São Paulo - Approximately 80 thousand qualified professionals in the informatics sector are gathered at the 13th IT (Information Technology) Brazil COMDEX/Sucesu - SP 2004, which runs through tomorrow (20) in São Paulo. Company representatives from eighty countries, including the United States, Spain, Singapore, Canada, the Netherlands, South Korea, China, and Taiwan, are participating in the event, which brings together exhibitors and buyers to do business. The meeting also offers an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with and discuss new technologies.

The IT Brazil COMDEX is one of the most important corporate encounters in the technology field in Latin America, under the international aegis of COMDEX, which holds similar events in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In Brazil the event is co-sponsored by the Computer and Telecommunications Users Society (Sucesu).

The commercial director of the IT Brazil COMDEX, Marcus Faria, believes that more deals will be concluded this year than in 2003. "Despite the recessive market we face, we are optimistic that more business will be done than last year."

This year's fair occupies an area of 47 thousand square meters, with 420 exhibitors, including 80 foreign exhibitors who seek partnerships in Brazil.

At this forum representatives of IT and telecommunications industries will discuss the next Internet generation (Internet Protocol - IP - version 6), to prepare the country for this new technology.

Agência Brasil
Reporter: Leonardo Stavale
Translator: David Silberstein
08/19/2004