About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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As part of its consolidation strategy in Latin America and the United States, Epidata appoints Juan Cibeira as BDM (Business Development Manager), with the mission of leading Gestión IT’s growth initiatives.

Buenos Aires, December 2023 – Epidata, a leading company in innovation and software development outsourcing with a presence in Latin America and the USA, announces the appointment of Juan Cibeira as the Business Development Manager (BDM) for Gestión IT. Epidata is a leading company in Testing and Quality services in Argentina with international ISTQB® certification, following the recent acquisition of the firm.

The promotion of Juan Cibeira to BDM, along with the development of a specific action and investment plan led by the new manager, marks a milestone in Epidata’s strategy to consolidate and expand the development of the acquired company, positioning it as an independent operational unit in its own right.

Juan Cibeira, who joined Epidata as a trainee in August 2005, has played key roles throughout his career at the company, showcasing his talent and dedication. He has excelled in numerous projects from the beginning, taking on different leadership positions as he progressed in his professional journey as an “epidater.”

Over the years, Cibeira has evolved and diversified his experience, working with technologies such as .NET, Java, and Oracle. In 2014/15, he transitioned into management, leading integration teams and projects. In 2019, he took on broader responsibilities, managing end-to-end accounts and development teams, ultimately leading to his appointment.

In his own words, Juan Cibeira shares his career vision at Epidata: “I am happy with the journey I have taken and excited to face this new challenge. I achieved the goal of that first day: to learn and continue learning,” reflecting Epidata’s values.

His extensive experience at Epidata and in the IT market will accelerate synergy and business integration processes to leverage both companies in the region. The ultimate goal is to acquire new clients and add comprehensive Testing and Software Quality solutions for current clients, solidifying both companies’ positions as leaders in the regional technology market.

About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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About Gestión IT

Gestión IT is a Technology Consulting company, established since 2002 by a team of multidisciplinary professionals with extensive experience in the IT and Business Processes sector. Their primary expertise and reputation are based on Testing and Software Quality, covering all aspects in this knowledge area, ranging from training, capacity building, functional and non-functional testing, to consulting for the initiation and improvement of testing activities.

As the only Gold Partner of ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) in Argentina, Gestión IT operates its own Service Center and consistently works on training its own professionals and those in the IT sector. The company’s main clients and strengths in management lie in the Banking, Fintech, and General Financial Services sectors, also extending to large companies in other sectors and government.

Website: www.gestionit.com.ar

Our CEO, Adrián Anacleto, was interviewed by Revista Apertura, one of Argentina’s leading business publications, part of the Grupo El Cronista for all of Latin America, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary since its regular release into the market.

In this special edition, which brings together the country’s top business leaders, Adrián Anacleto talked about his life story, the origins of Epidata, and his vision for the future of the business, during a special time for our company due to its consolidation in Latin America after starting operations in Brazil.

In the interview conducted by Eugenia Iglesia, Anacleto highlighted that, despite the difficulties, he “was lucky” to come across key individuals along his journey who propelled him towards success. By studying Computer Science at the University of Buenos Aires, he became the first in his family to obtain a university degree.

Later, he co-founded Epidata in 2003 with two partners, initially focusing on software architecture development. Subsequently, our company began to consolidate by offering innovation outsourcing services in sectors such as telecommunications, banking, technology, retail, and healthcare. For example, with innovative projects ranging from designing the home banking system for the Link network to supporting the vaccination process in the City of Buenos Aires during the pandemic.

In the interview, Anacleto reflected on his experience as an entrepreneur, which led to having a company with over 500 employees, and his perspective on meritocracy. While recognizing the importance of individuals attaining positions based on merit, he also emphasized the need to “provide sincere opportunities for everyone,” beyond quotas or policies of positive discrimination.

“The knowledge industry is the most inclusive industry you can have. It allows young people to escape poverty: with a young person who gets their first job in systems, you can lift an entire family out of poverty. That’s an incredible force, and this industry has it.”

