não anda com o negócio

English translation: does not keep pace with the business (needs/requirements)

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Portuguese term or phrase:não anda com o negócio
English translation:does not keep pace with the business (needs/requirements)
Entered by: Oliver Simões

17:00 Jun 24, 2019
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Portuguese term or phrase: não anda com o negócio
"Quando a tecnologia não anda com o negócio, a empresa fica para trás."

Not sure how to translate this string. Doesn't walk in tandem? Anything more idiomatic in US-EN?
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 08:12
does not keep pace with the business (needs/requirements)
Explanation:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/keep pace
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 11:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4does not keep pace with the business (needs/requirements)
Gilmar Fernandes
3 +2when the technology does not keep up with the needs of the business/does not reflect the needs of...
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
when the technology does not keep up with the needs of the business/does not reflect the needs of...


Explanation:
...of the business..."

I'm taking a great deal of license in this case, but I think either of these options could work.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Robertson: I would lose the definite article before technology.
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Mark.

agree  JohnMcDove
10 hrs
  -> Thanks again, John.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
does not keep pace with the business (needs/requirements)


Explanation:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/keep pace

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 11:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 246
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf
1 hr
  -> Valeu, Cláudio :)

agree  Adrian MM.
2 hrs
  -> Cheers Adrian :)

agree  Maria da Glória Teixeira
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Glória :)

agree  JohnMcDove
10 hrs
  -> Thank you John :)
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