ABES and Think Tank articles
![Devedores tributários: coloquem as barbas de molho. SIRA deve acelerar execuções fiscais](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Dr-Manoel-Santos-ABES-1.jpg)
Tax debtors: put the beards to soak. SIRA to accelerate tax foreclosures
Manoel dos Santos
Legal Director of ABES – Brazilian Association of Software Companies
![M&A: a bola da vez](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rodolfo-Fücher-10.jpg)
M&A: the ball of the time
Rodolfo Fücher
President of the Brazilian Association of Software Companies
![M&A: a bola da vez](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rodolfo-Fücher-10.jpg)
Exponential Waves and Digital Resilience
Rodolfo Fücher
President of the Brazilian Association of Software Companies
![Primeiro ano de vigência da LGPD: os avanços foram significativos mas ainda há muito trabalho pela frente](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Thomaz-Corte-Real-a.jpg)
First year of the LGPD: progress has been significant but much work remains to be done
Thomaz Côrte Real
Member of the Legal Department of ABES and Partner of the law firm MASantos, Côrte Real e Associados
![M&A: a bola da vez](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rodolfo-Fücher-10.jpg)
Inequality: the villain is not innovation but society – Article by Rodolfo Fücher
Rodolfo Fücher
President of the Brazilian Association of Software Companies
![Desenvolvimento socioeconômico do Brasil depende de mão de obra especializada](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jamile-Sabatini.jpg)
Brazil's socioeconomic development depends on specialized labor
Jamile Sabatini Marques
Director of Innovation and Development at ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) and researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IEA)
![Precisamos acelerar a transformação digital inclusiva](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Andriei-Gutierrez-alta-2-a.jpg)
We need to accelerate inclusive digital transformation
Andriei Gutierrez
Coordinator of the Regulatory Committee of ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) and Co-founder and Coordinator of Brazil, Digital Country
![Segurança em nuvem sem uma ótima equipe não é nada](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Lauro-de-Lauro-2.jpg)
Cloud security without a great team is nothing
Lauro de Lauro
Marketing Director at ABES - Brazilian Association of the Software Industry
![Regime tributário e incentivos fiscais ajudarão a destravar o potencial de IoT no Brasil](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Werter-Padilha-1-ALTA-mperon_20170711_0251edit-scaled.jpg)
Tax regime and tax incentives will help unlock the potential of IoT in Brazil
Werter Padilha
Advisor to ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies)
![Dado: herói ou vilão? Dilema da sociedade contemporânea](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RODOLFO-FÜCHER-3-2.jpeg)
Given: hero or villain? Dilemma of contemporary society
Rodolfo Fücher
President of ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies)
![A tributação do software no STF: o tributo devido é o ISS](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Saul-Tourinho-2.jpg)
Taxation of software in the STF: the tax due is ISS
Saul Tourinho Leal
Doctor of Constitutional Law, partner at Ayres Britto Legal Consulting and Advocacy and legal advisor at ABES
![O poder do associativismo nos resultados de 2020 para o setor de tecnologia](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RODOLFO-FUCHER_-29AB.jpg-corte-3.png)
The power of associativism in the 2020 results for the technology sector
Rodolfo Fücher
President of ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies)
![Ser apenas digital não é mais uma opção](https://abes.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodolfo-Fucher.jpg)
Just being digital is no longer an option
Rodolfo Fücher
President of ABES
Pandemic cannot divert focus from the adequacy journey to the General Data Protection Law
* By Thomaz Côrte Real The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the already widespread health problems, also brought significant impacts on global economic activity. This is because one of the main measures encouraged by the Health Bodies to try to contain contagion by ...
Skilled labor is necessary for the economic and social development of Brazil
* By Jamile Sabatini Marques We are living in a polarized moment when it comes to jobs in Brazil and in the world: while companies in the technological sector lack qualified labor, there are a large number of people looking for ...
Technology in Brazil: development and prosperity on the one hand, shortage of labor and legal uncertainty on the other
* By Rodolfo Fücher Brasil, the country of the future that never arrives, or has arrived and someone hid it? As the world's breadbasket, the country has immense potential for the development of several sectors. Now, we need to focus on ...
Software Registration at INPI: easy, cheap and overlooked
By Dr. Manoel Antonio dos Santos * It is undeniable that the more digitalized the modern society becomes, the greater relevance the software deserves, the main actor in this intoxicating sector, since the computer program is present in everything ...
The future of AI will depend on smart decisions
Photo credit: tamasmatusik on Visualhunt / CC BY-NC-ND * Andriei Gutierrez Around the world questions how the authorities should treat Artificial Intelligence (AI). Should AI be guided by some minimum parameters? It should ...
The complex relationship between the tax matrix and the IT sector
By Dr. Manoel Antônio dos Santos, legal director of ABES One of these afternoons, at the headquarters of ABES, while we were talking about pleasantries and savoring a coffee and cake, I heard a symptomatic phrase from a businessman from the IT sector who was among us: “Manoel,.. .
The challenge of transforming software for cloud adoption
By Lauro de Lauro, marketing director and coordinator of the ABES Saas Committee The great challenge for software companies, founded in past decades, is to live with their extensive codes, processes and methodologies ...
Foster innovation for Brazil to grow again
By Jamile Sabatini Marques, director of Innovation and Promotion at ABES Innovation generates competitiveness in the national and international market, creates new markets and generates new forms of consumption. Encouraging innovation ...
The future has already started at exponential steps. Is our state prepared for it?
11/02/2019 By Andriei Gutierrez, Leader of the Regulatory Committee of ABES, co-founder and coordinator of the Movimento Brasil, País Digital We started 2019 with a new government and, together with it, with new expectations. The yearning for ...
ABES participation in the ICANN business group
By Paulo Milliet Roque, Vice President of ABES Since the end of 2017, ABES has been approaching the business sector of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the institution responsible for coordinating ...
Compliance: the consequences of irregular software use
By Thomaz Côrte Real, lawyer specializing in Digital Law * According to data from the BSA Global Software Survey | The Software Alliance, 46% of software installed on Brazilian computers is not properly licensed, which ...
The advances provided by the Brazilian Personal Data Protection Act
By Andriei Gutierrez, coordinator of the Regulatory Committee of ABES and co-founder and coordinator of the Movimento Brasil, País Digital After eight years of debate, on July 10, the Bill on the Protection of ...
BNDES Card as an alternative to foster innovation
By Jamile Sabatini Marques, Director of Innovation and Promotion at ABES Fostering innovation is essential for a country's economic development. Developed nations have increasingly allocated ...
SaaS, the god of destruction! Which companies will survive the "death valley"?
By Francisco Camargo, President of ABES Software companies are going through a period of intense transformation. According to estimates by ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies), 40% of members ...
There was no change in the tax burden on SaaS
By Manoel Antonio dos Santos, legal director at ABES Regarding the article published on the IPNews Portal, on August 14, entitled "Taxes on cloud software increase by almost 40% in Brazil", ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) clarifies ...
Promotion, innovation and competitiveness
* By Jamile Sabatini Marques That Brazilians are creative people, everyone knows. But taking advantage of this creativity to generate a more competitive country is what we need to improve. Companies that stood out for their creativity were ...
Credit to innovation generates a wave of prosperity in the economy
* By Jamile Sabatini Marques, director of Innovation and Promotion at ABES Today, Brazilian public investments in innovation do not reach 1% of GDP in Brazil. OECD member countries give more support ...