14 December 2021

From the computerization of society to digital transformation in Cuba.

At the meeting of the National Innovation Council for the month of December, which was headed by the President of the Republic, there was a profound debate on the digital transformation in Cuba, an integrating concept, which is the continuity of the computerization process of Cuban society. For some years, Cuba has been going through a process that has been defined as the computerization of society: one of the three pillars that supports government management.

Although the actions carried out have not yet reached the magnitude demanded by the country's development, they have led to unquestionable advances in government and electronic commerce. Concepts, like life itself, evolve and lead to refining and expanding processes to get the most out of them. Along this path, Cuba assumes new precepts that lead it towards digital transformation: a new moment in which digital technologies are integrated in all areas of society, where the center of doing is people.

"Contributing and interesting", according to the evaluations of the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, was the debate that aroused this issue during the meeting of the National Innovation Council for the month of December, which took place at the Palacio of the Revolution.

The scope and speed associated with new digital technologies —explained Ailyn Febles Estrada, president of the Cuban Union of Informatics— has led us to define digital transformation with new paradigms, as a time superior to computerization. «It is not fashion, it is something that is here to stay. It is not a simple change, it is revolutionary in many ways. It is a process, he said, it is not something that takes one day or two: it is an evolutionary process, very complex and demanding, which requires the participation of all and on which there is still no consensus in its conceptualization.

As an essential support for this new moment, the rector of the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI), Raydel Montesino Perurena, commented on some of the actions that are carried out in the country for education and training on these issues. This, he said, is a "strategic issue to achieve the digital transformation that we have proposed."

 

 

09 December 2021

"Desoft opens its doors", virtual meeting with customers.

The Desoft Division in the Cuban capital carried out an exchange with its clients through the first Cuban platform for events and online fairs, developed by that same group.

Through the Fevexpo platform, participants were able to visit various exhibition rooms and learn about the main products and services offered by Desoft, including the systems for business management known as Zoom Cuban localization of Odoo, the declaration of Merchandise and financial management, as well as a suite for computer security and a virtual store as a form of electronic commerce.

During the opening of "Desoft opens its doors", the director of that entity, Ariadna Curbelo thanked everyone for their participation and stressed that this has been a difficult year due to the Covid19 pandemic, but the company has not lacked support , adapted to the new circumstances, including the economic transformations of the country.

The directive highlighted the work for the elaboration of several digital portals of Cuban entities, as well as the transformations made to the Official Gazette of Cuba, an important consultation site in the country.

 

08 December 2021

Urges Vice Minister of the Mincom to transform the actions of the ICT sector into a sectoral assembly of the Chamber of Comme.

In order to evaluate the progress in the chamber support program, the actions under development, the limitations to specify exports and the projections for 2022, it was held this Monday at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba (CCRC ) the Sectorial Assembly for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector chaired by Grisel Reyes León, vice minister of the Ministry of Communications (MINCOM), and Luis G. Fernández Pérez, president of the section.

The event, which took place in a blended way, had the participation of Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona and Rubén Ramos Arrieta, president and vice president of the CCRC, respectively, as well as other directors of the institution itself, the MINCOM and associated companies of the Sector. of ICT of all forms of management. In his initial speech, Carricarte Corona highlighted the participation of the Guajiritos company, the first MSME associated with the Chamber, and pointed out the need to continue promoting the integration of all the actors involved in the country's economic scenario to continue diversifying and increasing exports in all strategic sectors.

In the framework of the Assembly, the results obtained to date in the chamber's support program for the sector were presented, and it was learned that 20 Chambers and Sectorial Associations have been identified in 17 countries; as well as the affiliation to the Federation of Associations of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal of Information Technology and Communications entities (ALETI). Other actions that transcended the day were the approach of the CCRC with the Sectoral Chambers CasaTIC, AMITO, CAPATEC, among others; as well as the identification of the main markets and the promotion to attract participation in FELTI.

Among the main limitations to specify exports in the sector were the insufficient immediacy in the processes of negotiations and provision of services in the most dynamic sector of the global economy; the limited availability of products and services designed to be competitive in the international market; the centralization of export activity in a selection of state companies, when alliances with the private sector could be worked on to allow greater flexibility in business participation, and contracting with foreign clients as an alternative to evade the coercive measures of the North American blockade.

The Chamber of ICT Section has been projected for next year

: • Continue connecting companies with their counterparts in the target countries by organizing events;

• Holding business events through new contacts with Sector Chambers in other target countries in the region with greater opportunities for Cuba;

• deploy an Internet platform that allows companies to get to know each other in the local market and serves as a showcase to the world of the software industry in Cuba;

• continue promoting the electronic commerce modality among all sectors of the national industry, to diversify business opportunities and increase exports;

• Consolidate the participation of the Cuban software industry and other technology-based companies in the global value chains of Latin America and the Caribbean, especially through participation in the ALETI Working Committees; and

• Reach at least five ICT services export negotiations based on the accompaniment of the Chamber. The president of the CCRC urged to continuously promote a necessary linkage between the sectors that today constitute, in their association with ICT, a strength in the face of the diversification of Cuban exports, such as Health, Education, the Biopharmaceutical Industry, among others; He called on the members of the sector to measure the impact of chamber work from the objective evaluation of the income that is contributed to the national economy and to energize and add value to the socialist state enterprise.