Software in Brazil Niche and Emerging Markets Analysis

This analysis identifies niche and emerging markets (whitespaces) within the Brazilian software industry by cross-referencing demand-side opportunities (unmet customer needs and pain points) with offer-side opportunities (emerging technologies, new business models, and innovative solutions). The goal is to provide strategic insights for growth and innovation.

Opportunities Analysis

The following table analyzes demand-side opportunities (rows) versus offer-side opportunities (columns) to identify potential whitespaces in the Brazilian software market. Each cell details the specific whitespace opportunity, supporting insights, key challenges, and potential solutions or innovations.

Demand-Side Opportunities (Unmet Needs / Pains) vs. Offer-Side Opportunities (Potential Solutions / Innovations)

Demand-Side Opportunities (Unmet Needs / Pains)	Offer: Cloud-Native SaaS & Advanced Architectures (e.g., Edge, PWA)	Offer: AI/ML Integration & Automation Platforms	Offer: Specialized & Scalable Cybersecurity Solutions (incl. MSSP/MDR for SMBs)	Offer: Targeted Vertical SaaS Platforms (Agro, Health, Mfg., etc.)	Offer: Legacy Modernization & Integration Tools (Low-code, API-first, XaaS)	Offer: Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) & RegTech	Offer: Talent Augmentation & Citizen Development (Low-Code/No-Code, AI Copilots)	Offer: Innovative Public Sector Procurement & Distribution Models
1. Seamless Legacy Modernization (for large enterprises, finance, gov)	Whitespace: SaaS-based modernization platforms and cloud-native re-hosting/re-platforming services. Insights: Many legacy systems (COBOL/AS-400) still exist. Cloud offers scalability for modernized apps. Challenges: Complexity of monolithic apps, data migration risks, skill gap in legacy and cloud. Solutions: Phased cloud migration strategies, containerization of legacy components, specialized cloud migration factories.	Whitespace: AI-driven code analysis and conversion tools for legacy systems; AI-powered testing for modernized applications. Insights: AI can accelerate understanding and transformation of complex legacy code. Challenges: Accuracy of AI conversion, need for human oversight, training data for legacy languages. Solutions: AI tools for automated documentation, code refactoring suggestions, anomaly detection in migrated systems.	Whitespace: Integrating modern security into legacy modernization projects from the outset (DevSecOps for modernization). Insights: Modernized systems inherit new vulnerabilities if not secured properly. Challenges: Securing hybrid environments, applying zero-trust to legacy components. Solutions: Security assessments pre-migration, embedded security controls in CI/CD pipelines for modernization.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific modernization pathways that incorporate industry-specific SaaS solutions. Insights: Finance and gov have unique legacy constraints and modernization needs. Challenges: Deep domain expertise for vertical modernization, regulatory compliance during transition. Solutions: Pre-configured connectors to vertical SaaS from legacy systems, industry-specific data migration templates.	Whitespace: Low-code/no-code platforms for rapid API creation around legacy systems, enabling gradual replacement. Insights: API-first approach allows new services to consume legacy data/logic. Challenges: Performance of API layers, security of exposed legacy functions. Solutions: SaaS connectors, low-code migration suites, API gateways, modernization-as-a-service.	Whitespace: Tools to ensure modernized systems meet current regulatory requirements (e.g., LGPD) from day one. Insights: Modernization is an opportunity to embed compliance. Challenges: Mapping old data structures to new compliance rules. Solutions: Automated data discovery and classification for LGPD during migration, compliance checks in modernization workflows.	Whitespace: Low-code platforms to rebuild parts of legacy systems with citizen developers, reducing reliance on scarce legacy skills. Insights: Offload simpler functionalities to low-code development. Challenges: Governance of citizen development, integration with core legacy. Solutions: Co-development models using low-code for front-ends or specific modules, AI-assisted legacy code understanding.	Whitespace: Phased modernization approaches for public sector legacy systems, leveraging cloud for agility once procured. Insights: Public sector needs modernization but faces procurement hurdles. Challenges: Long procurement cycles for large modernization projects. Solutions: Modular modernization contracts, outcome-based pricing for modernization efforts.
