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The study UPS Business Monitor Latin America (LAMF), now in its fourth edition, shows that small and Medium Enterprises (Sees) in Latin America are finally seeing signs of recovery for the first time since 2008. The study shows that nearly 80 percent of Sibs surveyed projected an economic improvement over the next 12 months – and are planning accordingly. Although they have not returned to the performance levels seen before the crisis, Sees have confirmed a significant decline in labor force reductions and placed the Marketing and Sales as its main investment priorities for 2011, and include the administration of the supply chain as a strategy to increase their competitiveness.

“The study’s findings are the latest LAMF very optimistic considering that economic conditions for Sees in Latin America are improving, and are seeing opportunities for future growth,” said Romaine Sequin, President, and UPS Americas. “Sibs are stabilizing their workforce and are ready to invest in strategies that will help them take advantage of the boom that will bring 2011. The study LAMF is a resource that offers businesses of all sizes to help you stay aware of opportunities and trends in their region to enable them to develop business strategies that will enable them to grow their revenue. “

Since 2006, UPS made the study LAMF among the leaders of Sees for the views, attitudes and practices of decision makers in the region. The 2010 edition of LAMF was developed with the participation of over 800 Sees surveyed in seven countries in the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico.

SAP is currently developing database in-memory-type columns that will significantly accelerate the time of data analysis. Before the RAM is much cheaper, running a terabyte of data in a relational database represented a cost of nearly one million dollars. Today, does it in a database column have an approximate cost of $ 10,000?

The progress made by SAP in this area should, in addition to the investigations conducted within the company, three recent developments that came to transform the nature of data mining and analysis of huge volumes: 64-bit computing the availability of multi-core servers and the invariable decline in costs associated with the production of memory chips. Using obsolete 32-bit systems that were used earlier, 64-bit computing offers a capacity of RAM (Random Access Memory) considerably broader. For its part, multi-core servers or multi-core accelerates the speed at which they are carried out computational operations. For completeness, the RAM memory prices continue to fall without stopping. The sum of these factors allowed SAP to give free rein to develop solutions in-memory computer.

How in-memory computing will improve the productivity of companies?
Memory computing will enable organizations to gain knowledge in real time from their business systems and information technology and business decisions more effective and informed. The CEOs will have direct access to SAP systems and extract the information needed to conduct the operations of your organization, get answers to any questions in less than a second. This powerful control over the business, underpinned by strong levels of agility and flexibility will be useful for not only top executives, but also can be channeled through the organizational hierarchy to enable the different layers of the companies during the process of making decisions.

Memory computing developed by SAP provide clear visibility in real time on the information available about the operations of the company and its executives will extract the information they need when they need it. The very magnitude of the volumes of data and computing power required at the past to analyze the data limited these efforts to generate default data analysis.

In line with the growth of the area planted to maize and use by producers of more expensive varieties, better technology, the crop seed industry forecasts a turnover in this crop year $ 100 million increase over last cycle. In particular, the business of selling seed corn will rise to 400 million dollars against 300 million in 2009, according to industry estimates.

Last year, trade between grain and fodder, were implemented in Argentina 3.2 million acres. “There are already 3.6 million hectares for [planned between the two uses of cereal], but there may be 4.2 million hectares,” said Paul Olalla, director of marketing and strategy for Monsanto South America.

With regard to estimates, the consultant Gritted expected that the area is located between 3.7 and 4 million hectares. Meanwhile, yesterday, in his usual weekly report, the Grain Exchange in Buenos Aires reported that for surface bound commercial grain (excluding fodder) has already implemented 26% of an estimated area of 3 million hectares.

The billing data of maize seed industry in contrast to the soybean business. Although the latter is almost four times more area than the cereal, seed is lower for billing. In maize, all seed is audited and the producer must buy season after season. In contrast, in soybean, only 30% are audited, and the rest is divided between the proper use (seed the producer of a campaign to save the other) and the illegal market. In response, soy industry turnover of around U.S. $ 240 million.

According Olalla, the largest projected sales of corn seed industry due to “increased the area” and more technology. “Before buying the producer [seeds] low, medium and high technology, but today it does for medium and high technology,” said Olalla. Last year the producer paid an average of nearly $ 100 per bag of seed, and now that value is around $ 110.