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	ATC participates in the European research project ARTIST. (29/5/2013)
	Migration of legacy applications to and from platform-independent models. The ARTIST project is a research project co-funded by the European Commission, under the FP7 Programme Objective “Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and advanced software engineering”. It proposes a software modernization approach using Model Driven Engineering techniques to automate the evolution and migration of legacy applications to and from platform-independent models, allowing a cheap and rapid alternative to redeveloping applications by hand. It reduces the risk, time and cost of migrating legacy software and lowers the barriers for service companies wanting to take advantage of the latest Cloud Computing and SaaS-based technologies and business models. �he ARTIST project proposes a set of methods and tools which reverse-engineer legacy apps and then forward-engineer them to the desired platform. In doing so, the application can take advantage of the latest technology, such as cloud computing, smartphones and security features. Consequently, ARTIST‘s objective is to assess, plan, design, implement and validate the automated evolution of legacy software to SaaS and the Cloud Computing delivery model. The project will transform the way businesses view software and vitalize the SaaS market by reducing the risk, time and cost of migrating legacy software and lowering the barriers for service companies wanting to take advantage of the latest Cloud Computing and SaaS-based technologies and business models whilst balancing software continuity with optimal performance and cost. The project brings together two renowned universities (TUWIEN-Austria and ICCS/NTUA-Greece), three internationally recognized research institutes (TECNALIA-Spain, FRAUNHOFER IAO-Germany and INRIA-France) along with two powerful multinationals (ATOS-Spain and ENG-Italy) as well as three specialized SMEs (ATC-Greece, SPIKES-Belgium and SPARX-Austria). For more information: Mr. Ilias Spais, tel.: +30-210-6874300, email: i.spais@atc.gr www.artist-project.eu




	�Media & Technology Developments� seminar successfully completed (28/2/2013)
	The Seminar “Media & Technology Developments” organized by ATC in the context of EU project “MEDIA-TECH: The future of media industry using innovative technologies” http://www.mediatech.eu.com/ was successfully completed. The seminar was realized through Internet by using ATC’s Centra Videoconference. Thirty professionals from the Media sector had the opportunity to be educated in new topics and enrich their knowledge in Media technology.




	ATC participates in the Future Fashion Design (FFD) Project, co-funded by the European Commission (31/8/2012)
	ATC participates in the Future Fashion Design (FFD) Project, co-funded by the European Commission ATC participates in the FFD (Future Fashion Design Real-time, Accurate Fabric to Garment Virtual Prototyping in Collaborative Environments) Project, which is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Programme. The FFD project aims to remove the main factors inhibiting the wide adoption of Virtual Prototyping (VP) by the Textile and Clothing companies (TCI), by drastically improving the speed of obtaining realistic garment simulations (development of massively parallel simulation techniques based on multi-core computing), the accuracy (simulation from yarn - to fabric - to garment, virtual garment close to real sample) and the functional integration aspects. The new business model will offer drastic improvements in product development efficiency (reduced number of physical samples from 20% to 100%, time-to-market reduced by 3 weeks, collaboration between fabric and garment producers), services at low-cost (open, vendor independent and scalable platform), while opening new market opportunities to vendors of CAD and PDM/PLM systems. Apart from ATC, which will develop the Collaborative Design and Prototyping platform (CDP), using our know-how in web integration based on the SOA model, five more prominent organisations are participating in the FFD consortium: A leading European Institute (Fraunhofer-IGD) as Coordinator (will develop the massively parallel simulation engine), Assyst (apparel CAD) and ScotCad (fabric CAD) already offering state-of-the-art 3D VP solutions will work on improving simulation accuracy (from yarn to garment), and two end-users (Piacenza manufacturer of fine woolen fabrics and Consitex, the garment manufacturing member of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group) will integrate the innovative VP platform in their joint product development processes and will demonstrate/ evaluate its efficiency and impact. The project started in October 2011 and has duration of 36 months. For more information on the project: Mrs. Konstantina Papachristopoulou, k.papachristopoulou at atc.gr, http://www.future-fashion-design.eu/ Links to Social Media: • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FFD-Project/266969663356763 • Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/EuFFD • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/FFD-Project-4237107




	Newsasset exhibits at the 64th World Newspaper Congress � 19th World Editors Forum, Kiev, Ukraine. Announcement of newsasset rebranding. (29/8/2012)
	It is our pleasure to announce that newsasset exhibits at the 64th World Newspaper Congress – 19th World Editors Forum, Stand Nr.10, 2-5 September 2012, Kiev, Ukraine. We will have the chance to present there our newsasset family of contemporary Multimedia Cross Publishing & Distribution Tools, created specifically for the effective management of all complex operations of today’s media organizations. The 64th WAN-IFRA World Newspaper Congress is a very important event for the media world. This is why we decided that it would be the ideal opportunity for the unveiling our new branding philosophy for newsasset. We are very proud to announce our collaboration with Garcia Media in the creation of our rebranding. Garcia Media CEO Mario Garcia was the chief architect of the project, working closely with his two art directors: Christian Fortanet and Constantin Eberle. Mario and his team have created a corporate identity for us, that we believe, represents the experience, derived from more than 15 years in the media sector, while at the same time looks into the future and the challenges yet to be confronted.




