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Monthly Archives: June 2010
ACTI LAUNCHES FIRST ICT SUPPORT TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE COUNTRY
Through the business plan competition MBA Contest 2010, which has the support of Innova Chile, CORFO, the Chilean Association of Information Technology Enterprises hopes to inspire the creation of new projects with strong technology base and development projections.
source: http://www.acti.cl/web/index.asp
Fontaine Minister chairs the Committee of Ministers for Digital Development
The Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Juan Andrés Fontaine, chaired this morning the first Committee of Ministers of Digital Development, an instance of defining the National Strategy for 2010-2014 area.
The implementation of a unique platform for the facilitation of procedures and the appointment of a manager in the field in each ministry committee member, are among the technology policy priorities for the country.
The Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Juan Andrés Fontaine, chaired this morning the first Committee of Ministers of Digital Development, a body in which developed the main lines of the National Strategy for Digital Development for the country over the next four years.
During the meeting, held at the Ministry of Economy, also participated Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Cristián Larroulet, the Justice Minister Felipe Bulnes, Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich, the undersecretary of the Treasury, Rodrigo Alvarez;Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Jorge Atton, Undersecretary of Social Welfare, Augusto Iglesias and Undersecretary for Economic, Tom Flores.
The executive secretary of the Secretariat of Digital Development, Alfredo Barriga, presented the main guidelines of the 2010-2014 agenda in this field.
One objective is to strengthen government institutions for digital development in order to continuously promote and coordinate projects in the area.
Another goal is to reduce bureaucracy in the state proceedings, for which will include 80 new institutions to the Integrated Platform of the state agency that today operates five public services.
Finally, Ministers agreed to appoint a technical committee with representatives from each of the portfolios, which will be tasked with coordinating and monitoring the agreed measures for digital development.
source:http://www.agendadigital.cl/node/455
The creator of Twitter will hold a conference in Chile in July
SANTIAGO .- Jack Dorsey (jack @), creator of Twitter, will visit Chile next month and will host a conference on how technology developments are bringing about a cultural change.
The founder of the social network porpular along with Evan Williams and Biz Stone, and also CEO of Square will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Summit Entel, to be held on 14th July.
In his speech, Dorsey explained how the evolution of technologies such as Twitter are creating a cultural change that requires companies to prepare their strategies today contact with customers, to face a more demanding consumer and connected.
The third version of Entel Summit will be a showcase to display the most innovative trends in Information Technology and Telecommunications, which allow businesses to enhance their business and gain competitive advantage.
Global recognition
Recognized worldwide as an innovator, Dorsey set up an equation in only 140 characters changed the way people currently communicate over the Internet.
In 2008, the MIT magazine, Technology Review, was named one of the outstanding innovators under 35 years. In turn, BusinessWeek magazine chose him as the best and brightest of the new generation of technology entrepreneurs.
The event also companies like Cisco, VMware, NetApp, Siemens, Huawei, Ericsson, BlackBerry, Samsung, Microsoft and Oracle.
source: http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=419026
Digital Development Secretary meets with leaders of the Obama technology
The Digital Development executive secretary, Alfredo Barriga, will travel this week to Washington DC where he will meet with heads of technologies the U.S. government, in order to gather ideas and best practices that can be implemented in Chile.
After being appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the President Sebastián Piñera, Barriga’s mission is to coordinate investments in Information Technology of the Government, from the executive secretary of Digital Development under the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism.
In the U.S. capital will hold a working meeting with the CTO (Chief Tecnology Officer) Aneesh Paul Chopra, responsible for promoting technological innovation in the priority areas of the Obama, such as employment generation and efficiency of the health system.
Similarly, he will meet with his U.S. counterpart, the CIO (Chief Technology Officer) Vivek Kundra, responsible for implementing technology policy within the departments of State, where the budget for this item is over U.S. $ 70 billion.
Barriga said he hoped to learn first hand the strategies and policies that is driving the Obama administration to further the innovative use of information technologies, aimed at improving social welfare and economic growth.
Chile is the second Latin American economy more interconnected network
GENEVA .- Sweden, Singapore and Denmark are the leading countries of the economies "more interconnected via a network, while Chile is ranked 40, according to the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) released today.
According to this study 2009-2010, a good networking enables economic development, as countries in the top of this list came up with the global information technology and communication (ICT) as a catalyst for sustainable growth.
Switzerland ranks fourth on the list of countries, up one position. United States falls two places and is in fifth place last year.
Iceland, however, fell from the top ten interconnected and Finland, Canada, the Netherlands and Norway closed the list, which covers a total of 133 countries.
Latin America improved
According to the report, which includes 133 countries accounting for 98 percent of world GDP, only four of the Latin America and the Caribbean are among the top 50 list, which shows that the region has a " room for improvement "in the implementation of ICT.
The first of these countries are Barbados, in 35th, followed by Chile (40), Puerto Rico (45) and Costa Rica (49).
Brazil remains in the post 61, due inter alia to the high cost of telephone charges, while Uruguay has managed to move up eight places from last year to 57, thanks to the "clear government vision" about the importance of ICT .
Of the other Latin American countries, Panama ranks 58th of this classification, Colombia, 60, Jamaica, 66; Argentina, 91; Honduras, 106; Venezuela, 112; Ecuador, 114 Nicaragua, 125; Paraguay, 127, 131 and Bolivia.
