"Brazil is hot on intranets" say Viberti and Saldanha

I did not realize how lively the intranet scene is in Brazil until Fernando Viberti got in touch with me and became a Network Partner for the 4th annual Global Intranet Strategies survey. His blog is definitely worth reading: “Gestao e governança web“. “Web management and governance in English.”

Lots of in-depth posts.

(I use Google’s Word Translator which I’ve recently installed in my Firefox navigation bar in order to follow intranet blogs in languages I don’t speak!)

I’ve also heard from Ricardo Saldanha, President of the Intranet Portal Institute which is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, set up to stimulate and help professionalize the Brazilian intranet space by bringing case studies and best practices to light, in a knowledge-sharing way. Fernando Viberti is also one of the Portal Institute’s directors.

Brazil also has its own Intranet Portal Award, founded by Ricardo, and now in its second year. It was started in order to recognize outstanding intranets. The first single-day event for this award is apparently considered to be a turning point in the Brazilian intranet space by intranet professionals, end users and vendors.

In addition, there is an Intranet Portal site with a discussion forum on corporate portals and intranet projetcs in Brazil. It now has around 3 thousand subscribers.

Do you need a good reason to go to Brazil on a business trip?

If so, think about participating in the two-day event in November that will be the culmination of the Intranet Portal Award for 2009. The first day will be dedicated to winners’ presentations and second day to discussion tracks on IT Integration (Portal), Content & Collaboration – and Governance.

One Response to “"Brazil is hot on intranets" say Viberti and Saldanha”

1. Ricardo Saldanha Says:
   July 29th, 2009 at 12:04 am

   Jane, we are honored, thanks for the quote!

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