The ‘Tira Paro 2017’ Hackathon, organized CANIETI, brings together university students to develop software that creates a solution to a social problem.

According to the OECD, Mexico is one of the top five countries for labor productivity in the information technology industries, ranking ahead of the USA.

During the opening ceremony of the CANIETI Annual Conference 2017, Mario de la Cruz announced near-future plans and ambitions of the IT sector in Mexico.

As part of the partnership agreement, Microsoft will give access to Azure, its popular cloud computing service for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of data centers.

She is the first lifeless speaker ever to attend the annual event designed to bring together technology talent from around the country to discuss emerging technologies, including robotic technology and virtual reality.

A number of talented Mexicans have been recognized at the regional stage of the Accenture Global Connected Hackathon, a global technology competition.

Mexico’s SCT has formally received the award granted by the World Alliance of Information Technologies and Services (WITSA), for the Red Compartida project.

Among the subjects being tutored include cloud computing, intelligent networks and internet of things (IoT), according to Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT).

Eduardo Chavez from IJALTI explains how the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the “Silicon Valley of Mexico”, Guadalajara, is working on the tech talent gap.