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Critical Software successfully concluded ESA's Near Operational Demonstration project

Critical Software successfully concluded ESA‘s Near Operational
Demonstration project. The demonstrator involved space remote sensing
technologies applied to forest fire monitoring.

January 16, 2006
The demonstrator involved space remote
sensing technologies applied to forest fire monitoring. Critical has
been responsible for the demonstration activities in Portugal, in close
collaboration with the civil protection and forest resources national
authorities.
About Critical Software SA
Critical Software SA is an international
company established in Portugal (1998) with offices in San Jose (US),
London (UK) and Lisbon (PT). The company employs about 100 people and
operates a quality system certified to ISO 9001:2000 Tick-IT, ISO
15504, and AQAP 2120. Critical Software’s portfolio of customers
comprises companies such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon
Technologies, Westland Helicopters, NASA , EADS, Northrop Grumman, and
ESA. The company has been listed in 2005 by Business Week among
Europe’s 300 fastest growing companies. The company has been profitable
from scratch and invested strongly on R&D in order to bring edgeBOX
to the market. edgeBOX addresses a growing market opportunity for
telcos and ISPs to deliver value-added managed services to SMEs and
Branch Offices. The product is currently commercialised in the UK,
Brazil, China, Chile, Germany, Spain, South Africa and Portugal. In
2005, edgeBOX won the Infovision Best Broadband Appliance award
presented by the IEC.