Portugal's Software Sensing Δ 8th of September 2014 Ω 11:37 AM

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ξ a Coimbra, Portugal-based business application developer
ξ helps companies alleviate a major source of pain — their technology cannot adapt quickly enough to changes in their business
ξ works with companies and with governments
ξ improves the Portuguese Emergency Management System
ξ the system won the 112 National System of Excellence award from the Association of the European Emergency Numbers (EENA)
ξ in 2011 it won the Excellence in information technologies by the European IT Excellence Awards

ξ partnering with SAUTER, a building automation company
ξ developed software that lets building tenants consume less energy and cut their carbon footprint

ξ was founded in 1998 by three PhD students from the University of Coimbra, a few hours north of Portugal’s capital Lisbon
ξ work aimed at reducing the development cost of mission critical systems by combining software technologies with commercial off-the-shelf components

ξ operates two service divisions and four companies that make software for different industries
ξ ASD - Aeronautics, Space, Defense and Transportation markets
ξ Enterprise Critical Solutions (ECS) - Finance, Energy and Health markets
ξ Critical Materials develops health monitoring and management systems for the Aeronautics market sector
ξ Critical Health provides systems to help people with vision and mobility loss prevention
ξ Critical Manufacturing develops software for semiconductor, solar and electronics manufacturing
ξ Critical Links builds networking technology for small business and schools

ξ plans for new subsidiaries in the US, UK, Brazil, Angola and Mozambique

ξ has financed itself from internal cash generation
ξ set up a $10 million internal venture capital fund to finance the creation of new technologies that can be the basis for creating new companies

ξ knows that it is difficult to attract Portuguese engineers from, say, Lisbon to Coimbra
ξ has established local engineering centers to help recruit
ξ opened three engineering centers close to Portugal’s main universities: in Coimbra, in Lisbon and in Porto
ξ promotes joint R&D projects and offers internships for students working towards their degrees as well as summer internships

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