Did they think about how much their consumption of technology increased after the declaration of the health emergency?
Do you realize how many telecommuting applications they learned to use, how many hours they spent using streaming platforms, how many web purchases they had to make?
The Covid-19 pandemic brought a growth in the use of Information and Communication Technologies... and even accelerated production and innovation in the sector. In fact, globally, large ICT companies experienced a boom in the midst of the global recession.
In this scenario, several Uruguayan companies in this area aspire to get on this train of digital transformation that is moving faster and faster.
What is needed for the ICT sector to realize this important development?
Before March Cuti (Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology and Communication) had proposed that this industry would double its current weight in the economy and in five years would represent 5% of GDP. Now can this goal be surpassed?
Which segments are the most promising?
We talked about it in a new edition of La Mesa TIC with Mercedes Ros, lawyer, vice president of corporate and legal affairs at Overactive; Marcelo Montado, founder and general manager of Esquemas; Juan Ciapessoni, co-founder and head of innovation at The Electric Factory, member of the board of directors of Cuti; and from Switzerland, Pablo Coirolo, CEO and founder of Light 47.
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