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As part of the social networking activities promoted by Senator Cleominio Zoreda novel, this time asked netizens to express their best wishes for Yucatan.

Job security, investment in information technology, honesty in leaders, educational opportunities, among others, are those that have come out the Facebook page of the federal legislature, standing at the top of good wishes.

In response to the call launched by Cleominio Zoreda will be selected the 10 best wishes to encourage users who have the opportunity to share a holiday meal.

In the context of educational reforms promoted by the senator on social networks and information technologies, users of Facebook have the opportunity to contribute to the generation of a culture to strengthen the media for positive ends and purposes.

As you may recall, recently passed reform signed by Zoreda Novelo, so that the General Law of Education considers the instruction from the basic level in the responsible use of information technology.

“The government is just, that teachers have fair wages and that there are no contracts years if not a year that you can have a fair basification according to the knowledge and skills” were Landy external concept by Montalvo in ‘ fanpage ‘FB.

“My best wish for Yucatan, is that it gives equal opportunities, that poor families have adequate housing and wage insurance. That single mothers or women who are in need of work find jobs that allow them to perform their work in the home, “said Ursula Aldana.

“My best wish for Yucatan is to be promoted as an ideal place for investment in the field of information technology, this type of activities made India a country that used to be a hundred million poor people is now a world power,” Lucia said Cervera.

The activities organized on the first day on Wednesday November 16 at the XI Science Week, we visited two schools in FP, with 38 people including students and teachers. Throughout the day tomorrow, classroom activities in 3005 were three conferences including:

“European Higher Education and Research in Engineering Technology ICT Information and Communication.”

It takes an overview of the college in the EHEA framework, or model of Bologna and deepened in the study of Engineering in the Information Technology and Communications, where graduates require continuous innovation ability and motivation.

Next, we performed several groups for the guided tour of the Telecommunication Systems Laboratories, Electronics, Telematics and Sound and Image. At the end of the day was delivered to the centers responsible for the information material of the School. All participants, both visitors and organizers were pleased with the results of which were very fruitful Conference for both parties.

Moreover, outside the program, teachers and school staff accompanied the students to take a snack in the Cafeteria.

On Tuesday October 18th at the Hotel Melia Buenos Aires, TOTVS, a leader in business development and marketing of integrated business management software and provision of related services, performed for the first time in Argentina, the Universe TOTVS, the company’s traditional event held annually in Brazil.

With the presence of customers, business partners and prospective guests, top executives from TOTVS present tools and technology solutions, management software and social networking aimed at the management of companies of all sizes and segment. The event also will feature guest speakers who provide content management conference focused on IT and business.

TOTVS Universe will begin with the presentation of Laércio Cosentino, President and Founder of TOTVS, who will speak on Foundations of IT in the Next Decade. The aim of this conference is to present the evolution of the world, that society imposed on the need to think in three major concepts for success in the corporate world in the next decade: Mobility, Communication and Processes. TOTVS Cosentino revealed as invested in the inclusion of these three concepts in their solutions.

The company president also will speak on the company’s current stage: the phase of internationalization. The Argentine market is a priority for TOTVS, according to the strategic growth plan for the coming years. So the company is committed to business investment in the country and in the approach to customers in the region.

Ricardo Urresti, Executive Manager of Technology TOTVS will show how technology can become strategic tools able to help in projects, including tools and integration solutions, document management and mobility, which aim to maximize business performance.

For its part, Gilsinei Hansen, Director of Software Strategy and TOTVS segments make a presentation on the Future of Software TOTVS on the investments made in innovation, the main new features of version TOTVS 2011 and how they can improve corporate governance, such as Business Analytics TOTVS decision support Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), which implements Lean Manufacturing concepts applied to the production sequence, as well as specialized vertical solutions and developments in technology and integration.

TOTVS also with his client MRO Solutions, a company that provides products and services for fluid handling and control, process safety, protection of equipment and facilities and shall submit the case study with 360 º TOTVS ERP product.

Guest speakers will present the president of IBM Argentina, Jorge Goulu, who will speak about the partnership in conjunction with TOTVS to provide added value to the business of SMEs, by offering the TOTVS ERP via SaaS cloud computing .

Silvio Szostak, Consultant appointed CIO of the decade by Information Technology magazine, will speak on how the CIO agenda for 2012, the management of innovation, people and growth.

With the prominent presence of Dr. Claudio Zuchovicki, Development Manager of the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, at the end of the day, provide a detailed reading of the local economic context for understanding today’s economy, and explain how midsize companies can easily financed at low rates through the Stock Exchange of Buenos Aires.

