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Microsoft, the software giant based in Redmond (Washington, USA), brought together more than 400 partners and customers in the sixth edition of CEUS (Spanish Conference of Users of Share Point) that took place in Madrid.

During the event, attendees were able to know important developments within the range of Microsoft business productivity tools and collaboration, as is the new version of Microsoft Share Point 2010 integration with Office 2010 or the new tools of the company’s Unified Communications (Microsoft Lynch) with improved connectivity to employees of companies, regardless of the program you are working, achieving greater integration of communications.

Microsoft Share Point 2010 is the ideal platform to help organizations respond quickly to major business needs. The new version has a better development platform that enables collaboration and content building RIA applications more easily, improving the capabilities of the Web sites and helps companies increase revenue and to retain Customers in one platform, not to mention the flexibility to choose between traditional or solutions in the cloud (cloud computing).

Such is its economic impact, a study conducted by Forrester to understand the financial impact is investing in the latest version of Share Point, and in which detailed interviews with 11 Microsoft customers that have already begun using product, shows that in the first twelve months using Share Point 2010 companies get up to 108% ROI (return on investment), which also results in a clear increase in worker productivity, which improves average two weeks a year. In addition, this report reveals that after

The power failures have become one of the greatest threats to productivity and security faced by businesses. According to a report from IBM, computer systems deal with about 120 monthly anomalies in electricity, which include power outages, power surges and power spikes that can lead to data loss, low productivity, degradation of the devices or damage severe equipment.

In today’s corporate environments, a cut in energy not only affects the work of those who remain ‘tied’ to their offices, but also to employees who use collaboration tools for remote working, who can not access the servers of the company through their smart phones or laptops. That, excluding organizations that require electricity to key business functions and customer service, such as banks, hospital and offices for collection.

With this scenario, power protection solutions are a basic need to protect the assets of any organization. “While today’s computers and computer systems are becoming cheaper, information and value that represents access to it has grown exponentially. Therefore, even for an SME, ensure the integrity of the information is determinant and cannot be postponed, “said Hector Martinez, manager of business development for APC business.

The foundation for these solutions are electric power systems (UPS, for its acronym in English), similar devices, but power regulators that integrate internal batteries: When a power outage, automatically deliver emergency electric power, which translates in valuable minutes for employees to terminate their sessions properly (without loss of information) or system administrators to launch electric generators to ensure continuity in the operation.

Even the most advanced UPS include software applications that allow them to turn off computers and save changes to open files automatically, if the electrical damage occurs at a time when staff is not present, as at dawn or weekends.

One of the most repetitive in the print and electronic media such as television, radio or the Internet is related to competitiveness and productivity of our country or state, or even municipalities and cities. Unfortunately, the continuous mention of these issues by the media is often related to lack of competitiveness, not good news about progress in Mexico and its various regions.

Thus, our country, despite the economy being in size number 13 worldwide in 2010 took place 66 in terms of competitiveness according to the World Economic Forum, having lost six places in the last year. Unfortunately, our beloved state of Pueblo is ranked 24 among the 32 states of our country according to data from the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.

Certainly, many factors must combine to improve the competitiveness of the states or countries. It requires, for example, better legal conditions and greater respect for the rule of law, greater interest in the care of the environment or organizational cultures are more oriented to innovation. However, it has identified that a high value added industry that can also support the growth of competitiveness in other industries is that of information technology. That is, countries or regions invest in the development of the industry local information technology, thereby achieving not only the creation of jobs generated by this industry, but increased productivity in other industries use given to these technologies in business. This additional benefit is only possible if business leaders understand the benefits of technology and its applications within their own industry, be it tourism, production of goods or services.

At the University of the Americas Pueblo, we are concerned to influence the competitiveness of our state and our country. Therefore, in our career in Business Administration, we want our graduates understand the impact of information technologies in their daily lives and in their use in an intelligent way to promote productivity and innovation in their companies. Moreover, in our race and Business Information Technology, we are training professionals in the promotion of innovation in both public and private organizations. Do you have questions about these races? Come to us and get all the information you need.