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The Mexico First initiative streams part of this talent toward
certification by Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, SAP and other such companies,
helping them get their foot on the first rung of the corporate
ladder in ICT-related jobs that can range from consulting to
software architecture.
Another factor that has contributed to the consolidation of
Mexico’s it industry is that this is a versatile, highly diversified
sector whose benefits extend to practically all other productive
sectors of the economy. “It’s a horizontal cross-industry that improves
the productivity and competitiveness of other sectors,”
says Garza Garza.
Behind the modernization of the public sector, it is hard at work
connecting civil society and government via the Internet; digitalizing
birth and death certificates and systematizing the services of
public health institutions. The challenge now is to encourage more
small and medium companies to adopt the technology.
“The idea of the modern company is to focus efforts on core
business, whether it’s making beer or shoes, and let an expert take
care of the it side,” says Allard.
AMITI and CANIETI –two of the main advocates of the socalled
National Digital Agenda– are both confident that competitiveness
will increase to the extent that small and medium
companies –which make up 90% of the country’s productive
plant– decide to join the race, in accordance with their needs and
possibilities.
Meanwhile, the storage and other possibilities opened up by
cloud computing –the latest fashion in the computer industry– is
Mexico is Ranked the
fourth-largest global
exporter of ICT services
and widely considered
the region’s number one
competitor
making reliable databases accessible to small enterprises eager to
systematize their administrative, productive and staffing processes.
When trying to convince small and medium companies to come
on board, experts argue that these tools save time and money, not
to mention making it possible for a local company to reach out to
the global marketplace in real time.
Other tools at the disposal of small and medium companies
include IP telephony, which offers better rates on long distance
and international calls made over the Internet, Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) software for the storage of detailed
customer profiles, remote working systems and e-commerce
mechanisms.
In a sector that is garnering ever greater support, business opportunities
abound both in the development of it solutions and
services and their sale on a domestic market that looks set to continue
expanding in the short to medium term. n