Brazil’s island of innovation

My recent trip back to Brazil included a visit to the country’s largest tech hub, Porto Digital, in Recife, the state capital of Pernambuco. No glistening towers of hi-tech ostentation here – Porto Digital is located on a tiny island, the very heart of ‘old Recife’, surrounded by historic sights and monuments. Indeed you’d be hard pressed to realise it is the home of some 200 tech companies unless you looked closely on the nameplates on the buildings.

As usual I also caught up with some of the movers and shakers in the Brazilian IT scene, including ‘local heroes’ Stefanini and Totvs, as well as HP, Tech Mahindra and Wipro.

It’s all in the new edition of BrazilViews  which subscribers to the TechMarketView Foundation Service can download right here, right now!

Posted by Anthony Miller at '11:11' - Tagged: brazil