EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO magazine for Latin America . This month ’ s cover features Eduardo Spitzner , CIO at Buschle & Lepper . We hear how Buschle &
Lepper restructured its Research and Development ( R & D ) process and increased revenue in new products with the support of the SoftExpert Suite , a corporate solution for the integrated management of compliance , innovation and Digital Transformation .
“ The way the suite was written , based on best practices with certifications widely used by the market and interconnected modules , brought a wide spectrum of solutions and possibilities ,” said Spitzner . “ Our experience with the tool has been very positive , as we were able to automate and standardize several processes , obtain more engagement among those involved , in addition to improving project control and reducing chances of errors .” You can find out more details about the project by turning to p56 .
Elsewhere , we take a look at how the Central Bank of Brazil has created a new instant payment network , Pix , with highly available and scalable IT infrastructure from Red Hat . “ We wanted to create a solution that would offer flexible , secure financial transfers , improving our customer experience while reducing transaction costs and promoting financial diversity ,” said Vicente Fernandes , Chief of Division of Server Architecture , Storage and Basic Software , Central Bank of Brazil . “ But to build Pix , we needed a simpler , more scalable IT infrastructure .” There ’ s much more to discover about this story on p61 . a digitized environment . Three experts explain how companies should integrate IT infrastructure , design and innovation in the office of today . Juan Pablo Borray , Business Development Manager for Latin America , Panduit , said : “ The pandemic and biosafety protocols make the offices designs and workspaces revolve around the well-being of employees and visitors . In this context , Office 2.0 and the need for collaboration require taking into account concepts of connectivity , collaboration , monitoring of environmental conditions and variables , as well as security . All these components have something in common and it is technology . Through the various tools that exist today , trends such as IoT can be applied in these spaces as well .” For more details , turn to p36 .
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