	ATC and NewsAsset awarded by the "Business IT Excellence Awards 2012 (7/7/2012)
	ATC and its application platform NewsAsset were awarded with the "Expertise in the Media" prize, by the Business IT Excellence Awards 2012, as the Greek answer to international news content management systems for newspapers, magazines and news agencies. The purpose of these awards is to highlight best practices in IT business, which contribute and support the best service of strategic requirements, improve productivity and performance of businesses and organizations, promote innovation and highlight the contribution of industry to the national economy and society. NewsAsset is a technologically advanced and proven publishing platform in Greece and other countries, based on international standards, combining print and digital production of multimedia content through integrated newsroom. It also provides the opportunity to every news organization of delivering its produced content through alternative channels (Cross-Media Publishing), thereby satisfying the need for publication of information in every possible way (print, web, mobile, tablets, social media) ATC is currently one of the most specialized technology providers in the media in Greece and abroad with a significant presence in areas related to the use of technology by the media. For more information: www.businessitawards.gr, www.newsasset.com, info@newsasset.com, 210-68743000




	ATC participates in the Micro-Dress Project, co-funded by the European Commission (13/3/2012)
	ATC participates in the Micro-Dress (Customized wearable functionality and eco-materials extending the limits of apparel mass customization) Project, which is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Programme. The main objective of Micro-Dress is to extend the limits of feasible customization for men’s and ladies’ garments to include, for the first time, user-controllable wearable functionality and user-selectable degree of material eco-friendliness. The challenges related to the production of such new features are being researched within a framework based on two distinct business and supply chain models. On the one hand Micro-Dress introduces mechanisms to expand the existing mass customization model of a major international brand, while on the other, to extend an innovative mass customization model known as ‘microfactories’ which targets innovative SMEs. The project brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of nine partners, of which five are SMEs, two are prominent European institutes and two are leading textile and clothing groups. Athens Technology Center holds the role of Project Coordinator while being one of the main technology providers. The project started in September 2010 and has duration of 36 months. For more information on the project: Mrs. Konstantina Papachristopoulou, k.papachristopoulou@atc.gr, www.micro-dress.eu Links to Social Media: • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Micro-Dress/169065106466973 • Twitter: http://twitter.com/microdress# • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3712425




	PELOPONNISOS Newspaper chose NewsAsset Editorial Platform by ATC (20/2/2012)
	PELOPONNISOS newspaper chose the NewsAsset Publishing Edition by ATC, which guarantees its increased demands for flexibility, reliability and powerful dynamic content management PELOPONNISOS newspaper is a Greek regional daily newspaper published in Patras, the capital of the Peloponnese peninsula from which it takes its name. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the city of Patras as well as one of the oldest of the country. It was founded in 1886. NewsAsset Publishing Edition is a technologically advanced publishing system based on international standards, combining print and digital production facilities through an integrated newsroom. With the adoption of NewsAsset Publishing Edition, PELOPONNISOS newspaper is in the position, through an integrated environment, to produce and distribute news content through multiple channels. (Print, Portal, Mobile, Tablets) The News portal (www.pelop.gr) of the newspaper was designed and implemented using i-box CMS by ATC, a user friendly environment for developing web portals and part of the wider NewsAsset Publishing Edition platform. "PELOPONNISOS newspaper was looking for a solution able to organize, through an integrated environment, the newsroom and the whole production process in general. With the purchase and operation of NewsAsset Publishing Edition in our newspaper and our collaboration with ATC, we believe that we made the best choice. We have already experienced significant results in the organization and improvement of the production process with emphasis on the ease of news content publishing to multiple media" said Kostas Magnis, Chief Editor of the newspaper. The collaboration of ATC with PELOPONNISOS newspaper is another important milestone in the already successful course of the company in the media sector. Among ATC’s customers using successfully the NewsAsset platform are the following: Lambrakis Press, Liberis Publications, Kerdos Newspaper, Naftemporiki Newspaper, Real.gr News Portal, Isotimia Newspaper, Nea Kriti Newspaper, DIAS Group and Phileleftheros Newspaper in Cyprus, Dnevne novine Newspaper in Montenegro, Athens News Agency, Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, Portuguese News Agency LUSA, Polish Press Agency.




	ATC technology sponsor of the Publishing Conference 2012 (9/2/2012)
	ATC participates for the sixth year in the Publishing Conference 2012, organized by Boussias Communications, to be held on February 10, 2012, in the auditorium of OTEAcademy in Maroussi, Athens. During this event, the editors of Greek media will meet for the sixth consecutive year to attend lectures by leading international players and take part in discussion – panels, where they can express their opinion on a number of critical issues the media industry is facing. ATC is currently one of the most specialized technology providers in the media sector in Greece and abroad with a significant presence in shaping opinion in issues referring to the use of technology by the media as well as to emerging trends and strategies. With NewsAsset Publishing Edition, a technologically advanced publishing system combined with the i-box CMS, a user friendly environment for developing web portals and part of the wider NewsAsset platform, print and digital production of multimedia news is combined through an integrated newsroom. It also gives the opportunity to every news organization to deliver its produced content through alternative Distribution Channels (Cross Media Publishing), thereby satisfying the need for publishing of information through every possible way (print, web, mobile, social media) Introducing the section of the conference referring to the «Cross Platform Publishing», Ms. Evi Varsou, Director of Media & CMS field of ATC, will present the case study of a important Greek news publishing organization, relying its promotion through multiple channels, on technologies developed by ATC. For more information: www.newsasset.com, info@newsasset.