However, he also acknowledged the barriers and challenges in the software industry. He mentioned facing discrimination throughout his career and emphasized the importance of working towards inclusion and diversity within companies. Additionally, he revealed that Argentina has the potential to become an industrialized country through the software industry, but it requires appropriate policies and a strategic approach from the government to foster its growth.

Despite this situation, Anacleto underscored that Epidata has a strong regional presence but also exports services. He also revealed that the goal is to “transcend” by doing things that the company enjoys and that can transform people’s lives.

“I believe there is room for another large company in Latin America, and Epidata can be one of them. And today, clients see that as a great value.”

If you want to read the entire article to learn more about Epidata’s history and business vision, as told firsthand by Adrián Anacleto, click here.

About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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At Epidata, we continue to embrace innovation. One of the major transformations currently impacting the industry is artificial intelligence, through tools like ChatGPT. But that’s not the only one! For example, our partner Microsoft has recently introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot.

This solution is presented as a “copilot for work” due to its useful features for users and businesses, promising increased productivity and quality in day-to-day tasks. Let us explain how Microsoft 365 Copilot enables the enhancement of digital transformation through artificial intelligence.

Microsoft 365 Copilot: What is it and how does it work?

Microsoft 365 Copilot is a tool that combines large language models (LLMs) with business data to function within Microsoft 365 applications. The goal is to improve users’ creativity, productivity, and skills through artificial intelligence functions.

Currently, the tool is in the testing phase with selected enterprise customers. This service will work with Microsoft 365 customers in two ways:

1. Through traditional integration with everyday Microsoft 365 applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Teams.
2. Through a completely new and innovative experience: Business Chat. Business Chat operates using LLM with Microsoft 365 applications, calendars, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and contacts of a customer to perform tasks that couldn’t be done before. You can instruct Business Chat to perform a task, such as “explain to my team the updates we’ve had on the marketing strategy during the past week.” It will provide automatic status updates based on meetings, emails, and chats from the week.

How Microsoft 365 Copilot will enable a new way of working

The key to this new tool is that users—and consequently, businesses—will be able to increase productivity without losing control. In other words, it will always be possible to choose which artificial intelligence functionalities to preserve and which ones to modify, thus improving the quality of tasks through automation.

As a result, creativity in Word, formula analysis in Excel, or design in PowerPoint can be improved, among other things. This is achieved by combining the power of large language models with user data and applications, transforming words—instructions—into a productivity tool.

Furthermore, Microsoft Copilot 365 operates within the context of each business. By analyzing information, it can offer relevant and actionable results tailored to each company, while ensuring security and efficiency.

Changes in Workflow

This product of Office 365 will transform the workflow of work teams:

• Copilot in Word: Write, edit, summarize, and create together with others as they work.
• Copilot in PowerPoint: The presentation creation process becomes more creative by turning ideas into a designed presentation through natural language commands.
• Copilot in Excel: It can assist in unlocking information, identifying trends, or creating professional-looking data visualizations in a fraction of the time.
• Copilot in Outlook: Useful for synthesizing and managing the inbox to allow more time for real communication.
• Copilot in Teams: Enables more productive meetings with real-time summaries and action points directly within the conversation context.
• Copilot in Power Platform: Helps developers of all skill levels accelerate development with low-code tools, introducing two new capabilities within Power Apps and Power Virtual Agents.
• Business Chat: Gathers data from documents, presentations, emails, calendar, notes, and contacts to assist in summarizing chats, writing emails, finding key dates, or even drafting a plan based on other project files.

Empowering work teams

In summary, this tool promises to transform the workflow within companies, ensuring efficiency and productivity through task automation. That’s why at Epidata, we believe that Microsoft’s proposed AI can become an empowering tool for work teams, enabling each company to achieve more and better objectives.

At Epidata, we are constantly seeking to incorporate new technologies to continue evolving and providing our clients with disruptive solutions through our Innovation Outsourcing proposition.

