The Latin America and Caribbean regions still suffer from a serious lag in the adoption and use of information technology (ITC) despite infrastructure improvements, an expansion of coverage and a push into e-government, according to the World Economic Forum’s Technology Report 2013 released a few moments ago.
In light of the growth of cloud computing and application programming interfaces worldwide, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation framework with Microsoft that seeks to turn Puerto Rico into a global exponent of the digital cloud and promote job creation, among other objectives.
Three high-ranking Puerto Rico government officials, Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Alberto Bacó and Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company Executive Director Antonio Medina, jetted off to Brazil Sunday to participate in “The Government Leaders Forum — Latin America and The Caribbean,” hosted by Microsoft.
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