2. Resilient “Low-Connectivity” SaaS (for SMBs outside SP/RJ; agri-business)	Whitespace: SaaS applications architected for offline-first functionality, efficient data synchronization, and graceful degradation in low-bandwidth scenarios using PWA and Edge. Insights: 48% SMBs report connection drops; >30M users below 25 Mbps. Challenges: Complex sync logic, state management, ensuring data integrity. Solutions: Edge-enabled SaaS, PWA-based solutions with robust offline capabilities, regional CDN partnerships, lightweight app design.	Whitespace: AI-powered predictive caching and data pre-fetching for users in known low-connectivity zones. Insights: AI can anticipate data needs based on usage patterns. Challenges: Accuracy of prediction, battery consumption on mobile devices. Solutions: On-device ML models for smart synchronization, adaptive data compression based on network quality.	Whitespace: Secure offline data storage and secure synchronization mechanisms for sensitive data in low-connectivity apps. Insights: Offline data is vulnerable if not properly secured. Challenges: Encryption/decryption overhead, secure key management offline. Solutions: End-to-end encryption for data at rest (offline) and in transit, local device security features.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific SaaS (e.g., AgTech, field services) with deep offline capabilities tailored to remote work. Insights: Agri-business and field operations often occur in areas with no connectivity. Challenges: Industry-specific data types and workflows requiring offline access. Solutions: SaaS platforms for agriculture with offline mapping, data collection, and sync; mobile-first design for field workers.	Whitespace: Middleware or local gateways that manage connectivity and sync for legacy systems being extended with mobile/SaaS front-ends in low-connectivity areas. Insights: Extending existing systems to the field. Challenges: Integrating with diverse legacy backends. Solutions: Local data brokers, store-and-forward mechanisms integrated with legacy APIs.	Whitespace: Ensuring offline data collection and subsequent sync meets LGPD and other regulatory requirements for data handling. Insights: Compliance needs to be maintained even with intermittent connectivity. Challenges: Audit trails for offline actions, consent management. Solutions: Secure data containers for offline storage, time-stamping and logging of offline activities for later audit.	Whitespace: Low-code platforms that inherently support building offline-first applications for faster development. Insights: Reduces complexity for developers building resilient apps. Challenges: Flexibility vs. ease-of-use in low-code offline features. Solutions: Pre-built offline data synchronization components in low-code tools, visual workflow design for offline logic.	Whitespace: Public sector applications (e.g., health agents, inspectors) designed for field work in areas with poor connectivity. Insights: Many government services require field data collection. Challenges: Ensuring data security and integrity for public data collected offline. Solutions: Robust, secure mobile apps for public servants with offline data capture and sync.
3. Transparent Fiscal & Regulatory Compliance Layer (for all domestic vendors, mid-market)	Whitespace: Cloud-native Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) that can be easily integrated into any software via APIs. Insights: Tax rules change frequently. Cloud allows for real-time updates to compliance logic. Challenges: Ensuring uptime and performance for critical compliance APIs. Solutions: Microservices architecture for compliance modules, robust API management.	Whitespace: AI-powered monitoring of regulatory changes and automated impact analysis on software/business processes. Insights: AI can parse legal texts and identify required software changes. Challenges: Accuracy of legal interpretation by AI, need for legal expert validation. Solutions: NLP tools for tracking Diário Oficial, AI-driven alerts for relevant regulatory updates.	Whitespace: Security solutions that specifically address LGPD requirements for data mapping, consent management, and breach notification. Insights: LGPD compliance is a major driver. Challenges: Complexity of interpreting and implementing all LGPD articles. Solutions: Integrated data discovery, classification, and consent management tools; automated LGPD reporting.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific compliance modules (e.g., ANVISA for health, MAPA for agro) offered as SaaS. Insights: Different sectors have unique, complex compliance needs. Challenges: Keeping up with numerous sector-specific regulations. Solutions: Platforms with extensible rule engines for various vertical compliance requirements.	Whitespace: Connectors and adaptors to embed up-to-date compliance logic into existing legacy ERPs and fiscal systems. Insights: Many companies won't replace core ERPs quickly but need updated compliance. Challenges: Integration complexity with diverse legacy systems. Solutions: API wrappers for legacy fiscal modules, data mapping tools for compliance reporting from old systems.	Whitespace: Centralized CaaS platforms providing unified APIs for tax rules, e-invoicing, LGPD safeguards out-of-the-box. Insights: Reduces burden on individual software vendors. Challenges: Ensuring the CaaS platform is always 100% current and accurate. Solutions: Pre-certified fiscal modules, partnerships with tax law firms for content updates.	Whitespace: Low-code platforms with pre-built modules or templates for common fiscal and LGPD compliance tasks. Insights: Empowers businesses to build compliant internal tools quickly. Challenges: Ensuring low-code generated apps are fully compliant without expert review. Solutions: Certified compliance templates in low-code environments, guardrails for compliance in citizen development.	Whitespace: Public sector solutions that automatically incorporate the latest fiscal and transparency regulations. Insights: Government itself needs to be compliant and transparent. Challenges: Political influence on fiscal rules, integration with central government systems. Solutions: GovTech solutions with embedded, regularly updated compliance engines.