	ATC key speaker at the 3rd World Communication Forum 2012 in Davos Switzerland (25/1/2012)
	ATC has been invited as a key speaker in a round table on Media communications at the 3rd World Communication Forum ‘Communication on Top’ to be held in the Davos Congress Centre, 9-10 February, 2012 (http://www.forumdavos.com). The goal of the Forum is to provide a platform for discussion of the future of communications, as a main driver of development and positive changes in business and society and to unite trend-makers from the world of communication professionals. The 1st and the 2nd Forum brought together people from many countries across 5 continents. Representatives of different cultures, religions, business areas, social groups, and networking, were offered gripping debates, interesting presentations, outstanding speeches, useful case studies from various global companies, and a number of thoughtful comments. Worldwide celebrities like Paul Holmes, the modern PR industry guru, Daniel Holtgen, Director of Communications at the Council of Europe, James Gillies, Head of Communications at CERN, Gary Grates, President and Global Managing Director of Edelman Change and Employee Engagement, and others, shared their observations and insights on different aspects of communications and their influence, development and future. The 3rd Forum is taking place after the World Economic Forum 2012 and it is to be attended by owners and managing partners of different consultancies, senior managers of large companies, and practitioners in the sphere of corporate affairs, public relations, marketing, investor or government relations, media representatives, bloggers, business-schools professors and politicians. For more information: Nikos Sarris, n.sarris@atc.gr, +302106874300




	ATC: Member of the community �Strongest Companies in Greece� (16/1/2012)
	ATC has been assigned a high Rating Score by ICAP Group and consequently has been certified as one of the “STRONGEST COMPANIES IN GREECE”. This acknowledgement facilitates significantly the transactions of the company in Greece and abroad, given that it ranks among the group of companies with very low credit risk. At the same time this emphasizes the fact that ATC is one of the most dynamic cutting edge technology providers in Greece. The “Strongest Companies in Greece” is a community of enterprises that are ranked at the highest Rating Scores of ICAP Group. ICAP Group is recognized by the Bank of Greece as an External Credit Assessment Institution and by the European Central Bank as an Accepted Rating Tool source. Only one in ten companies in Greece meet the required criteria to be included in the community of “Strongest Companies” Therefore, membership to the community is quite exclusive and its members are indeed the most creditworthy companies in Greece. ATC, aimed at its international development, has been very active by promoting its products, either through signing implementation contracts of major projects or with its participation in major conferences in Greece and abroad in the area of Business, Banking and Media in which ATC has been established as a benchmark. "ATC confirms through this acknowledgement its dynamic as recorded in the recent years. It is not surprising that for 25 years, ATC remains a healthy, wholly Greek-owned company, developing innovative software products, participating heavily in research and know-how and having earned therefore the trust of large organizations in Greece and internationally. We are happy that because of our consistency to our vision for the further development of our company in the foreign markets and our obsession to offer high quality products and services, we consider ourselves as a good ambassador of our country, "said Yannis Kliafas, President of the company. More information about ATC: www.atc.gr, www.newsasset.com




	ATC implemented the Portals of IKEA in Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria (20/12/2011)
	ATC announces that it has successfully completed the implementation of Portals of IKEA stores in Greece www.ikea.gr, Cyprus www.ikea.com.cy and Bulgaria www.ikea.bg, which are now in full operation. The Portals were implemented using the tool i-Box Portal Builder CMS of ATC, a user friendly development environment, which provides the marketing people of IKEA with advanced features of dynamic management, registration and publication of the pages of all the products and their attached multimedia content. The i-Box Portal Builder integrated with IKEA’s Microsoft Dynamics NAV Information System, allows Portals visitors to get informed in real time on current prices and availability of tens of thousands of products and codes. The Portals also allow to IKEA customers greater shopping convenience, by providing a functional shopping list, which can be printed, saved and emailed and also new features such as “Wishlist”, “Facebook Like” of the products and “Send email to a friend”. Microsoft’s Silverlight technology has been applied for the automatic creation of photos’ collections, products and prices, with special effects at the beginning of each product category. Finally, separate goods traffic functionality was added, recording the interest of visitors. The functionality of the new Portals, strengthens IKEA's continuous commitment to offer its customers with a more streamlined and well-designed shopping experience. For more information: www.newsasset.com, www.atc.gr, info@newsasset.com




	�TC participates in the new European project �MEDIA-TECH: The future of media industry using innovative technologies� (30/11/2011)
	�TC participates in the new project "MEDIA-TECH: The future of media industry using innovative technologies", which is being implemented in the context of EU Programme Leonardo Transfer of Innovation Project. MEDIA-TECH projects' main aim is to provide a complete package of Knowledge regarding the current advancements in the media industry using new technologies. The training package will include theoretical applications, practical guidelines and case studies, for the development of new media and the applicability of new technological advancements in traditional media. The project is being implemented by a Consortium coordinated by Sigma Radio TV. Main participants are also the companies: ea Media Solutions Ltd from UK, GrantXpert Consulting from Cyprus, Instituto de Formacion Integral from Spain, and the NGO- GSI – Gruppi di Solidarieta Internazionale from Italy. The Project started on 1st October 2001 and the overall duration is 2 years. For more information on the project: Marina Klitsi, m.klitsi@atc.gr




	ATC launches the Financial Oriented Solutions (FOS) suite (November 2011) (1/11/2011)
	"Let us discover what’s on your financial horizon" was the motif of the latest version of the ATC’s Financial Oriented Solutions (FOS) launch event. ATC’s "Financial Oriented Solutions" combined with Epicor 9 “Financial Management Suite” offerings are: �he "FOS-FRP for Banking" a complete BackOffice product for Banks Accounting Department able to be integrated with any Core Banking system and cover booking and reporting needs, based on statutory obligations or international standards or both. �he "FOS-OpEX/CapEX Management" system enabling Banks to track and control Operational and Capital expenses targeting to reduce costs and manage obligations to vendors and government organizations. The "FOS-Budget Management & Control" system which allows any Financial Institution to prepare, review and conclude any annual budgeting scenarios, planned and ad hoc revisions and at the same time to control any expenses intended to be realized.




