On p49 , Wilson Ferraz , Head of Product Finance Global , Kavak , talks us through working with Oracle NetSuite to improve access and transparency in used car sales and financing .

Kavak is currently one of the largest LATAM startups The company , born in Mexico in 2016 , arrived in Brazil just over two years ago , presenting a pioneering business model that includes online buying and selling and services for pre-owned and used vehicles .

Kavak was the first to take a different approach to LATAM ’ s used car segment – bringing significant changes to the entire industry , especially in Brazil .

Country Focus on p42 features the deployment of Blue Planet by Net Fibra Colombia to streamline delivery of wholesale fiber optic services

In Get to Know on p67 , Jason Van der Schyff , COO , SoftIron , tells us what time in tech has taught since he started building websites in high school .

As Wilson outlines , the implementation of NetSuite was a crucial step towards Kavak ’ s digital transformation .

That ’ s just a sample of what ’ s inside – enjoy the read .

In CIO Opinion on p39 , Thiago N . Felippe , CEO , Aiqon , addresses why CIOs and CISOs are likely to create their own software testing / secure patch management labs .

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Citing the global outage of July 2024 , Thiago says many CIOs and CISOs are likely to create their own software testing / secure patch management labs . Instead of continuing to rely on software platforms – including cybersecurity services – they will perform high-performance tests to confirm that platform updates are secure and do not conflict with other technologies . Brazil already has secure patch management solutions that facilitate the setup of these

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