Within the list, Spain is well below other countries, ranked 34, and unchanged from the previous survey in 2008-2009. Within the list of most developed economies scale, however, a post until 33.
Economist Irene Mia, the WEF said that the three leading economies have built their capacity based on "a long-term established by governments and the private sector and in education, innovation and access to ICT and its dissemination. "
surce: http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=405136
German Clinic Creates New ICT for growth in the healthcare market
The innovation is in the DNA of German Clinic and is a tool that have been reinforced in recent years to grow and consolidate in the private health market.
According to business manager of the institution, Paula Ithurbisquy, it has materizalizado through two objectives: to provide innovative solutions to the needs of patients and incorporate world-class technology.
"The most recent example of our work was to obtain the IT Business Innovation Award Category 2010, awarded by the ACTI, thanks to our project online medical examinations, Chile unique system that allows patients to view online exams images were performed in the clinic, "says the executive.
This service can be accessed through a portal that developed, "My health page, where they have already invested about U.S. $ 600 mil.
In the medical field have been concerned to make available to patients the latest medical equipment to treat the most varied conditions. "We were the first to have a magnetic resonator in Chile and we are the only ones who have a scanner of 128 cuts, which allows a more accurate diagnosis in less time," says Ithurbisquy.
According to the executive, are constantly making major investments in this area. In fact, the scanner involved an expenditure that exceeded one million dollars and the future plan to bring new equipment to allow greater image resolution.
surce:http://www.df.cl/portal2/content/df/ediciones/20100629/cont_144471.html
Chilean increase almost 20% of their spending on technology to reach 230 thousand dollars annually
SANTIAGO .- After passing the economic crisis, everything starts to improve, and the technology industry is not far behind. In fact, the first quarter of 2010 was the best period for technology development in Chile for the past three years, according to the results of the Society Indicator Information (ISI), conducted by the Center for Latin American Studies University of Navarra and the consulting everis.
This index examines various aspects of information society, as the number of phones, broadband penetration, or sales of technology products, and how is each country with respect to them.
And Chile is the best rated of all those tested, beating Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, with an ISI rating of 5.70 out of a maximum of 10. Argentina, who was second, scored 4.77 points.
Our country is the regional leader in several aspects, such as the number of computers with 378 computers per 1,000 inhabitants, representing an increase of 9.9% over the same quarter of 2009.
The total ICT spending per capita reached 442 U.S. dollars (about 230 thousand dollars), implying a rise of 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. But it was the internet sales which were up significantly, and reached $ 107 (almost 60 thousand dollars) per capita, representing an increase of 48.2%.
In cell number, Chile is second only to Argentina, with 1247 telephones per 1,000 inhabitants, while Chile has 964 per 1,000 people.
In fact, it was the increased penetration of mobile telephony, with growth of 10.5% compared to the same quarter of 2009 – one of the factors that have driven the ISI in Latin America for growth.Regionally, there are 895 phones per thousand inhabitants. In the past year totaled 41 million new terminal, so that this sector remains the major driver of ICT in the region, the report said.
But it also increased the number of computers per person, amounting to 229 per thousand inhabitants, and servers reached 3.3 per 1,000 people, representing an increase of 7.1%.
surce: http://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=411596
Chile is the first Latin American country to have smart technology at home
The smart home is a reality in Chile. The company launched its advanced Movistar HomeStation device, which wirelessly connects a computer or notebook, printer, video game consoles and TV, to handle them as if they were one.
The new device consists of two independent wireless phones that function as remote control for home, which can handle electrical appliances. It also has wi-fi modem, which configures the wireless network.
It can also be controlled by an iPhone, and it is hoped that in future this technology be extended to other smartphones.
The household gadgets that can be connected are computers, notebooks, video games, printers, televisions and a music box, which can be linked to a stereo.
This type of technology is the first to launch in Latin America and begins to market this week in Santiago, but soon will be in the rest of the country. Its cost is 9990 Chilean pesos per month.
For the moment, it is expected that this service remains available to Movistar clients that have double or triple packs broadband.
Chile increases the use of ICT and leads the ranking in Latin America
Chile is in good health regarding development material and adoption of new technology. According to the latest results from the Information Society (IS) indicators, the country is growing in the use of ICT and leads the raking in Latin America.
The report corresponds to the period between Jan-Mar 2010, this gave the country the highest score in the region with 5.70, over a maximum of 10. Followed by Argentina (4.77), Peru (4.64), Brasil (4.48), Mexico (4.45) and Colombia (4.29).
According to the study, elaborated by the business consulting company Everis and the Center for Latin American Studies from the University of Navarra, the total expense on IT per inhabitant reached US$442, which meant a 19.2 growth compared to the same trimester in 2009.
The online retail sales reached US$ 107 per capita, which represent an increase of 48.2%. In the use of computers, Chile was the leader in the region, with 378 computers per each 1.000 inhabitants, 9.9% more than in previous period. In regards to servers, they showed a rate increase from 5.8 to 6.2 per each 1,000 people.
The report also mentions a second place for the country in the adoption of cell phones behind Argentina, but over the average in the United States and Latin America.
Chile has constant technological development and it still has space to grow, affirmed René Romo, senior Telecom Manager at Everis.
surce:http://www.todochile.cl/corfo_det_20100623165031.aspx