PHWPresentationCEBIT 100306

European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia 2006: 

European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia 2006 Award Ceremony Hannover, 10 March 2006

European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC): 

European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC) The European cooperation platform for national and regional multimedia associations Founded in 2001 Coordinated by the European Multimedia Forum (EMF) Objectives: reach critical mass through joint services joint projects joint events joint representations A network of 5000+ members throughout Western and Central Europe www.emmac.org

European Multimedia Forum: 

European Multimedia Forum The European Multimedia Forum (EMF) is the main European Trade Association promoting the competitiveness of the converging digital media industries in the global market place Not-for-profit association – founded in 1994 250 corporate members – 20 association members through EMMAC – 21 individual members EMF activities: Promotion of “European Excellence in Multimedia” Preferential service provision: International business development Funding acquisition Management of special interest groups Philippe Wacker Secretary General 9, rue du Moniteur B - 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32.2.219 0305 Fax: +32.2.219 3215 phw@e-multimedia.org www.e-multimedia.org

EUREKA: 

EUREKA For the second year in a row, EUREKA supports the European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia EUREKA and the Seal have one major goal in common: innovation marketing EUREKA is: is a strategic tool to achieve visions! is market-orientated works bottom-up contributes to creating jobs!

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The virtuous circle of research DEVELOPMENT SALES RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT MARKETING WEALTH catalysts

EUREKA: 

EUREKA We are pleased to collaborate with EUREKA… We are grateful for their support …and I am personally pleased to introduce Ms. Stefanie Bartels from the EUREKA Secretariat…

European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia: 

European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia Distinguishes ICT & digital media companies with an excellent track record in marketing Awarded annually Candidates nominate themselves Winners are designated by a jury appointed by EMMAC. 21 winners in 2003, 27 winners in 2004, 41 winners in 2005 Since 2004: participation of India In 2006: approx. 300 nominations 33 winners from Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland Full list available at: www.seal-of-excellence.org

…and the winners are…: 

…and the winners are…

Winners: Platinum Seal: 

Winners: Platinum Seal Amadeus Navicore Strato Zanox

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France The leading provider of IT solutions to the travel & tourism industry Present in over 217 markets worldwide; used at 200,000 points of sale; handles +450 million travel bookings annually; +500 airlines in the system, representing more than 95% of the world's scheduled airline seats; 51,000 hotel properties and 42 car rental companies serving over 30,000 locations Hotel Multimedia Solution: Includes maps & pictures of hotels worldwide Provides travel agents with full access to multimedia content including general hotel images & room photos Fully integrated in the reservation process Multimedia content is made available, via application programming interface, to corporate customers and partners AMADEUS started as a EUREKA project - E!329 AMADEUS

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Finland Navicore is the leading mobile phone navigation company based in Finland Navicore Personal, the flagship product, transforms a personal phone into a fully fledged in-car GPS-navigator with a full feature set like detailed maps, voice guidance and dynamic routing. Navicore products are shipping throughout Europe and are sold in over 5000 locations Navicore is dedicated to bringing cutting edge-technology to consumers by providing the best user experience in a simple package, hiding the complexities of technology from the consumer.

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Germany 1 million customers, 2 million domains two data centres, certified after British Standard 7799 In 2006: STRATO = .eu first German registrar to be accredited by EURid first registrar in Europe to connect a commercial .eu domain (www.synox.eu) STRATO services are now available in six European countries

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Germany Zanox offers worldwide online marketing in more than 25 countries on 4 continents Zanox has a comprehensive strategy including technology, services and an established network of sales partners Zanox provides an international deployable marketing solution for effective online and offline sales The one-stop solution Zanox XS includes affiliate marketing, search engine management, recommendation marketing online sales and customer loyalty

Winners: Gold Seal: 

Winners: Gold Seal Eduweb Emitall Ideaxis Infomantis Invenso Novomind OpenBC Pimentic Upspeaker

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Hungary E-Learning and knowledge management systems implementation Content development for education and companies Technology transfer for innovative learning technologies (ALEAS™ - Adaptive Learning Systems) Localization of e-learning materials Solutions and services related to digital television The activity of the company also includes R&D work. Eduweb is a member of a number of international projects, which deal with significant topics such as u-learning, t-learning, digitization of cultural heritage, etc. Since 2002, the company built partnership in 12 European countries Eduweb

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Switzerland Born from the research carried out in the Signal Processing Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Leading Developer of Intelligent Video Surveillance software Supplier of advanced solutions for remote video surveillance systems and privacy protection in public video surveillance Team of worldwide experts in encoding and compression technologies as well as in video and image analysis

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Ideaxis, Belgium Internet Marketing Solutions Company that develops and commercialises ADDEMAR ADDEMAR, Advanced Direct E-mail Marketing, is a powerful e-mail marketing application that enables the creation, launch and evaluation of professional e-mail marketing campaigns online Launch of a new ADDEMAR version during Q2 2006, with more advanced features ADDEMAR is a leading Belgian application used by customers such as DHL, Sanoma Magazines, Barco, AdTech, Warner Home Video, Canal+.

