Critical Software

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Critical Software S.A.

Type	Privately held
Industry	Information Technology
Founded	1998
Founder	João Carreira (CEO) Gonçalo Quadros (Chairman) Diamantino Costa
Headquarters	Coimbra, Portugal
Products	Xception Beyond Logistics Oversee WOW SMITEn EyeCommand
Revenue	€58M (2019)
Number of employees	900+ (2019)
Website	criticalsoftware.com

Critical Software is an international information systems and software company, headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal. The company was established in 1998, from the University of Coimbra's business incubator and technology transfer centre, Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN). The company's headquarters are located in Coimbra, Portugal, with other offices in Porto and Lisbon (Portugal), Southampton (United Kingdom), Munich, (Germany) and California, (United States).

Critical Software provides systems and software services for safety, mission and business-critical applications in several markets, including aerospace, defense, automotive, railway, telecoms, finance, and energy & utilities. Core competencies include system planning and analysis, system design and development, embedded and real-time systems, command & control systems, security and infrastructure, systems integration, business intelligence, independent software verification & validation, UxD, AI, digital transformation and smart meter testing.^{[citation needed]}

Critical Software's delivery unit was the first in Portugal to be rated at CMMI Maturity Level 5. The company is one of a few dozen organizations in the world which have both waterfall and agile software development units rated at Maturity Level 5.^{[citation needed]}

Critical Group[]

The Critical Group comprises a series of technology companies, many of which were formed from ideas and solutions^[buzzword] originally developed within Critical Software.

• Critical Materials develops products that provide diagnostics and prognostics for critical structural systems. The company was acquired by the original co-founders of the company and rebranded Stratosphere S.A.
• onCaring is a technology company addressing the needs of 20 million seniors living in long-term care across Europe, the United States, and Brazil.
• Critical Links provides purpose-built solutions^[buzzword] to simplify the delivery of digitised content to schools.
• Coimbra Genomics is a company that develops solutions^[buzzword] that aim to bridge the gap between genomic knowledge and medical practice.
• Retmarker provides software solutions^[buzzword] for the screening and progression monitoring of retinal diseases.
• Critical Manufacturing provides automation and manufacturing software for high-tech industries. The company was acquired by ASMPT in 2018.
• Watchful Software provided software solutions^[buzzword] that kept sensitive information safe from disclosure or security breaches. Symantec acquired it in 2017.
• Critical Ventures aims to partner with and invest in entrepreneurs developing innovative technologies with the potential to disrupt global markets.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

• Official site
• Critical Software S.A., BusinessWeek
• Achievements Small & Medium Sized Enterprises, European Space Agency
• Critical Software Shows Portugal Can Grow, Forbes
• Critical Software – Pioneers, Up Magazine