Brazil – Land of opportunity?

As many readers will know, I am a regular visitor to Brazil (wife’s family and all that!) and I try to take the pulse of the local IT services scene whenever I get the chance. My first real opportunity was a couple of years ago, when I visited TCS Brazil (see TCS brings a touch of India to Brazil). That was an eye-opener for me for all sorts of reasons, not least of which was the fact the vast majority of its business derived from the domestic market, serving both local enterprises as well as Brazilian subsidiaries of overseas clients. The other big surprise was that virtually no work was offshored to India!

Well, I was back in Sao Paulo just a couple of weeks ago and caught up again with TCS. I also had the chance to meet the CEOs of Logica Brazil and CPM Braxis, the Brazilian IT services ‘local hero’ in which Capgemini took a majority stake last September (see Capgemini has a Brazilian). My ‘mission’ was to take a sounding on market trends in the Brazilian IT sector to try to understand if it offers any opportunities for UK software and IT services suppliers.

You can read my initial impressions in Brazil – Land of opportunity? now available for download by TechMarketView Foundation Service clients.

Posted by Anthony Miller at '18:40'