Colombia's ICT ministry is earmarking 4bn pesos (US$2.1mn) to provide technology training, the ministry said in a statement.Education efforts will be focused on micro SMEs, and the ministry expects to call for applications in August.
A total of 3,477 micro SMEs have benefitted from previous training initiatives carried out between 2008 and the present.
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The Chilean division of Spanish data management solutions provider PowerData has received ISO 9001:2008 certification, PowerData said in a statement.
PowerData's South America regional director, Josep Tarruella, said the certification will strengthen the division's products, services and processes.
PowerData has three offices in Spain. In Latin America, the company has an office in Santiago, Chile, and another in Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
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Uruguay's e-government development agency Agesic has rolled out a new search tool that allows citizens to view government information, the Uruguayan president's office said in a statement.
The tool is designed to be similar to Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) search engine.
Agesic director Jose Clastornik said the initiative is aimed at "encouraging access to public information through an agile instrument that is customized for citizen use."
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Latin American IT products distributor Aktio, a unit of Brazilian IT firm Grupo Açao, has signed up Argentine IT firm Uxor IT as a new channel partner, Aktio said in a statement.
According to the agreement, Uxor IT will distribute IBM (NYSE: IBM) software solutions, and also provide IT security, Web 2.0 and integration services.
Uxor IT has offices in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and the US.
By Matthew Malinowski
* T-Systems acquires SAP's hosting unit - Mexico
German IT services provider T-Systems has acquired the hosting arm of SAP (NYSE: SAP) Mexico and Central America, the former said in a statement without providing hard figures.
T-Systems will now offer extra services such as administration and implementation of applications to more than 57,000 users from Mexico.
T-Systems - part of German telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom - has a long-standing partnership with SAP through which it provides services to around 1.5mn SAP users globally with a workforce of around 3,000 SAP consultants.
* SAP's Q2 sees double-digit growth in Latin America - Regional
SAP (NYSE: SAP) recorded double-digit growth in Latin America during the second quarter compared to the year-ago quarter, the company said in a statement without providing hard figures.
Revenues in the Americas, excluding the US, leapt 29% to 275mn euros (US$357mn), up from 214mn euros year-over-year.
Globally, SAP posted net profits of 491mn euros in the second quarter, up 15% from 426mn euros reported in the year ago-quarter, the company said in a statement.
Total revenues for the company rose 12% to 2.89bn euros, compared with 2.58bn euros in 2Q09. Of that total, software revenues hit 637mn, representing a 17% hike year-over-year.
The company also announced it has completed the cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sybase, which will continue to operate as a separate company.
SAP adjusted its full-year projections to take into account the acquisition of Sybase, and now anticipates 9-11% growth at constant currencies from 8.2bn euros during 2009.
Follow this link (http://www.sap.com/about/investor/press.epx?pressid=13632) to see the full statement.
* Desca forges alliance with Aspect - Regional
US contact center platform provider Aspect Software has signed a reseller agreement with Latin American telecoms and networking solutions provider Desca, the companies said in a joint statement.
Under the agreement, Desca will distribute and implement Aspect products in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Venezuela and the Caribbean.
The partnership will target the finance, outsourcing and cable vertical sectors.
"This alliance is aimed at strengthening Desca's offerings at a regional level and with the focus of contact center solutions to resolve business problems for large companies, such as customer service and billing," said Fernando Rodriguez, CTO of Desca.
* Sagem, Sonda challenge national registry tender process - Chile
Chilean IT systems integrator Sonda and French biometric technology company Sagem Securite have started legal proceedings against the Chilean national registry with allegations that its tender process to supply updated ID cards and passports was illegal, local paper Diario Financiero reported.
The contract was awarded to Spanish systems integrator Indra on July 16 after a process which lasted two and a half years.
Sagem has reportedly accused the winning company of failing to keep its bid guarantee documentation up to date, letting its US$500,000 guarantee note lapse for 10 days before renewing it.
Chilean IT group Coasin was earlier eliminated from the bidding process for that same reason.
Meanwhile, Sonda is requesting that the national registry reconsiders its decision to oust the company from the bidding after judging its face-recognition technology inadequate during the technical phase of the process.
The Chilean company is seeking for the contract to be withdrawn from Indra and for the technical evaluation to be repeated.
Both Sonda and Sagem filed their complaints within the 10 days allowed for participants to register concerns about the tender process.
* TCS resolves to double Latin American revenues in 5 years - Regional
Indian IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) expects to more than double its Latin American sales in the next five years to hit US$1bn with an aggressive expansion strategy, according to international press reports.
The company sees the financial and mining sectors as potential areas of growth for the company in the region.
Latin America is due to see growth of around 5% this year, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
TCS has operations in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Brasil, Ecuador and Peru.
The company posted global net profits of US$1.45bn in fiscal year 2010, ended March 31, surging 29.0% from US$1.12bn in fiscal 2009, while revenues reached US$6.34bn, 5.38% higher from US$6bn in fiscal 2009.
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