4. Sovereign-Cloud & Data-Residency Assurance (for health-tech, gov-tech, fintech)	Whitespace: Niche cloud providers focusing on sovereign cloud offerings with local data centers beyond SP/RJ, and specific certifications. Insights: LGPD and sector rules (SBIS for health) mandate local storage. Challenges: Cost of building and certifying new data centers, competing with hyperscalers. Solutions: Regional data centers, sovereign-cloud PaaS, encrypted multi-cloud brokers, partnerships with local datacenter providers.	Whitespace: AI-driven data localization services that automatically identify and manage data according to residency rules. Insights: AI can help classify data and enforce placement policies. Challenges: Complexity of data sovereignty rules, performance impact of data routing. Solutions: Intelligent data tiering and placement based on sensitivity and regulatory requirements.	Whitespace: Enhanced security and audit capabilities for sovereign cloud environments to meet stringent compliance demands. Insights: Proof of compliance is key for regulated industries. Challenges: Continuous monitoring and reporting for compliance. Solutions: Immutable audit logs, automated compliance reporting dashboards, confidential computing.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific sovereign cloud offerings (e.g., "Health Cloud Brazil") pre-certified for industry regulations. Insights: Simplifies compliance for companies in regulated sectors. Challenges: High cost of vertical-specific certifications. Solutions: Partnerships with industry bodies for certification, pre-configured secure environments for specific verticals.	Whitespace: Hybrid cloud solutions that allow sensitive data to remain on-premise or in a local sovereign cloud, while leveraging global cloud for other workloads. Insights: Balances compliance with access to global cloud innovation. Challenges: Managing complexity of hybrid deployments. Solutions: Robust hybrid cloud management platforms, secure connectivity between local and global cloud regions.	Whitespace: CaaS solutions that specifically address data residency and cross-border data transfer regulations. Insights: Compliance includes where data is stored and processed. Challenges: Evolving international data transfer agreements. Solutions: Data residency-as-a-service, tools for managing data transfer impact assessments.	Whitespace: Low-code platforms deployable in sovereign cloud environments or on-premise for data-sensitive applications. Insights: Enables rapid development while maintaining data control. Challenges: Ensuring feature parity of low-code platforms in restricted environments. Solutions: Portable low-code runtimes, partnerships with sovereign cloud providers.	Whitespace: Secure, certified cloud environments for government data, potentially run by state-owned or trusted local entities. Insights: Critical for national security and public data protection. Challenges: Investment, security expertise, political considerations. Solutions: Public-private partnerships for gov-clouds, adherence to specific government security standards.
5. Scalable Cybersecurity for Mid-Market (for SMBs, regional enterprises)	Whitespace: Cloud-delivered, integrated security platforms (SASE, XDR) tailored and priced for SMBs. Insights: Cyberattacks on SMBs grew 47% YoY. SMBs need enterprise-grade protection affordably. Challenges: SMB budget constraints, lack of dedicated IT security staff. Solutions: Multi-tenant security platforms, simplified management interfaces, pay-as-you-grow models.	Whitespace: AI-powered threat detection and response services (MDR) specifically for SMBs, using shared SOC resources. Insights: AI can provide advanced detection capabilities without high human cost. Challenges: False positive rates, alert fatigue for SMBs. Solutions: AI-tuned for SMB threat landscape, automated response playbooks, clear guidance for SMB users.	Whitespace: Affordable Managed Detection & Response (MDR) and shared Security Operations Center (SOC) services. Insights: Many SMBs cannot afford dedicated SOCs. Challenges: Providing personalized service at scale, trust in shared services. Solutions: Tiered MSSP offerings, cybersecurity bundles with cyber-insurance tie-ins, localized threat intelligence.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific cybersecurity packages for SMBs in high-risk sectors like retail or healthcare. Insights: Industry-specific threats and compliance needs. Challenges: Understanding nuanced risks across many verticals. Solutions: Pre-configured security policies for specific verticals, compliance-focused security bundles.	Whitespace: Security solutions that easily integrate with common legacy applications and infrastructure used by SMBs. Insights: SMBs often have a mix of old and new technology. Challenges: Securing outdated software, lack of APIs in legacy systems. Solutions: Network segmentation tools, endpoint security for legacy OS, virtual patching.	