We invite you to join our upcoming webinar: “AI: Microsoft and Epidata’s Vision Applied to Your Business.” Sign up for free.

*References: Adapted from Microsoft (2023): https://news.microsoft.com/es-xl/presentamos-microsoft-365-copilot-su-copiloto-para-el-trabajo/

About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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At Epidata, we firmly believe in building work teams based on values such as merit, responsibility, and diversity, through policies that promote equal opportunities. And this implies understanding that work experience is no longer a determining factor when selecting new talent.

Having “X” years of work experience, in such a dynamic world as the present, does not in itself signify a value. On the contrary, it is human values and technical knowledge that determine someone’s aptitude for a position, regardless of how many years they have been working in a particular industry in the same way. 

Therefore, it becomes necessary to lead a paradigm shift in personnel selection processes, which involves ceasing to promote and conduct searches for collaborators based on the criterion of “work experience”, and beginning to focus on knowledge. 

For this reason, at Epidata we will stop considering all job offers that focus on “work experience” as valid, discriminating selection according to “time” variables. We invite you to discover why we believe that time is not a teacher. 

Time is not a teacher: values and skills are more important than work experience

The world of work is characterized enormously by a particular trait: its dynamism. We do not use the same applications, languages, or development methodologies that we did 10, 5, or even 2 years ago. After all, the pandemic has generated a change in perspective around technology, but also about the way we work. 

Since the pandemic, more and more organizations decided to build a better workplace by orienting themselves towards remote work, understanding all the virtues of productivity, efficiency, and comfort, without losing sight of the commitment to take on new innovative challenges for the market.

But are job search processes up to such a transformation? It seems not. We consider that measuring a person’s professional “value” by the years they have been doing a task does not make much sense. In the present day, evaluating work experience when hiring someone could be counterproductive. 

Having “10 years of experience” does not necessarily mean something relevant to the current industry. Does this mean that experience is worthless in the market? No, quite the opposite. According to the RAE, experience is “knowledge of something, or skill for it, acquired by having done it, lived it, felt it or suffered it one or more times.” Experience is knowledge, and the focus is on measuring knowledge, not “task years”. 

Epidata, promoting equal job opportunities since 2003

The elimination of searches based on the “years of work experience” criterion is just one of how we have been promoting equal opportunities since 2003. Since then we have worked on several things that we decided to do because we truly believe in them. 

For example, “blind CVs” is another way to avoid discrimination based on work experience, as well as sex, and other prejudices. We feel that it is a form of discrimination that has become naturalized in the market and that needs to be changed. Therefore, we emphasize and seek to ensure that there is no discrimination of any kind at Epidata.

Thus, the selection parameters for new collaborators are based solely on the company’s competencies and values. This has resulted, for example, in our management team being one of the most diverse in the market, with a mix of ages, religions, tastes, styles, nationalities, and a large majority of women.

Knowledge and Merit: The Key to Continuing to Grow in the Business World

Now, it’s time to stop discriminating based on “years of work experience”. In an increasingly changing world, where professionals have to adapt to the emergence of new technological challenges, the ability to transform and assimilate new skills becomes one of the determining factors in the workplace.

If we want to promote constant innovation in the market, guaranteeing developments that transform the lives of millions of people, it becomes essential that selection processes adapt to the current reality. This implies removing the selection criterion based on “years of experience” and replacing it with true knowledge and adaptability.

This will be one of the keys to the future of work, which will result in the creation of the best workplace in the coming years. The desire to grow and the acquisition of modern technical skills should guide future team selection processes at work because time is not a teacher.

About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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The world of technology requires being at the forefront, not only to ensure the best quality in each of the deliveries but also to optimize each of the software creation processes. In this sense, agile methodologies we implement at Epidata can be a great solution to ensure clean, stable, and efficient development cycles, which can significantly benefit your company.

What are agile methodologies?

