Haroldo Jacobovicz: Arlequim Technologies and the Case for Doing More with What Already Exists

The conventional technology industry narrative runs in one direction: newer is better, and the path to better performance is newer equipment. Arlequim Technologies was built on a different premise. Founded in 2021 by Haroldo Jacobovicz, the company uses cloud-based virtualization to extract significantly improved performance from hardware that already exists — making the case that the gap between what a device can currently do and what a user needs it to do can be closed without replacing the device itself.

That premise has practical implications across a wide range of users. A corporate IT department managing hundreds of workstations faces a recurring tension between the cost of hardware refresh programmes and the performance expectations of the software its employees depend on. A municipal government bound by public procurement regulations cannot simply order new equipment when existing machines begin to fall behind current operating requirements. A consumer who wants to engage with graphically demanding games or modern applications but cannot justify the expense of a new machine finds themselves in a similar position. Each of these situations points to the same structural gap, and Arlequim’s service addresses all three.

The company’s three target markets — corporate clients, public institutions, and retail consumers with an emphasis on gamers — were not assembled arbitrarily. They reflect the sectors where Haroldo Jacobovicz had observed hardware limitation creating the most persistent disadvantage over the course of his career. His work in the 1990s involved supplying and maintaining computing infrastructure for government agencies, a sector where the distance between available budget and rising technology requirements was a constant operational reality. That direct exposure to the procurement and performance challenges of public institutions informed the design of services he went on to build, and it remains visible in how Arlequim has positioned itself.

Brazil’s gaming market gives the retail strand of that positioning particular weight. The country has one of the most active gaming populations in Latin America, shaped by expanding internet access, a young demographic profile, and a government that formally recognised the video game industry through legislation passed in 2024. Modern gaming infrastructure — particularly the cloud streaming and competitive multiplayer categories — demands consistent low-latency performance that a significant share of the existing hardware base in Brazil cannot reliably provide. Virtualization offers those users a way to participate in the market at a performance level that their physical devices alone would not support.

Before founding Arlequim, Jacobovicz had spent more than a decade building Horizons Telecom, a corporate telecommunications operator he established from scratch in 2010. Growing that business gave him direct experience of how connectivity infrastructure, when made available to organisations that previously lacked it, reshapes what those organisations can accomplish. The insight carried forward: access to functional technology is not simply a matter of having a device, but of having a device that can actually perform.

Haroldo Jacobovicz has framed the purpose behind Arlequim Technologies in terms of cost-benefit and reach — providing quality digital performance to the broadest possible audience. The service the company delivers is the operational expression of that goal.