Softeco Sismat

Partner Contributions
- Responsible for integration and component framework
- CrossMedia Advertisement Detection for Internet
- Contribution to campaign modelling (campaigns and advertising campaign domain ontologies)
- Contribution to delivery, navigation and reporting component
Established in 1979, Softeco Sismat SpA (www.softeco.it) is an Italian SME and a leading Company in the market of advanced ICT solutions. Tackling the growth of the global market with a firmly established commercial attitude towards collaboration, Softeco operates in Italy, Europe, Middle and Far East either as a supplier of software solutions for qualified, large industrial partners or as a main contractor for the delivery of turnkey complete solutions. With the headquarter located in Genoa and branch offices in Milan, Parma and Naples, Softeco have currently (2004) a staff of about 160 professionals, including system, project and research engineers, software analysts and developers.
The company’s marketplace covers several industrial and business sectors, including: multimedia, content management applications in different business segments (health care, transport, land and environmental resources, training and distance learning, entertainment and sport, etc.); web applications and e-Services (e-Learning and tutoring, web based exhibitions, video-on-demand, etc.); e-Commerce/e-Business/e-Work solutions for industry, public and private organisations; video analysis, image processing and understanding solutions; mission critical industrial IT solutions in manufacturing and engineering (steel, chemical and mechanical), energy production and distribution networks, environmental monitoring and protection.
Softeco have longstanding experience in RTD initiatives through participation to several EU projects in various FPs. Development areas include multimedia content management systems, innovative e-Business/e-Services architectures, ontology based semantic web applications, intelligent workflow management systems. Relevant background projects for this proposal include: Direct-Info (FP6, IST-506898), K-WF GRID (FP&, IST-511385), EurEauWeb (FP5, IST-2001-34182), Pellucid (FP5, IST-2001-34519), WorkSafe (eContent EDC-11023), ERDDS (eContent EDC-11261).