	FARAD Heat Exchangers chose Epicor 9 Manufacturing (September 2011) (1/9/2011)
	FARAD Heat Exchangers (based in Athens-Greece), has been designing and manufacturing high quality marine Heat Exchangers for more than 20 years, since 1979. Using the highest standards for its staff, its associates and its raw material suppliers while employing a state of the art technology and know-how, is proud to say that it can meet technical challenges beyond imagination. Farad’s unique quality and client based approach will prove to be cost and time effective, while the best asset it is its satisfied client base. Whether an Air Cooler, a Shell and Tube or a Condenser, is needed, they will be happy to hear it and suggest a solution. FARAD chose Epicor 9 Manufacturing as the best solution to support their growing business due to its ability to support speedy "Configure-to-Order" processing, flexible production lines along with its open structure for integration with to be integrated with 3-D modelling tools and CAD/CAM systems.




	ATC & Epicor 9 selected by ManpowerGroup for its ERP Platform (June 2011) (1/6/2011)
	ManpowerGroup is the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, chose ATC-Erpicor for the implementation of ERP in supporting the Athens and Salonica‘s human recruiting offices. ManpowerGroup offers innovative human resources solutions that give the opportunity for companies-clients to succeed their business goals and re-enforce their competitiveness in the local and global market. Dr Venetia Kousias, President and CEO of ManpowerGroup in Greece said: "The basic goal of this implementation is the best possible service that we can provide to our clients and the support of our business decisions accompanied with fast and right information that is needed. This can be succeeded through the unification of all the data that we have in Manpower in everything that we do and the immediate and accurate transmission of the final information. The choice to acquire Epicor 9 gives us the necessary flexibility we need. The collaboration with ATC ensures the impeccable planning and implementation of a custom made solution".




	ATC launces the iDoMeet iPhone application on the AppStore (17/12/2010)
	ATC has launched a new iPhone application called iDoMeet supporting event planning and organization. iDoMeet helps users, choose venues and dates, invite friends, family, colleagues, enable all to cast their preferences, discuss it, keep track of invitees responses and provide event details to all : urls, maps, invitees. iDoMeet is available for free through the AppStore. For more information please visit http://www.idomeet.com




	ATC in charge of the ASSETS platfrom providing Advanced Service Search and Enhancing Technological Solutions for the European Digital Library (10/12/2010)
	ATC is involved in the ASSETS (Advanced Service Search and Enhancing Technological Solutions for the European Digital Library) Project, co-funded by the European Commission under CIP PSP programme. ASSETS brings together 24 organisations from 10 countries incl. among others Enginnering Ingegneria informatica (IT),The Europeana Foundation (EU), United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN), EXALEAD (FR) Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (FR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IT), Swedish Institute of Computer Science (S), Virtual Resource Centre for Knowledge about Europe (LU), MEME Media Lab of the Hokkaido University (JP), Deutsche Welle (DE), Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI) of Université PARIS‐SUD XI (FR) ATC is responsible for the integration and deployment of the ASSETS platform which will provide the Europeana (www.europeana.eu ) with software services, applicable to all digital libraries, which include: • Searching multimedia objects based on metadata and on content similarity • Ranking algorithms for improved result display (including also a ranking function for object surrogates) • Browsing multimedia objects for rapid navigation through semantic cross‐links • Audio content annotation and indexing (services for the automatic description and content enrichment of music audio data and for the fast retrieval of music audio content) • Interfaces especially designed for interacting with multimedia objects • Definition of an abstraction layer dedicated to search • Planning long‐term access to digital information • Ingestion of metadata requiring normalization, cleaning, knowledge extraction and mapping to a common structure ASSETS encourages new institutions to make their digital collections accessible through Europeana: thus ASSETS contributes to increase the digital items available on Europeana and to spread awareness about this great European challenge. ASSETS encourages also the content creation by re‐use so that users can enrich the library with the result of their search work. The overall goal is to make Europeana the most attractive, usable and effective gateway to free digital content worldwide! The project started in April 2010, has duration of 24 months and total budget 5,3 million Euros. More information on ASSETS is available at www.assets4europeana.eu




	Significant Performance Improvement for ATC in Banking industry (November 2010) (1/11/2010)
	Eurobank Tekfen, the Eurobank’s affiliate in Turkey, selected Epicor 9 ERP solution to manage and control all operating and capital expenditure. ATC provides the implementation resources including any customization required to adapt the solution to the banking needs. The selection decision, for this large scale project, was based on functional fit, software flexibility, ease of system use, its leading edge technology and last but not least implementer proven track record of ATC in the banking sector. ATC has successfully completed similar projects so far, for Postbank, Bulgaria, for Bancpost, Romania, for Eurobank EFG, Serbia, for Universal Bank, Ukraine, and for Polbank, Poland, verifying its significant performance in the specific industry and strengthening the applicability of its offerings internationally.




	ATC sponsors and participates in e-Learning & HRMS Forum (1/7/2010)
	Athens Technology Center (ATC) sponsored and participated in the e-Learning & HRMS Forum that was held at OTEAcademy on June 22th in Athens, Greece. During the course of this one-day event HR, Training and IT Directors from the corporate and public sector presented their success stories, case studies and best practices for designing, developing and deploying e-learning and human capital management (HCM) strategies. Additionally, throughout the day professionals from the entire HR spectrum shared and exchanged views on the role of e-learning technology as a tool for improving the development of talent within the organisation and the impact of learning on employee performance. ATC contributed a comprehensive assessment on the future of HCM based on its deep knowledge and expertise of major e-learning projects in the Greek public sector (NSPH’S e-school, MOU’s e-learning system, Syzefxis Sub-project 8: Learning Portal). ATC also introduced incollege the premier human capital management solution for corporate learning and training. Incollege is a vertical solution that offers to organisations of all sizes learning management and administration capabilities for the entire enterprise that incorporates elements of e-learning (Saba Enterprise®), document and workflow management (DOC ASSET & i-Flow) all unified under a web or intranet portal (i-Box portal builder). For more information about the event please visit www.hrtechnology.gr or www.intarget.gr or call +302106897950 or email elearning@atc.gr