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Germany Founded in 2003 Specializes in xml based software for online marketing Helps customers such as Lycos, Tiscali, Financial Times, Symantec or Daimler Chrysler generate more online traffic on their web sites, increase transactions and revenues generated online and create a strong branding and company awareness on the users desktops. Helps customers establish new channels for push-based online communication that work despite SPAM etc. Expert and market leader in rss newsfeeds casting technology > 100 customers with more than 250.000 PCs running Infomantis software in Germany alone Successful marketing of software and xml-based solutions in UK, France, Spain, Denmark, BeNeLux, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, USA

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Belgium Software company founded in 2002 Specializes in bridging the gap between old back office applications and the latest standards and technologies Active on the SMB market with 80% of its customers based abroad Focus on: data exchange, application integration and modernization, web enabling, office integration, document management and mining Presents on CeBIT its new product XBintegrator Service Bus, for scalable on-demand-business solutions

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Germany Hamburg-based software provider Fastest-growing company in the field of electronic customer communication and e-mail management. Offers software solutions tailored to guarantee customers better service – significantly improving customer administration and generating a rapid return on investment. Novomind Self Service Suite™: contains the full range of communication modules needed for a customer service center: e-mail management, virtual customer assistance and systems enabling interactive, real-time communication online – all in one, centralized knowledge database. Over 40 leading companies have opted for Novomind technology as well as public sector organisations such as the German Parliament From 2006, the module iMail ™ is part of the Novomind Self Service Suite™ 4.5.

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Germany Online networking platform for business contacts Over 1 million members worldwide Used by business people in 200 countries and 16 languages, Represented in all significant markets across the globe by a local country manager Market leader in Europe and Asia

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France PIMENTIC proposes Internet and multimedia solutions, image & communication advice and transfer of competence (marketing and strategical expertise, work control...) Pimentic is one of the two most significant IT companies in Franche-Comté (Eastern France). The IT activities of Pimentic are in regular increase (about 15% / quarter). Pimentic key customers are companies from 10 to 250 employees. Objectives : to present products and services in Switzerland (during the second half of 2006).

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Cyprus UpSpeaker provides on-demand high quality Text-to-Speech (TTS) applications Text on the web (news, blogs, …) is growing exponentially People have little time to read but a lot of time to listen read.io automatically podcasts any new text to any MP3 player Unique offering with first key customers in Europe (WAZ, Le Figaro, …)

Winners: Silver Seal: 

Winners: Silver Seal AllTheContent Connexion Cythos eZ Systems Trebag

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Switzerland AllTheContent.com provides.... competitive content services available for all media: mobile, tv, web, print youth-targeted content of the highest quality in text, audio, video and rich media strong interaction options and true cross media innovation   localized / specialized content to answer the smallest community needs proven vision, awarded excellence and numerous references

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Connexion, Belgium Provider of the Hotbanana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite Single eCommunications platform For non-technical users Integrated Web Analytics Multiple eMarketing features Search engine friendly Fully W3C Compliant

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France Cyber Tablet for Hospitals Offering to patients in hospitals a multimedia Touchpanel display (economical, ergonomic and adaptable to the medical environment) giving access to: TV and radio with the possibility of digital recording Video and music on demand Telephone over IP (soon viewphone) Screened broadcasts from the internet (weather broadcasts, news), games Thematic radio broadcasts over IP E-mail Services are used on the basis of TV and phone usages allowing the development and personalization of the digital universe of the patient in hospital A very wide target and a unified market (330 000 bedrooms in hospitals on the national territory)

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Norway The Open Source Enterprise Content Management provider Combines the freedom of open source with multiple license options and a full range of services More than 1,5 million downloads and 150,000 installations of eZ publish 70 employees from 18 nationalities with offices in Dortmund, Hamburg, Skien, Oslo, Lyon, Odessa and Copenhagen Customers like Swiss TV, NASA, National Geographic, MIT, US NAVY.

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Hungary developer and merchant of intellectual products Products are R&D-based, e.g. training materials and methodologies, e-business and e-learning solutions, etc. survived and developed through building international networks 100 international partners covering more than 20 countries and every sector (universities, NGOs, private companies etc.) company is one of the market leaders in Hungary

Many thanks for your participation!We are looking forward to continued collaboration.: 

Many thanks for your participation! We are looking forward to continued collaboration.

E-Accelerator & eConTec Umbrella: 

E-Accelerator & eConTec Umbrella www-e-accelerator.net The E-Accelerator is the one-stop-shop service platform for ICT & digital media companies seeking to expand internationally. www.econtec.org The EUREKA eConTec Umbrella facilitates R&D projects in the field of eContent & eBusiness Technologies. EMMAC offers a free of charge International Business Development and/or Project Development audit to all Seal winners A team of experts will work with you to assess your needs

Now to the most enjoyable part!... : 

Now to the most enjoyable part!...