19 March 2024

XIX International Computer Fair 2024 opens its doors.

With the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, and Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister, the XIX International Computer Fair 2024 was inaugurated today, at the Pabexpo fairgrounds.

Ariadne Plasencia Castro, president of the Computer and Communications Business Group (GEIC) and executive secretary of the event, expressed that this exhibition section shows the interest of the largest of the Antilles in the development of information and communications technologies ( ICT) and the will of professionals in the sector for the growth of Cuban society.

Plasencia Castro considered that Information Technology, both at the Convention and at the Fair, allows the promotion of the image of Cuba as a nation in conditions and with ample capacity for the development of ICT based on the improvements of citizens. The president of GEIC stated that the event is a space for exchange of parties interested in the advances of these technologies that support the digital transformation process of several nations.

At the Fair, he stated, there are some 49 stands, of which 15 belong to foreign companies from a dozen countries, while from Cuba there are state entities and new economic actors linked to the generation of goods, services and computer solutions. For Plasencia Castro, the 2024 Computer Science Fair is a stage where universities and the Cuba Stand also come together, showing the panorama of ICT in the country.

15 March 2024

Computing 2024: Odoo Workshop with Desoft.

As part of the activities prior to the XIX International Computer Convention and Fair 2024 to be held next week in the Cuban capital, the Computer Applications Company, Desoft, developed the “Odoo with Desoft” workshop with the purpose of socializing its experiences in the use of this Integrated Management System that offers modules for all the processes of an entity, known as ERP, for its acronym in English.

From this application, created by a Belgian company, which has more than 7 million clients in the world, Desoft developed Zoom LC (Cuban localization of Odoo), a scalable Integrated Management System that offers modules for all processes of an entity, and that has been certified by all the governing entities of the country from the accounting point of view, product quality and computer security.

The workshop was held at the Habana Libre Hotel and included the participation of more than 70 Cuban companies and other organizations interested in introducing this software, through which they will be able to monitor all the entity's indicators, measure the management of their processes 24 hours a day. , from any computer including mobile devices.

The event program included a keynote lecture by Aylin Febles Estrada, President of the Union of Computer Scientists of Cuba on Digital Transformation, needs and challenges in contemporary Cuba, where she highlighted the role of innovation and the need for solutions correspond to the computerization priorities given the current situation of the country.

 Febles also highlighted the imperative need to educate all Cuban public servants so that they know what it means to provide a digital service, as well as the importance of our public policies introducing the issue of data management as assets to be socialized with. the proper protection that is required.

14 March 2024

Informatics 2024: The Cuban commitment to digital transformation.

To provide the population with updated information on two important events that will take place between March 18 and 22 in Havana: the XIX International Computer Convention and Fair 2024 and the third edition of the “Patria” Colloquium, this Wednesday, March 13, was dedicated March the Round Table. Engineer Wilfredo González Vidal, First Deputy Minister of Communications and Executive President of the XIX International Computer Science Convention and Fair 2024, said when speaking on television that next Monday the 18th a new edition of the aforementioned convention and its associated fair will be inaugurated.

“It is an event that began in 1988; It has been maintained systematically and today for us it constitutes the main scientific event and exhibition of information and communication technologies in our country,” he said. “It is not a coincidence that in the last two editions we talk about issues linked to the digital society, to digital transformation. This is undoubtedly a purpose of the Ministry of Communications, of the rest of the national organizations and entities, because digital transformation is truly a very transversal process throughout the economy and society,” said González Vidal.