The Greek government attaches a particular importance to promoting the information society in Greece. It considers that new information and communication technologies constitute an essential tool for an open and effective government and for the improved competitiveness of enterprises. They create new ways of work, new skills, and the need for continuous learning and adaptation of the education system, and, at the same time, they allow for a better quality of life with the provision of improved health, transport and environmental services, and contribute to the promotion of cultural heritage and of the Greek language.
To this end, empolis has teamed up with IMC e-Services, a young, dynamic, Greek company specialising in providing state-of-the-art knowledge management applications in the areas of Public Administration, e-Government and Culture & Heritage and rapidly expanding in the areas of GIS, e-democracy, e-transportation and public protection systems both in private and public sector. This co-operation, which started in 2006, is starting to pay dividends, with the first IMC customers starting to use empolis solutions.
Konstantinos Kafentzis, a Partner at IMC who has been responsible for developing the relationship with empolis, said "Using empolis solutions in the Greek market gives us a significant competitive advantage. We're able to apply modern, standards-based approaches to knowledge management, in a way that best meets the needs of our customers. empolis solutions fit perfectly with our expertise in knowledge management creating a mixture of technology and skills that is unique in the Greek market. Moreover, we consider very important our cooperation with empolis in R&D projects that gives us the ability to conceive common visions".
Andreas Rempe, VP at empolis said "The relationship with IMC e-Services is indicative of the value that empolis places on long-term relationships with our business partners. empolis started working with the founders of IMC when they were still students at the National Technical University of Athens on an EU-funded project called INKASS. Since that time, IMC has gone from strength to strength and now employs over 20 highly skilled people, growing to an annual rate exceeding 150% and we're very pleased to be working with them on a number of initiatives in the Greek market".
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