What product is shown in the picture? Probably your answer is “digital camera”, which indicates that possibly you were born before 1986 or thereabouts. That is, you are a “digital immigrant”, a person who has had to adapt to technology and not assumed to be “natural” life. It’s the people who once waited several days to reveal rolls of photos that captured special moments in your life.

Book sales in decline, big bookstores like Borders and Barnes & Noble are heading to the story. Amazon say that, although the only books represent 45% of its sales. No time to read a book. Just as there is for a post on a blog. We are in a hurry, we have little time. However, the sale of eBooks does not cover the fall of books.

If you ask a “digital native” What are the information systems that are sure to answer something that people use from 9 am to 5 pm, which are slow, heavy and dull. Instead, technology is used after hours, using the Internet, digital games (the little word here again), chatting with his Blackberry, using your Smartphone with Foursquare or snooping into social networks. Here everything is colorful, fast, with photos, such as “normal” things. Is this good or bad? Maybe that’s not the right question that leads us to take a position. It is a reality.

Depending on your age, most readers of this post should belong to Generation X or Y (and the occasional Baby Boomer). Interact with Generation Y (those born between 1982 and 1992 defined cohort in the U.S.) and is challenging: they are people looking for short-term rewards, like to have their ideas heard, accepted and implemented without much rodeo, were raised under what is called the “niñocracia”, where parents, perhaps overwhelmed by the guilt of not having enough time to spend with their children, perhaps escaping the ghost of a childhood surrounded by scarcity (or hippie parents), gave their children very, very carefully, and yielded to the temptation to “give everything.” When it was be great, felt that they deserved it. This subject is a case study in Harvard University.

And those born after 1992? These belong to the so-called Generation M (Millennium or Mobile). 100% digital natives, 100% infotainment. We are in the business of infotainment, not in the business of information technology. We do not provide information but experiences “normal” use of technology. And it’s not technology, is entertainment. New forms of learning are those, new ways to reach the heart (limbic brain) to achieve our goals. If education does not involve entertainment, is lost.

Currently the Information Technology and Communication ICT are undergoing rapid development, this is affecting virtually all areas of our society, and education is no exception.

This work is of interest that the ICT-Education interaction has aroused worldwide. Education International conference “Education for All for Learning to Live Together (CIE, 2001) held in Geneva in 2001 expressed in relation to Information Technology and Communication (ICT).

These technologies are increasingly a necessity in the context of society where rapid change, increased knowledge and the demands of a high standard of education constantly updated become a permanent requirement.

The relationship between ICTs and education is twofold: On one hand, citizens are forced to meet and learn about ICT. Furthermore, ICT can be applied to the educational process.

This dual aspect is reflected in two different educational expectations: on the one hand, we have computer scientists interested in learning computers, and in the other, teachers interested in using information technology to education.

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The director general of Issemym, Osvaldo Santin Quiroz, presented little more than 40 records staff of the Unit Information Technology Social Security Institute of Mexico State and Municipalities credited his participation in various graduate coordinated with the System State Information Technology, Professional Development Institute for Public Servants of the State Government of Mexico, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, National University of Litoral, Argentina (with a diploma on-line) and the Universidad Iberoamericana, among others.

With Cosmovitral as a backdrop, Santin told those present that to the institute the challenge of technology is one of the biggest challenges since the Issemym for its size and complexity advances to fruition thanks to the technological tools that give life and agility to the different services offered.

“The complexity of services provided and logistic processes can be performed only with the support of a solid technology platform, the information was no longer possible to be handled in isolation, paper, raw, with no real use to decision making and that is where we see how the technological system is one of the main strategies to transform the institution, “he said.

He said the Issemym has not only advanced in the infrastructure and staffing, but also, the most significant achievements in the field of information technology.

He explained that “the Institute is in much better condition to continue to grow, to continue to strengthen its services, with more solid foundations that have a lot to do with a better interface with a better flow of information and above all better equipment that meets all this technological infrastructure. “

In his message to the winners exteriorized Santin, “Now that the governor speaks of the information society are precisely the people you have this possibility, these skills, these qualities, ie, have a great advantage but also a great responsibility “.

“I hope you know understand and know how to value what they represent to the Institute, in the same way that the institute recognizes and appreciates what you represent to function properly.”

He was glad that this staff development program reflects the commitment to provide better services, “we have always said that the essence of the organization are people and as professionals we have better top talent we will have a better organization and that begins to reflect the mood of the title, in the acceptance of citizenship and is what should make us proud. “

It is necessary to provide that information technology (IT) is defined as “the tools and methods used to collect, retain, handle or distribute information. The information technology is usually associated with computers and related technologies applied to decision making.

