Compasso UOL is an

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Group-owned

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firm. The firm has a staff of 1,300 employees and operates throughout

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. Before 2020, Compasso UOL was named UOL DIVEO, but was fragmented in Compasso UOL and UD Tecnologia (former division that was sold and owns four

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s: three in the city of

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and one in

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). Gil Torquato is the firm's

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Operations

In December 2010, UOL Group purchased Diveo Broadband Network, an

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technology outsourcing firm established in 1996, for R$693.5 million via its subsidiaries UOL Host Data and DHC Outsourcing. In the same year, UOL Group merged UOL Host Data, DHC Outsourcing, and Diveo Broadband network into UOL DIVEO. UOL DIVEO provides infrastructure and IT

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outsourcing, as well as application services, managed security services, payment processes, business integration solutions, customized Oracle services,

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services and platforms, and capital markets and telecommunications services.

Subsidiaries

In March 2010, UOL Group purchased Tech4B, a

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and software performance firm. UOL DIVEO acquired Solvo, an environment and technology infrastructure managing consulting firm in March 2012. In February of the following year, UOL DIVEO purchased Compasso Informática, a consulting and technology firm that specializes in Oracle Middleware. In May, UOL DIVEO launched UOL DIVEO Broker, a subsidiary company that serves capital markets with an integrated platform in compliance with the norms and standards of

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References

{{reflist Grupo Folha Information technology companies of Brazil Companies based in São Paulo