	ATC participates in the PADGETS project (29/3/2010)
	ATC is one of the main partners in the PADGETS (Policy Gadgets Mashing Underlying Group Knowledge in Web 2.0 Media) Project. PADGETS aims at bringing together two well established domains, the mashup architectural approach of Web 2.0 for creating web applications (gadgets) and the methodology of system dynamics in analyzing complex system behaviour. The objective is to design, develop and deploy a prototype toolset that will allow policy makers to graphically create web applications that will be deployed in the environment of underlying knowledge in Web 2.0 media. The project introduces the concept of Policy Gadget (Padget) – similarly to the approach of gadget applications in Web 2.0 – to represent a micro web application that combines a policy message with underlying group knowledge in social media (in the form of content and user activities) and interacts with end users in popular locations (such as social networks, blogs, forums, news sites, etc) in order to get and convey their input to policy makers. The project is co-ordinated by the University of the Aegean (Greece), and partners include the National Technical University of Athens (Greece), University of Regensburg (Germany), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V (Germany), Google (UK), Whitehall Reply srl (Italy), Tech4i2 (UK), Piedmont Region (Italy), The Observatory for the Greek Information Society (Greece) and the Centre for eGovernance Development (Slovenia). The project (co-funded by the European Commission under the FP7 Programme / Objective “ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling”) started in January 2010 and has duration of 36 months. For more details please refer to the project website: www.padgets.eu




	ATC participates in the public consultation on draft specifications respecting the Greek e-Prescription System. (22/3/2010)
	Athens Technology Center participated in the public consultation on draft specifications respecting the Greek e-Prescription System held by the Greek General Secretariat for Commerce. E-Prescription is the electronic prescription service that the Greek government contemplates adopting in order to replace the current healthcare paper –based prescribing practice with cost-effective e-prescribing. The service will provide substantial benefits across-the-board for groups of end users like doctors, chemists, medical clerks, patients etc… ATC’s focus is to design a healthcare service-oriented system that will introduce an important element in improving the quality of patient care. All registered medical prescribers will have the ability to electronically send an accurate, error-free and understandable prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point-of-care. The proposed electronic prescribing will give momentum in reducing medication errors and trace prescription forgery, as well as enhancing patient safety. For more information, please visit http://www.opengov.gr/ypoian/?cat=17 or call 2106897950 or email sales@atc.gr or elearning@atc.gr




	ATC participates in the 8th Greek Conference on Public Health & Health-related Services, organized by the National School of Public Health, 15-17 March 2010. (20/3/2010)
	Athens Technology Center participated as round table presenter in the 8th Greek Conference on Public Health & Health-related Services, 15-17 March 2010 in Athens, Greece, organized by the National School of Public Health (NSPH). ATC presented “e-school” of NSPH, the e-learning project that provides blended learning curricula (e-learning and face-to-face) for postgraduate and vocational education and training. E-school is a web-based integrated solution that consists of Saba Learning Management System (LMS), Saba Centra Virtual Classroom and ATC i-Box Portal Builder and Workflow Management System (WMS). Additionally, the e-School project consists of contracts for services such as implementation, training and support and procurement of tailor-made, e-learning content developed by ATC-DATAMED. The E-school project was successfully completed in November 2009 by the ATC –DATAMED consortium and is currently in its pilot stage. At the end of this stage the systems will go live and NSPH will be delivering timely and high-end e-learning services for unlimited number of end users. Over the past decade, ATC has been a leading force in the field of e-learning products and services and provides across-the-board solutions for the public and private sector. For more information, please contact intarget Human Capital Management Solutions on 2106874300 or 2106897950 or email elearning@atc.gr.




	EC-funded GREDIA project completed (20/9/2009)
	The FP6-34363 GREDIA project has successfully completed by delivering the GREDIA Platform, which provides a complete solution for the development and operational deployment of Grid-enabled business applications, while hiding all Grid-related complexity. Specifically, the project aimed to deliver the GREDIA Platform, a Grid application development platform, providing high level support for the implementation of Grid business applications. This platform is generic in order to combine both existing and arising Grid middleware, and facilitates the provision of business services, which mainly demand access and sharing of large quantities of distributed annotated numerical and multimedia content. It also facilitates for mobile devices to exploit Grid technologies in a seamless way by enabling mobile access to distributed annotated numerical and multimedia content. The main advantage of GREDIA is based on the fact that it delivers a flexible and self-contained workflow development and execution environment, providing massive and secure access to distributed data and information services. The distinct factor of the GREDIA platform stands in the possibility to design different scenarios through the use of a scripting language. GREDIA solutions have been validated in the media and banking sectors. However, they can also be applied to the needs of a wide range of applications in other business domains, which require for advanced mobile-based tele-working solutions. The project is co-funded by the European Commission and the IST 6th Framework Programme with total costs €3.310.953. The members of the GREDIA consortium are: Athens Technology Center S.A. (Coordinator), SYMBIAN Software Limited, Deutsche Welle, Academic Computing Centre CYFRONET AGH, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, City University London, University of Malaga, Institute of Computing Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences, DIAS Publishing Ltd and Banca Popolare di Sondrio. For more information, please visit the GREDIA project Web Site: www.gredia.eu.