Whitespace: LGPD compliance and data protection bundles for SMBs, including simplified assessment and implementation tools. Insights: LGPD applies to all sizes of business. Challenges: SMBs' lack of awareness or resources for LGPD. Solutions: LGPD-readiness kits for SMBs, simplified data mapping tools, affordable DPO-as-a-service.	Whitespace: Low-code security automation platforms for SMBs to manage basic security tasks without deep expertise. Insights: Empowering SMBs to handle some security tasks themselves. Challenges: Risk of misconfiguration by non-experts. Solutions: Guided security playbooks in low-code, simplified security dashboards, AI-assisted configuration.	Whitespace: Cybersecurity awareness and basic protection packages offered through public initiatives or partnerships targeting SMBs. Insights: Public sector has an interest in protecting SMB economy. Challenges: Reaching a fragmented SMB market. Solutions: Subsidized security tools for SMBs, public awareness campaigns, partnerships with business associations.
6. Workforce Upskilling & Augmentation (for SMBs, internal IT of large firms)	Whitespace: Cloud-based, interactive training platforms for in-demand tech skills, accessible and affordable. Insights: Brasscom projects 159k new IT vacancies/year vs 53k graduates. Challenges: Keeping content current, ensuring practical learning, certification value. Solutions: Hands-on lab environments in the cloud, micro-learning modules, industry-recognized certifications.	Whitespace: AI-powered personalized learning paths and AI coding assistants (copilots) fluent in Portuguese. Insights: AI can tailor training and boost developer productivity. Challenges: Quality of AI-generated code/advice, ethical use of AI in learning. Solutions: GenAI code assistants, AI mentors for learners, adaptive learning systems based on performance.	Whitespace: Specialized cybersecurity training programs and bootcamps focused on practical skills for the Brazilian market. Insights: Huge demand for cybersecurity professionals. Challenges: Finding qualified instructors, high cost of specialized training. Solutions: Capture-the-Flag (CTF) style training, virtual cyber ranges, partnerships with industry for curriculum development.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific tech training (e.g., health informatics, AgTech development) to build specialized talent pools. Insights: Verticals need tech talent with domain knowledge. Challenges: Small cohorts for niche skills, developing relevant curricula. Solutions: Industry-university partnerships for specialized courses, apprenticeships in vertical tech.	Whitespace: Tools and training for modernizing legacy system skills, or for migrating skills from legacy to modern stacks. Insights: Existing workforce needs upskilling for modernization projects. Challenges: Resistance to change, steep learning curve for new technologies. Solutions: "Legacy-to-Cloud" bootcamps, mentoring programs pairing junior and senior developers.	Whitespace: Training programs focused on data privacy (LGPD) and regulatory compliance for IT and business professionals. Insights: Compliance requires knowledgeable staff. Challenges: Dry subject matter, keeping up with regulatory changes. Solutions: Interactive e-learning on LGPD, certified DPO training programs, gamified compliance training.	Whitespace: Scalable citizen-developer programs using low-code/no-code platforms, with governance frameworks. Insights: Low-code can empower non-IT staff to build solutions. Challenges: Shadow IT risks, ensuring quality and security of citizen-built apps. Solutions: Accessible bootcamps, citizen-developer platforms, GenAI code assistants in Portuguese, centers of excellence for low-code.	Whitespace: Public-private partnerships for large-scale IT upskilling and reskilling programs. Insights: Talent gap is a national issue requiring coordinated effort. Challenges: Funding, scalability, ensuring curriculum relevance. Solutions: Government-sponsored training vouchers, industry-led curriculum development, "Train-to-Hire" programs.
7. Fast-Track Public Procurement Channels (for municipalities, gov agencies, gov-tech vendors)	Whitespace: Cloud-based e-procurement marketplaces for SaaS and IT services, pre-vetted for government use. Insights: Tender cycles >12 months; Lei 14.133/21 allows e-auctions but adoption slow. Challenges: Bureaucratic resistance, integration with existing gov financial systems. Solutions: Digital marketplaces, pre-approved SaaS catalogs, framework agreements.	Whitespace: AI-driven tools to help government agencies define procurement needs, evaluate proposals, and monitor contract performance. Insights: AI can streamline complex procurement tasks. Challenges: Ensuring fairness and transparency in AI-assisted procurement, data requirements. Solutions: AI for tender document analysis, vendor scoring tools, automated contract compliance checks.	Whitespace: Cybersecurity requirements and certifications streamlined for vendors participating in public e-procurement platforms. Insights: Security is crucial for government systems. Challenges: Balancing security rigor with ease of participation for vendors. Solutions: Standardized security questionnaires for gov-tech, pre-certification programs for SaaS vendors.	