Chile
University donates old PCs to Chile
News Nottingham University is sending its old computers on a retirement trip to Chile. The computers could now be used for up to four years by students in northern Chile to gain vital computer skills. Louise Richards, CEO of Computer Aid International... [15 Aug 2008]
Load Balancing: Toward the Infinite Network
White Paper This paper presents a contribution on dynamic load balancing for distributed and parallel object-oriented applications. It specially targets peer-to-peer and their capability to distribute parallel computation. [10 Jul 2008]
Robin Hood: An Active Objects Load Balancing Mechanism for Intranet
White Paper Scheduling in distributed systems is an important issue, and it has performance impact on parallel processing, load balancing and metacomputing. An optimal load balance in a non-preemptive scheduling environment is NP-complete, but preemptive... [10 Jul 2008]
Consorcio Financiero Invests in a Client-Centric Strategy With PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM
White Paper In 2000, after more than 80 years as a leader in Chile's financial industry, Consorcio Financiero set out to transform its company culture. The company sought to make clients the focus of all its business processes. [03 Jul 2008]
Digital Marketplace Grows Membership and Revenue with XML-Enabled Solution
White Paper Iconstruye expects to attract more midsize construction companies, increase transactions processed on the marketplace, grow revenue, and raise awareness of the power of technology in one of Chile's most important industries. [03 Jul 2008]
Technology-Enabled National Health Reform Focused on Patient Self-Care Promises US$150 Million in Benefits
White Paper Ministry of Health, Chile wanted to reduce lengthy delays in access to healthcare and rising healthcare costs, driven mainly by the growing burden of chronic disease. There was integration with Chile's national broadband initiative to aggregate... [12 Jun 2008]
Chile's Government Procurement E-System
White Paper Chile's experience with e-procurement has made business opportunities with the Chilean Government more transparent, reduced firms' transaction costs, increased opportunities for feedback and cooperation between firms and public agencies, and... [10 Apr 2008]
Technological Innovation in Public Sector Reform: Chile's Public Procurement e-system
White Paper Chile's recently reformed public procurement system shows how information technology can make government more efficient, transparent, and accountable - benefiting citizens, businesses, and public agencies. [10 Apr 2008]
ING Chile Consolidates Information and Improves Budgeting Processes
White Paper ING Chile wanted to implement a flexible IT infrastructure on one unified platform, to systematize the budgeting process and consolidate reliable financial information, permitting quick and efficient development of its 3 years budget (MTP - Medium... [25 Mar 2008]
Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations
News Chile The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. Analyst group Gartner assessed 30 countries for their suitability for offshoring to help sourcing managers who are "daunted... [11 Dec 2007]
Efficient Project Management at ING
White Paper ING Chile implemented the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. Using Microsoft Project Server, the deployment in Chile was planned for more than 2,000 users and 500 project managers and helped provide a cost-effective and... [03 Dec 2007]
SIGFE Gains Insight Into Finances With Integrated IT Architecture and Business Intelligence
White Paper Chile's Ministerio de Hacienda Direccion de Presupuestos Sistema de Informacion para la Gestion Financiera del Estado (SIGFE) is headed by the State Budget Directory (DIPRES). The agency wanted to implement a robust and reliable business... [03 Nov 2007]
Consorcio Periodistico de Chile (COPESA) Integrates Systems for Lower Costs and Greater Efficiency
White Paper Consorcio Periodistico de Chile, or Copesa, is a Chilean media company with a combined readership of 1.5 million for all of its printed products. Copesa wanted to acquire a system that integrates the financial departments of Copesa's 23 companies... [11 Jul 2007]
Synchronizing Business to Ensure Streamlined Operations
White Paper Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, Turismo Cocha has been a major travel service supplier since 1951. The company wanted to streamline operations for a major travel service supplier to ensure that its mission-critical applications are running 7x24. [09 Jun 2007]
Chilean Wholesaler Erases Order Errors, Boosts Productivity With Mobile Sales Solution
White Paper BIC Chile has been supplying BIC products to the Chilean market for 25 years. To solve this problem, BIC Chile deployed a Microsoft Windows Mobile sales solution for the Pocket PC that automates collecting and submitting sales orders with wireless... [16 Apr 2007]