Information technology (IT) is changing the traditional way of doing things, people who work in government, private companies, that direct personal or professional working in any field of IT used daily by using Internet, Credit cards, electronic payment of payroll, among other functions, that is why the role of IT in business processes such as manufacturing and sales have expanded greatly. The first generation of computers was designed to keep records and monitor the operational performance of the company, but the information was not timely because the analysis obtained on a given day actually described what had happened a week earlier. The current developments make it possible to capture and use the information when it is generated, i.e., have online processes. This has not only changed the way we do the work and the workplace but has had a major impact on the way in which firms compete (Alter, 1999).

Efficiently use information technology can gain a competitive advantage, but we need to find successful procedures for maintaining such advantages as a constant, and to provide alternative courses of action and resources to suit the needs of the moment, because the benefits do not always are permanent. The information system must be modified and updated regularly if you want to receive continuous competitive advantages. The creative use of information technology can provide administrators a new tool to differentiate human resources, products and / or services in respect of its competitors (Alter, 1999). This type of competitive pre-eminence can bring another group of strategies, such as a flexible and standards in time, capable of producing a wider variety of products at a lower price and in less time than the competition.

Information technologies are a tool increasingly important in business, but to implement a system company information does not guarantee that it gets results so immediate or long term. In the implementation of information system involves many factors being one of the main human factors. It is expected to change in a situation of staff be reluctant to adopt new procedures or develop them fully and in accordance with the guidelines that were established. From the above it is necessary to take into strategic planning account present and future needs of the company. Just as a preliminary investigation and feasibility study of the project that you want.

Companies that develop high levels of agility not only survive this economic turbulence, but also will be the leaders of tomorrow’s markets.

Today’s organizations must identify the change and respond to it swiftly in order to remain a viable option in the market. The ability to detect, anticipate and respond to changes more quickly will provide organizations set strategic direction for:
Respond to changing market conditions.
Increase its market share even in economies that characterize hard as our new reality
Increase sales growth and profitability and improve overall financial performance

Agility is characterized by a cycle, which comprises a series of five steps:
- Detect lies ahead or need a change
- Planning the best action
- Decide on the course to follow
- Communicate to all key participants in the new plan,
- Press for Change.

These five steps are sequential and are executed every time there is a change in the business landscape. The cycle occurs in all levels of the organization on an ongoing basis.
How to facilitate agility in the organization? Technology is the common denominator of all five. It is not the case that only some technologies provide flexibility, but each organization will have a different agenda management challenges and unique architectural footprint that will require different strategies of using technology to support and improve agility. This may represent from a small correction to a strategic reorientation of the company.

In the context of information technology is of interest to measure the agility of a company making a benchmark to compare with similar companies. Eventually provide prescriptive measures to optimize investments in information technology from the objective of maximizing agility.
There are four key attributes that have to meet any investment in information technology to generaragilidad for business:

First, a solution of information technology has to ensure that business operations are reported. You must connect data devices and processes both internally and externally so that people can access information from anywhere and more usefulness;
second, the technology has to turn the company into a more productive by leveraging also systems to support processes and thereby enable the business to multiply the power and impact of its technology and its people.

The technology must be reliable, always available, always working safely and always ready, but AT THE SAME TIME must be flexible to adapt according to changing business needs
finally, technology must provide all of this based on a clear concept and aimed at the best cost / benefit. The consistent application of cost-benefit measurements allows real information about the return on investment.

Any solution of information technology must comply with each of these points to maximize every dollar invested and ultimately generate business agility
Each of the criteria have equal weight and importance to an organization in pursuit of the goal of agility. Developing a framework, it is possible to measure the state of agility in an organization, identify weaknesses and suggest practical solutions so the organization can implement concrete actions to improve their agility and competitiveness portended.

The information technology and communication are a part of the emerging technologies that usually tend to identify with the acronym ICT and refer to the use of computerized systems to store, process and disseminate any information or educational training process.
Over the years, ICTs have evolved to meet human needs and highlighting the television and radio.
Societies today are characterized by diverse and abundant flow of information and communication. In a century we have gone from radio equipment that allowed us to hear voices of remote environments, the black and white film, color, special effects and computer-created characters, of the nearly first TV images showed the landing a man on the immediacy of news and images of world events.
ICTs are mainly characterized by their intangibility (possibility of scanning), immediacy and multimedia applications. They have brought great benefits especially in education but in turn if not given proper use, will find disadvantages.