	ATC completed the mobile version of the Greek Yellow Pages (1/6/2009)
	ATC has successfully completed the implementation of the mobile version of the Greek Yellow Pages. The application enables users of mobile phones to access, search and obtain contact and location information (the latter also via maps) on the thousands of business and professionals stored in the Greek Yellow Pages Directories. The current version is available through Vodafone Live and is compatible with Nokia, Blackberry, Samsung, �otorola, Sony Ericsson, and Vodafone mobile phones. For more information on this and other mobile solutions powered by ATC please contact s.topouzidou@atc.gr and r.brown@atc.gr. Tel. +30-210-6874300




	ATC elected as NESSI Partner (27/3/2009)
	NESSI - the Networked European Technology Platform for Software and Services - has elected ATC as one of its main Partners. Established in 2005, NESSI (http://www.nessi-europe.eu/Nessi/), aims “to create and evolve a unified agenda, based on a multidisciplinary approach, for European research in Services and their foundations. This agenda defines and promotes the wide adoption of technologies, strategies and deployment policies fostering new, open, industrial solutions and societal applications that enhance the safety, security and well-being of citizens.” The NESSI founding industrial partners include Atos Origin, BT, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, HP, IBM, Nokia, OW2, SAP, Siemens, Software AG, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, and Thales. The NESSI community has expanded to over 300 member organisations and 12 Working Groups, split equally between industry and academia in EU-27. NESSI will implement its Strategic Research Agenda through an investment of 2.5B€ in relevant projects over the coming decade. For more information: Tel. +30-210-6874300, email: s.topouzidou@atc.gr




	ATC sponsor of the ALLIANCE OF MEDITERRANEAN NEWS AGENCIES annual meeting in Lisbon. (20/6/2008)
	ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER - ATC (www.atc.gr) is sponsor of the ALLIANCE OF MEDITERRANEAN NEWS AGENCIES (www.aman-alliance.org) annual meeting that will be hosted this year by the Portuguese News Agency LUSA 23,24 June 2008 in Lisbon. ATC executives will showcase at its stand during the event NEWS ASSET Agency Edition, an integrated News Management System for News Agencies. During the meeting, Mrs Evi Varsou responsible for the development of NEWS ASSET, will give the speech "NEWS ASSET – Multimedia newsroom and multi-channel delivery" referring to the recent changes of the media technology landscape worldwide, as well the way a modern News Agency can benefit from all these changes in order to quickly adjust to the new requirements aiming the significant improvement of its daily workflow. ATC, after the successful implementations of NEWS ASSET at the Athens News Agency, Portuguese News Agency, Russian News Agency RIA Novosti and the Polish Press Agency, enjoys the respect and attention offrom many international News Organizations.




	ATC participates in the PUBLISHING EXPO 2008 in Moscow (19/6/2008)
	Athens Technology Center – ATC (www.atc.gr) participates as exhibitor in the PUBLISHING EXPO 2008 (www.press-expo.ru) that takes place 23-25 June in Moscow. It is the Annual Professional Forum of the Russian Publishers, aiming the presentation of the Russian printed media industry to the Russian and international community as a dynamic and investment attractive business, discussion of the most burning issues of printed media development, introduction of successful experience and global industry trends. During this event ATC will officially announce its entrance in the media market of Russia and the CIS countries promoting NEWS ASSET system. ATC has already started its cooperation with the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti and the Russian Newspaper Moscow News that already trusted NEWS ASSET and ATC’s expertise in the media sector. ATC is a proven provider of solutions for the publishing industry including editorial & newsroom automation, production planning, web publishing, subscriptions & services management, ERP industry solutions for publishers, advertising space & time management.




	ATC at the 61st WORLD NEWSPAPER CONGRESS (26/5/2008)
	Athens Technology Center - ATC (www.atc.gr) is participating for the second time in the 61st WORLD NEWSPAPER CONGRESS, 1-4 June 2008 in Goteborg Sweden, the 'total' newspaper event bringing together over 1,500 publishers, chief executives, managing directors - and the most ambitious managers from all levels of the industry, from at least 110 countries. ATC is a proven provider of solutions for the publishing industry including editorial & newsroom automation, production planning, web publishing, subscriptions & services management, ERP industry solutions for publishers, advertising space & time management. ATC participation in the 61st WORLD NEWSPAPER CONGRESS focuses on its European customers as “They trusted One company - One system” that selected and successfully implemented News Asset, the powerful multilingual Newsroom Automation system and ATCs expertise in the Media Sector. ATC will promote the model of the Unified Newsroom for the management of multi-publications of a publishing company, as well as the news delivery to readers in the format they want using multi-channels. ATC will also promote its cooperation with Omnivex Corporation (www.omnivex.com), for the distribution and support of Digital Signage applications in the media sector as well as it participation in European R&D projects like MESH (www.mesh-ip.eu), which will build an innovative platform for the delivery of news through advanced semantic multimedia analysis and syndication technologies, and PAPYRUS (www.ict-papyrus.eu) which will build a dynamically created Digital Library allowing cross-discipline access to digital content.




