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Dear Readers,
In this edition: Ci&T Wraps Successful 2009; McDonalds Improves IT Process Efficiency with Ci&T; Yahoo! Invigorates Its Brand and Reach by Outsourcing to Ci&T; Ci&T’s Leonardo Mattiazzi Teaches Companies to Embrace Lean IT and Ci&T’s latest podcast!
For companies around the world, 2009 was a very complex year. It is precisely in these moments that the union of technical ability, innovation and creativity can really make a difference for companies. This is something that we’ve always believed at Ci&T.
Wishing you a very happy holiday and a bright new year!
The Ci&T Team
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Podcast: Taking the ‘A’ Train
Take a listen to our second podcast with Leonardo Mattiazzi and Jack Cesareo of Ci&T. They discuss linking lean principals to practical examples in IT. Specifically, they talk about best practices for managing a lean environment and how best practices for lean manufacturing can be linked to lean IT. You can also download this podcast for free on iTunes.

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Ci&T Wraps Successful 2009, Contributes to Brazil’s Emergence as Growing IT-BPO Center
Ci&T announced that it has contributed significantly to Brazil’s emergence as a top IT outsourcing destination by concluding its most successful year ever. By successfully undertaking new client projects for companies such as McDonalds, Andrade Gutierrez and Honda, and participating in several key global outsourcing events, Ci&T now stands poised for even further growth in 2010, as Brazil continues to lead the Latin American IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) explosion on the world stage. (Read more here)

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McDonalds Improves IT Process Efficiency with Ci&T
Ci&T recently announced that McDonalds Brazil has leveraged its unique offerings to optimize IT processes across 568 restaurants around the country. Using a lean approach to IT, Ci&T was able to create improvements in control and efficiency that McDonalds expects will enable it to divert approximately 15 to 20 percent of its maintenance costs to new product development and innovation. (Read more here)
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Yahoo! Invigorates Its Brand and Reach by Outsourcing to a Brazilian Supplier
Over the years, Yahoo! has tapped many companies to help keep its Web portals user-friendly, responsive, and content compliant within the countries it serves. However, many of them are strictly vendors, working with direction from Yahoo!, but with no real stake in the engagement other than fees. A few have morphed into outsourcing partners. One is Brazilian-based Ci&T, a consulting and technology outsourcing services company and CMMI Level 5 independent software developer (ISV). Ci&T provides consulting and technology services, including customized applications, SAP, business intelligence, business process management, IT governance, digital marketing, and Web 2.0 applications. (Read more here)
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Ci&T’s Leonardo Mattiazzi Teaches Companies to Embrace Lean IT
Recently, Leonardo Mattiazzi, vice president, international business for Ci&T, and Lean IT evangelist has taken to blogging. Mattiazzi aims to share his knowledge around the business benefits and best practices derived from Lean IT. He has been contributing frequently to the CIO forum on CIO.com. Take a look at what our expert has to say! (Read more here)
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Ci&T Attends U.S. Brazil IT BPO Summit
On Nov. 10, 2009, many IT decision makers with leading roles in government, industry, media and research gathered in New York City at the U.S.-Brazil IT BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Summit to explore how Brazil is becoming an increasingly popular partner for U.S. investors and companies looking to expand their global footprint. (Read more here)
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