Whitespace: Vertical-specific procurement categories within government marketplaces (e.g., education tech, public safety software). Insights: Tailored procurement for specific agency needs. Challenges: Defining clear categories and requirements for diverse public services. Solutions: Collaboration with different government sectors to define needs for marketplace categories.	Whitespace: Frameworks for public sector to procure modernization services for legacy systems in a more agile way. Insights: Current procurement often ill-suited for iterative modernization. Challenges: Defining scope for agile contracts, ensuring accountability. Solutions: Outcome-based contracts for modernization, phased procurement for iterative projects.	Whitespace: Ensuring software procured through new channels meets all fiscal and transparency laws from the outset. Insights: New channels must not bypass compliance. Challenges: Integrating compliance checks into rapid procurement processes. Solutions: Pre-qualification of vendors based on compliance, embedded compliance reporting in procured software.	Whitespace: Low-code platforms approved for government use, enabling agencies to quickly build or customize internal applications. Insights: Public sector also needs agile development capabilities. Challenges: Security certification of low-code platforms for government, training public servants. Solutions: Secure, government-certified low-code environments, training programs for public sector citizen developers.	Whitespace: Pay-as-you-go and subscription models adapted for government budgeting cycles and regulations. Insights: Traditional gov budgeting is CAPEX-focused. Challenges: Aligning SaaS models with annual budget approvals, multi-year commitment rules. Solutions: Flexible contract terms for government, clear ROI justifications for OPEX models.
8. Vertical-Specific SaaS for Underserved Sectors (for mid-sized firms in agro, mfg., healthcare)	Whitespace: Cloud-native SaaS platforms for Agro, Manufacturing, and Healthcare, designed for Brazilian workflows, regulations, and connectivity. Insights: 70% agro firms use spreadsheets; Mfg SMEs cite "falta de software local". Challenges: Deep domain expertise needed, smaller initial market per niche. Solutions: Modular ERP verticals, regional customization features, mobile-first design for field use.	Whitespace: AI-driven analytics and predictive tools embedded in vertical SaaS (e.g., crop yield prediction, predictive maintenance for mfg., diagnostic support for healthcare). Insights: AI can unlock significant value from vertical-specific data. Challenges: Data quality and availability in verticals, building trust in AI recommendations. Solutions: AI analytics pre-trained on sector data, explainable AI for decision support.	Whitespace: Vertical SaaS with built-in compliance for industry-specific data security and privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA equivalents for health, traceability for agro). Insights: Verticals have stringent data handling rules. Challenges: Complexity and cost of maintaining multiple vertical compliance certifications. Solutions: Secure data enclaves within vertical SaaS, automated audit trails for compliance.	Whitespace: Highly specialized, niche SaaS solutions within broader verticals (e.g., precision viticulture SaaS, specialized medical imaging SaaS). Insights: Addresses deep, specific needs within a vertical. Challenges: Market size for hyper-niche solutions, acquiring highly specialized domain knowledge. Solutions: Niche SaaS, focus on specific sub-segments of agro, manufacturing, healthcare, accounting for local workflows and regulation.	Whitespace: Connectors and integration platforms to link new vertical SaaS with existing legacy systems common in these sectors. Insights: Enables phased adoption and data sharing. Challenges: Diverse and often old legacy systems in verticals like manufacturing. Solutions: Pre-built connectors for common vertical-specific legacy software, API marketplaces for vertical data exchange.	Whitespace: Vertical SaaS that embeds compliance with specific industry regulations (MAPA, ANVISA, etc.) and local tax rules. Insights: Compliance is a key differentiator. Challenges: Constant updates to numerous specific regulations. Solutions: Partnerships with industry associations for regulatory intelligence, configurable compliance rule engines.	Whitespace: Low-code platforms with templates and components tailored for developing applications in underserved verticals. Insights: Accelerates development of specialized vertical solutions. Challenges: Balancing generic low-code capabilities with deep vertical needs. Solutions: Vertical solution kits for low-code platforms, marketplaces for community-developed vertical components.	Whitespace: Public sector demand for specialized vertical software (e.g., agricultural management for state agencies, hospital management systems for public hospitals). Insights: Government is a large consumer in many verticals. Challenges: Public procurement for specialized solutions. Solutions: Adapting vertical SaaS for public sector requirements, participating in specialized government tenders.

