7th economy in the world, Brazil is becoming a world player in the Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) arena. The country has the largest IT labor pool in Latin America, and has achieved excellence in application management, infrastructure services and security technologies. Brazil has a large population with strong technical skills, particularly in the IT, engineering, financial, manufacturing, communications and health care sectors. Most of the multinational companies that established major global IT and service centers in Brazil have opted for this country given all these qualities and our "nearshore" advantages.

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Fast Facts

Infrastructure

Brazil has the best infrastructure of all the BRIC countries
High level of scientific and technological development
The world's most modern banking automation systems
Largest producer of regional jets (Embraer)
The world's most modern electronic voting system
Comprehensive telecom network offers country-wide access
125 million mobile phones in operation in the end of 2007
Fast air access to Europe and North America (9-12 hour flights)
Federal and state highway system covers the whole country
Efficient domestic post office system

Location and Geopolitics

Favorable time-zone
Absence of natural disasters
Political and economical stability
Cultural compatibility and diversity
No ethnic problems
Western and democratic legal system

Human Resources

Low attrition rates
High productivity
Business knowledge
Highly-skilled, qualified and creative IT professionals
Customer relationships built on trust
Curiosity, innovation, proactivity and flexibility

Brazil IT Market

IT-GNP of over US$ 20.6 billion (IDC, 2007)
US$ 9.0 billion in services
IT professionals: more than 1.7 million
Intensive use of different platforms, Mainframe, Unix, Linux, .Net, Java, Oracle, SAP, Natural Adabas
Brazil ranks second (after USA) in world’s mainframe population, with an experienced pool of COBOL professionals
Brazil is leader in Java programmers, with several JUGs and has the largest JUG in the world (18,000 members, IDC)
Labor pool developed from a business-technology approach, with deep industrial knowledge

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