Critical Software to Represent Portugal in the European Business Awards

Europe's most competitive business awards competition distinguishes innovation,

business excellence and sustainability
Coimbra, Portugal, July 14, 2010 -- The European Business Awards , sponsored by
HSBC, has announced today that Critical Software will represent Portugal in the
prestigious 2010 Awards programme. Critical Software has beaten off heavy compet
ition to be selected as one of ten Country Representatives and will now compete
for a coveted Ruban d’Honneur in the next round of the competition. Award winner
s in the final category will be unveiled in Paris on 16th November.
Presently in its fourth consecutive year, the European Business Awards has ident
ified some of Europe’s brightest businesses based on their ability to demonstrat
e the three core principles at the heart of the Awards programme. The esteemed p
anel of judges was looking for organisations to represent Portugal that exhibite
d innovation, business excellence and sustainability.
“Here at Critical Software, we’re absolutely thrilled to be selected to represen
t Portugal. We’ve been operating for over 12 years in Software dependability and
it’s an honour to be recognised as one of the leading organisations in our coun
try and in our field. The European Business Awards are widely recognised as the
showcase for Europe’s most dynamic companies. We’re looking forward to the next
round in the competition, where we’ll be competing across Europe to receive a Ru
ban d’Honneur, and hopefully winning in one of the categories,” states Gonçalo Q
uadros, Critical Software’s Chief Executive Officer.
The European Business Awards is dedicated to elevating the awareness and develop
ment of companies that excel in delivering innovation entwined with successful c
ommercial results, whilst acting responsibly and positively affecting the social
environment they operate in. In 2009, the 99 Ruban d’Honneur recipients had a c
ombined turnover greater than €570 billion and recorded an average annual profit
growth of 56%.
Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards says, “Over the past 4 years w
e’ve received an incredibly high standard of entries from organisations that are
passionate about their business. However, very few get the chance to fly their
country’s flag and compete across Europe to be recognised as one of the EU’s lea
ding companies. It really is an exceptional accolade to be picked as a Country R
epresentative, and together with HSBC we’re looking forward to seeing Critical S
oftware in the next round”.
About the European Business Awards 2010:
The European Business Awards recognises and rewards excellence, best practices a
nd innovation in companies across the European Union. The competition is free to
enter and is open to organisations of all sizes and from any industry sector. T
he European Business Awards programme serves three purposes in the European busi
ness community:
* It provides examples for the business community to aspire to
* It celebrates and endorses individual and organisation success
* It provides case studies and content to learn from these exceptional organizat
ions
About Critical Software:
Critical Software is an international company that develops solutions and provid
es reliable, groundbreaking services and technologies to support critical system
s. Founded in 1998, it has of offices in Coimbra, Oporto and Lisbon (Portugal),
and subsidiaries in Southampton (United Kingdom), San Jose, California (United S
tates), São Paulo (Brazil), Bucharest (Romania) and Maputo (Mozambique) and its
clients are companies and entities that are leaders in their areas. Critical Sof
tware follows rigorous processes in terms of software development, according to
CMMI® Level5, ISO 9001:2000 Tick-IT, ISO 15504, NATO AQAP 150, AQAP 2120 and EN9
100.
Press Contact:
Rui Melo Biscaia
Critical Software
Coimbra, Portugal
+ 351 918 684 313
rui.m.biscaia@criticalsoftware.com
http://www.criticalsoftware.com