	ATC cooperates with the British Publishing House William Reed Business Media (9/5/2008)
	ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER - ATC (www.atc.gr) announces its collaboration with the publishing house William Reed Business Media, a leading business to business publisher with an extensive range of high quality, award-winning products serving the UK food and drink industry. ATC will implement its new dynamic web site using the successful development tool «i-Box Portal Builder». The new web site is going to serve marketing and advertising purposes of “The Grocer” magazine, the main magazine for the specific market of Groceries and Super Markets aiming to be a final development platform for all future web sites of other activities. The William Reed Business Media products focus on the sector of Groceries, Super Markets, Retail, Food & Drink Industry and Event Management. The success is based on expert knowledge of the markets it services and the ability to provide cutting edge information, with insightful analysis. As an independent company, William Reed Business Media also has the flexibility to react quickly to industry changes producing innovative products that meet its customer's needs. «i-Box Portal Builder» is a user friendly tool, providing advanced features of dynamic management, publishing and distribution of content (internet/intranet) for web portals & sites through the use of an HTML editor It is entirely developed on web forms, based on the latest Microsoft technologies (.NET, SQL Server etc), allowing an easy and simple content modification




	ATC sponsors DOUKAS' "The School of the Future, the Future of the School" at DAIS in Athens, April 11-13, 2008 (10/4/2008)
	ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER S.A. is proud sponsor of the upcoming “The School of Future, The Future of School” international conference organized by DOUKAS SCHOOL PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION on 11 -13 April 2008 at DAIS cultural conference center in Athens, Greece. The company’s intarget Human Capital Management Solutions business unit will also be showcasing its innovative and flexible inclassroom and inlearn solutions at the learning technologies exhibition fair of the conference. Inclassroom is an integrated synchronous e-learning solution, which consist of virtual classrooms such as Centra from Saba that helps people to deliver learning and collaborate via the Web. Inlearn is the unified learning management solution for schools and organizations of all types that wish to harness the power of knowledge by turning it into value. The intarget HCMS events will start at 9.00 am on Friday (11/04/2008) and will go on for the rest of the weekend.




	EPICOR �ITSM� launch in Greece by ATC. (1/4/2008)
	ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER (ATC) (www.atc.gr) in collaboration with Epicor presents for the first time in Greece the software product EPICOR IT Service Management (ITSM), projecting in a dynamic way the possibilities, prospects and operational use by the private and public sector IT departments of the international best practices and standards like ITIL, ISO 20000 & CobiT. The product presentation will be done by Mr. Sam Ehnholm – Epicor Systems Engineer Director – EMEA during an event that will take place on Wednesday, April 3 2008, 14:00 at the PARK Hotel, 10 Alexandras Avenue, Athens. EPICOR ITSM is mainly aimed at CIOs, IT Managers, consultants of IT services consultants and generally executives of Organizations responsible for the strategic planning, �� management of IT services. EPICOR ITSM has been has been certified as ITIL Compatible and covers Incident, Problem, Change, Service Level, Knowledge �� Configuration/Asset Management procedures of an IT company or/and IT department while supports the demands for monitoring SOX, BASEL II, CobiT, ISO/BS, and HIPAA.




	ATC sponsor of Microsoft Hellas event in Athens (27/3/2008)
	ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER - ATC (www.atc.gr), following its existing partnership with Microsoft, participates as sponsors of a major event organized by Microsoft Hellas aiming at the launch of the new product line Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. The event will take place on Monday, March 31, 2008 at the Hotel Athenaeum Intercontinental. ATC will showcase there its innovative applications promoted to the Greek and international markets, which are based on Microsoft cutting-edge technology. ATC has already included SQL Server 2008 in the range of Microsoft products it uses, targeting as next step the renewal of its applications using Visual Studio 2008 and offering this way the most modern working environment to its customers. Additionally, by representing EPICOR, one of the seven largest business software companies worldwide, ATC offers in Greece Epicor’s applications that support the Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 and are based on service-oriented architecture (SOA) with the use of Epicor Internet Component Environment (ICE) 2.0. Epicor ICE 2.0 is the leading industrial architecture of new generation, able to create dynamic business applications which are Web 2.0 and Enterprise SOA oriented.




	ATC major sponsor of the 2nd PRINT MEDIA (23/1/2008)
	ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER (ATC) (www.atc.gr) participates as a major sponsor of the 2nd PRINT MEDIA CONFERENCE to be held on Friday January 25 at the in Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel. ATC considers its presence at the conference as mandatory, due to its significant contribution in the technological developments in the area of print and electronic journalism. Having invested more than 12 years in technology based on the journalists’ requirements in Greece and abroad and also having the assets of several successful installations in major News Agencies, newspapers and magazines publishing organizations ATC has the appropriate expertise and the ability to understand the needs of journalists globally. NEWS ASSET, the integrated Newsroom Automation System developed by ATC, is considered as a highly flexible and reliable international solution covering the needs of the Greek media market able to meet the needs of a large agency or publishing organization but also a smaller local or regional one.




	ATC collaborates with Vivartia (8/1/2008)
	Vivartia’s Bakery and Confectionery Division (former Chipita) and Athens Technology Center – ATC (www.atc.gr) have signed a contract for the installation, customization and implementation of ERP Epicor iScala Chain Supply for its Russia plant. Vivartia has chosen Epicor iScala ERP to be installed in all facilities of the group, except Greece and Romania. ATC was the choice of Vivartia because of ATC’s experience on Epicor applications, as it is Official Epicor’s Partner since 1998. Epicor iScala is a complete ERP system for international mid market companies covering all the organization’s needs as it can support Financial – Supply Chain – MRP – CRM applications as well as communication through Internet. More than 10 international companies based in Greece use already successfully Epicor iScala and ATC’s support and maintenance services for covering the needs of Greek but also international demands claims for unified procedures and consolidated results.