Therefore, currently the use of information technologies and communication in adolescents is a matter of concern, debate and reflection for many authors, both nationally and internationally. But this concern has not yet been translated into a systematic and organized effort to implement relevant activities for the appropriate use of technology by teens.
For example, one of the major concerns for both educators and the family, about the relationships of adolescents with ICT, is the possibility that appear addictive behaviors that can disrupt personal and social development in the adolescents. The media are the first to emphasize these cases, although there can not be generalized.
You could say that what defines the addictive behavior is the frequency with which this is done; it is the loss of control of the person, and the establishment of a relationship of dependency.
In this regard, seven have been proposed to detect signs of Internet addiction:

* Spending several hours’ online, neglecting important aspects of your life.
* Friends and relatives think you have problems with using the Internet.
* Being young (the younger, more risk must be dependent on the Internet.)
* The use of the Internet creates serious negative consequences.
* You see his reliance on the Internet as a shy, intense activity.
* Keep secret the time you spend online.
* You can not go a day without the computer without connecting to the Internet.

In turn, indicates that this addiction leads to truancy and certain behaviors such as not complying with the schedules chat at all hours and allow interacting with their peers. This addiction is defined as follows: “Cell phone use becomes an addiction when it becomes a repetitive behavior that is pleasurable and creates a loss of control in the subject”

A related aspect of addiction is isolation. Often, the media reported about this effect, produced the use of ICT, particularly in adolescents. We deliver the image of the young alone, locked in his room and escaping from any social commitment to sit for many hours and connect to your computer. Isolation is a risk that reflects the degree of dependence that has every teenager.

On the other hand, the adolescent population and its environment may be affected because of the potential offered by ICT to get lots of information about its users, without being aware of it. The strategies are many: an apparently inoffensive forms or promotions via SMS to mobile are among the most common. Companies are able to easily pass the barrier between public and private, using the ingenuity of users.
Regarding the second problem, the advertising is not specifically distinct from other information in the contents that we deliver ICT. In this respect it is logical that if we study the composition of such web sites of brands and favorite products of adolescents, and advertising that reaches them through mobile phone, it is difficult to clearly differentiate between information and persuasion.
In addition, through the use of ICTs expand the social relations, but also get new features, which do not exist in the real level of interpersonal communication (face to face). In this regard, the influence of anonymity between the participants has been one of the most studied in relation to the personal identity of adolescents constructed in virtual environments.

Finally, there is talk that the issue of violence has been continually involved in video games. The observed high rate of violence in games has been severely criticized. Much of the publicity of these games is based on the violent aspect, noting that social learning theory posits the hypothesis that aggressive play games encourage aggressive behavior. For example, the children imitate or otherwise learn what they see on the screen.

Loudon 2 proposes five (5) moral dimensions of the information age are:

1) Rights and obligations of information: What are the rights of individuals and corporations about information about themselves? What are the legal means to protect it? And what are the obligations are for that information. “These rights include:
Privacy is the right of individuals to be left in peace.
Technology and information systems threaten the privacy of individuals to make cheap, efficient and effective invasion.
Due process requires the existence of a set of rules or laws that clearly define how we treat information about individuals and that appeal mechanisms available.

2) Property rights: how to move the classical concepts of patent and intellectual property in digital technology? What are these rights and how to protect? Information technology has hindered the protection of property because it is very easy to copy or distribute computer information networks. Intellectual property is subject to various protections under three patents:
Trade secrets: Any intellectual work product used for business purposes may be classified as secret.
Copyright: It is a concession granted by law to protect creators of intellectual property against copying by others for any purpose for a period of 28 years.
Patents: A patent gives the holder, for 17 years, an exclusive monopoly on the ideas on which an invention.

3) Responsibility and control: Who is responsible and who controls the use and abuse of information from the People. The new information technologies are challenging existing laws regarding liability and social practices, to force individuals and institutions accountable for their actions.

4) Quality systems: What data standards, information processing programs should be required to ensure the protection of individual rights and society? It can hold individuals and organizations for avoidable and foreseeable consequences if their obligation is to see and correct.

5) Quality of life: What values should be preserved and protected in a society based on information and knowledge? What institutions should protect and which should be protected? The negative social costs of introducing information technologies and systems are growing along with the power of technology. Computers and information technologies can destroy valuable elements of culture and society, while providing benefits.

These five dimensions represent very good guideline considerations, ethical questions and answers should be a company when introducing a new technology.