Identified Whitespaces

Based on the analysis above, the following niche and emerging markets (whitespaces) present significant opportunities in the Brazilian software industry:

1. Modernization-as-a-Service (MaaS) for Complex Legacy Environments: Turn-key, low-risk solutions (combining low-code, AI-driven analysis, and cloud migration services) for financial institutions and government agencies to modernize COBOL, AS-400, and other bespoke systems.
2. Resilient & Edge-Enabled Vertical SaaS: Cloud-native SaaS applications for sectors like agribusiness, field services, and logistics in regional areas, designed with robust offline-first capabilities, PWA architecture, and edge computing for low/intermittent connectivity.
3. Integrated Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) Platforms: Unified, API-driven platforms offering real-time fiscal (e-invoicing, tax calculations for new Brazilian tax system) and data privacy (LGPD) compliance logic, easily integrable into diverse software products, reducing the burden on individual vendors.
4. Affordable & AI-Powered Cybersecurity for the Mid-Market (SMBs): Scalable, managed security services (MDR/MSSP) specifically tailored to the Brazilian SMB threat landscape and budget constraints, leveraging AI for threat detection and offering bundled LGPD compliance tools.
5. AI-Augmented Talent Enablement & Citizen Development Ecosystems: Solutions combining accessible low-code/no-code platforms with Portuguese-fluent AI coding assistants, targeted upskilling/reskilling bootcamps (especially in AI, cloud, cyber), and governance frameworks to address the critical IT talent shortage.
6. Streamlined GovTech SaaS Marketplaces: Digital procurement platforms and pre-approved SaaS catalogs that simplify and accelerate the acquisition of innovative software solutions (including vertical-specific applications) by municipalities and government agencies, aligning with Lei 14.133/21.
7. Hyper-Localized Vertical SaaS for Underserved Industries: Deeply tailored SaaS solutions for specific niches within agriculture (e.g., precision farming for specific crops), manufacturing (e.g., Industry 4.0 for specific sub-sectors), and healthcare (e.g., telehealth for remote regions), addressing unique local workflows, regulations (MAPA, ANVISA), and integrating AI analytics.
8. Certified Sovereign Cloud & Data Residency Solutions: Affordable and certified local cloud zones (beyond SP/RJ) and PaaS offerings specifically for health-tech, gov-tech, and fintech, ensuring data residency, LGPD compliance, and adherence to sector-specific data governance standards (e.g., SBIS).

These whitespaces represent areas where targeted innovation and investment can meet pressing market demands, overcome existing challenges, and drive significant growth in the Brazilian software sector.

References

The insights in this report are based on the analysis of the provided knowledge documents, which synthesize information from various trustworthy sources. Key external sources frequently cited within those documents include:

• ABES – Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Software. “Dados do Setor 2024.” https://www.abes.org.br/dados-do-setor
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• Valor Econômico. (General reference to articles on companies like TOTVS, specific URLs for news articles vary, e.g., https://valor.globo.com/empresas/noticia/2024/11/05/totvs-resultados.ghtml)