	ATC at the IFRA Expo 2007 in Wien (2/10/2007)
	The ATC (www.atc.gr) participates for the first time as exhibitor in the IFRA EXPO 2007, the world�s leading association for newspaper and media publishing, from 8-11 October 2007 in Vienna. Executives of ATC will be present in order to inform the visitors of the integrated applications for the Media Industry. They will showcase NEWS ASSET, an integrated modular environment for managing multimedia news content, compatible with international news industry standards. It addresses with different editions to the newspapers-magazines publishing organizations and News Agencies.� � Since 1987 and celebrating this year ,2007, the anniversary of �20 years of continuous presence in the Greek market, ATC keeps its ascending course as an established Greek IT systems vendor, providing for more than 12 years specific software solutions for News Organizations in Greece and the wider� European territory space.� � As ATC develops new products, evolving simultaneously the functionality of its applications and framed by strategic partners like FAST in the search engines area and OMNIVEX in the area of Digital Signage, is henceforth able to cover the needs of its customers in Greece and abroad, aiming at the optimisation of their operational processes, cost reduction and the creation of new income channels. During the event, visitors can be informed of the European research projects MESH and PAPYRUS in which ATC participates. Since 2004 ATC is strategically developing its market presence directly or through network of partners throughout Middle East, N.A. Europe, Mediterranean and C.I.S. countries.




	ATC announces partnership agreement with Omnivex Corporation for Digital Signage solutions. (17/9/2007)
	Athens Technology Center – ATC (www.atc.gr) has recently signed an official partnership agreement with the Canadian company Omnivex Corporation (www.omnivex.com), as a result of their existing collaboration since 2005, for the promotion and support of Digital Signage applications in Greece, Cyprus and Balkan Countries with particular emphasis in the area of Mass Media and Retail Industry. Omnivex Coproration was founded in 1991 in Ontario, Canada and is considered as the world leader in Digital Signage software development for multimedia advertisement to remotely controlled displays. Omnivex Digital Signage approach is unique as it doesn’t only manage content but also provides all the control and remote monitoring equipment and the acquisition and distribution of static and dynamic information derived from different sources. The embedded intelligence in the distribution of live information of Omnivex systems allows an automatic reaction to external changes. This kind of automation is increasing the effectiveness while reducing operating costs of a displays network. Omnivex Ciorporation counts more than 500 customers in various vertical markets worldwide, while ATC has already a portfolio of successful installations.




	Athens Technology Center participates as exhibitor in the 59th World Newspaper Congress in Moscow (30/5/2006)
	� Athens Technology Center, an established IT systems vendor for more than 10 yeras in the Press Organizations sector, will participate as exhibitor in the 59� World Newspaper Congress in Moswcow (http://www.wan-press.org). During the Congress, ATC will present the new version of News Asset Press Edition, an integrated and secure Editorial Archiving System for News Content Management (text, images, graphics, video and audio), compatible with international standards. NewsAsset introduces a new level of automation to the production cycle of a printed press from the early stage of news creation and editing, to the dynamic archiving with extended search facilities, user authentication besed on roles as well as full integration with QuarkXPress & InDesign. ATC is currently extending marketing and sales activities in Cyprus, N.E Europe, Arab countries and Russia. The system is multi-lingual and currently supports English, Greek, Arab and Russian languages.




	Significant Performance Improvement for ATC in 2005 (18/4/2006)
	The Expansion of Company's Activities Abroad is in Full Development Athens Technology Center S.A�has managed to achieve during the Financial Year 2005, a significant improvement of business achievements throughout the range of its activities, resulting to a significant�increase of all its financial magnitudes.� The turnover for 2005 increased by 22% relative to 2004 (from 10.43 million euros to 12.76 million euros), whereas regarding the two-year period 2003-2005, ATC have managed to double its turnover.� More important was the increase of EBITDA to 0.875 million euros, whereas net profits increased almost five-fold reaching 1.03 million euros compared with 0.22 million euros in 2004. The company�s investment plan, which is being materialized since 2003, is in full development and focus on the expansion of its activities both in Creece and in certain Balkan countries and Cyprus.� Already, its subsidiary company, ATC ROM, located in Bucharest - is operating successfully and there is also another Balkan state in the company�s strategic plans during the year 2006. The overall increase in financial magnitudes is due to : The continuous development of the activities of the company�s Banking Solutions department, which is based on a rich portfolio of� own and third party products and solutions, with particular emphasis on the collaboration with I-Flex solutions;� ATC is a Privilege Partner of I-Flex�in Greece, the Balkans and Cyprus, The undertaking of several projects in the private sector in the domains of Document Management, News Management and Enterprise Portals, The expansion of activities in enterprise software domain (ERP, CRM, MRP) where ATC represents products and solutions based on the Epicor Software Inc product suite, and The undertaking of important projects for the public sector in the field of e-learning (as VAR for SABA Inc.). ATC�s management foresees that the company�s growth will continue at a similar pace in 2006, as well.




	ATC�s new activity for TICKETING and ACCESS CONTROL solutions. (6/3/2006)
	OmniTicket Network (www.omniticket.com), after reviewing the supplied documentation, has confirmed its collaboration with ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER – ATC (www.atc.gr) as reseller Partner for Greece. Further geographical areas will be added in a later stage, based on ATC’s performance of its the new activity. OmniTicket Network excels in system development, client support, professional consultation and training services and has provided turn-key ticketing software and access control solutions, including hardware, software and services, to leisure venues of all sizes, such as theme parks, water parks, zoos, museums, fairs, and attractions, as well as ticketing outlets, agencies and distributors, worldwide. The OmniTicket solution is a completely automated, real-time networked system for the operation and management of ticketing related functions and locations (e.g. booking, pre-sales, sales through Internet), admissions, POS - retail operations and access control) meeting all the different ticketing needs of its clients, wherever they are trying to sell tickets. OmniTicket Network applications have been installed in 450 leisure venues in over 23 countries worldwide issuing more than 300 million tickets annually. Among them count Walt Disney Attractions in Orlando, Universal Studios in Hollywood, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, London Zoo in UK, Madame Tussauds Museum, Louvre Museum in Paris, Paramount Group thematic parks in USA and Canada, Topkapi Palace in Turkey.