So, what is an agile methodology? Agile methodologies in IT are ways in which companies decide to work, to generate efficiency and flexibility when it comes to achieving different objectives. Thus, a project can be molded to its environment, ensuring rapid adaptation to the dynamism of the market. 

Now, agile project management ensures that all work processes are optimized. In other words, by properly dividing and organizing all flows, reprocesses due to errors are avoided, the quality of delivery to customers is improved and a level of stability is guaranteed in each development phase. 

And this leads to a restructuring of the work cycles. In an agile methodology, work is done according to specific time flows. Each team member executes a series of tasks. When they are executed, progress is delivered and feedback is received so that the process can begin again. 

Regarding their origin, agile methodologies began to come to life in 2001. In that year, Kent Beck, a software engineer from the United States, developed a set of ideas that sought to oppose formal development methodologies, such as CMMI. According to his perspective, they were too rigid and cumbersome. 

For this reason, together with several signatories, he devised the Agile Manifesto. This document details some principles that should be followed in this type of development. As time went by, different agile methodologies began to be developed, such as the Scrum Methodology, Kanban, or XP. 

What are the advantages of developments with agile methodologies?

Currently, promoting agile methodologies in different IT developments is key to achieving several benefits, such as the following:

Improved product quality

Team members constantly collaborate in the creation of the product. But that’s not all: there is also continuous improvement since the agile methodology involves making partial deliveries. Similarly, there is usually communication with the customer, who can give feedback on each step in the development of the product.

Thanks to this articulation between the work team and the customer, it is possible to know the needs every day. In addition, possible obstacles can be prevented, since each member of the group can alert the others. As a result, the final quality of the development will be higher than with traditional methodologies. That’s why Agile for Project Managers is such a good idea!

Increased speed and efficiency

Customers who trust developers who implement agile methodologies tend to be more satisfied not only with the final quality but also with the process. As the word “agile” indicates, it means that everyone will work efficiently, guaranteeing the deadlines of each phase. 

In agile teams, all parts of the project are usually worked on at the same time. Each area will have a corresponding specialist, which allows the objectives to be aligned according to the stage of development. As a reward for this decision, a functional version is delivered more quickly than if a linear methodology were chosen. 

Accelerated return on investment

It is common that, when working with a linear development method, companies do not know what stage the development is at. The processes until the final result is achieved are often long, so it takes time to see the benefits. Even worse: this delivery could also have several bugs, which delays the final release of the software.

On the other hand, having partial deliveries not only reduces these errors but also generates a faster return on investment. Therefore, with an agile methodology, the customer can be aware of most of the progress, until an MVP or a stable final product with few errors is obtained. 

3 essential philosophies in the agile developments we implement at Epidata

At Epidata we innovate with different developments based on agile methodologies, which are based on some philosophies that we implement when facing each project:

1. Divide the tasks

Each project is divided into stages. In turn, these stages have their respective activities, which our team of developers and specialists must fulfill on time, to ensure harmony and efficiency in each progress. By dividing the tasks into different deadlines, we worked together on the different objectives. 

2. Integrate the client

Customer feedback is very valuable since they can always provide new perspectives on our developments. By implementing agile methodologies, it is possible to reach a 100% satisfactory final result, since any possibility of improvement will have been implemented before the final delivery. 

3. Decrease the margin of error

By establishing priorities in each development phase, we establish control of each of the work areas, decreasing the margin of error. In case any problem appears, it can be solved quickly and efficiently since the process is transparent. 

Let’s implement these practices in Epidata projects!

In short, thanks to agile development, we can implement fast, efficient, and professional software development, with constant delivery and customer feedback. Now that you know how we work, we invite you to get to know our cases and/or projects through personalized presentations at no cost, to see how we can help you innovate in your organization.

From everything you have been able to appreciate, at Epidata we focus on developments with agile methodologies, because we believe in the virtues of this practice to enhance innovation in organizations in an efficient, effective and responsible way. Contact us for more information!

About Epidata

Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.

Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.

Epidata operates in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.

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