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The International Utilities Competence Center will develop and export
Logica's solutions to the world, putting Portugal at the forefront of
global research in the utilities area.
Logica, a leading IT and business services company, today announcend
the launch of its International Utilities Competence Center in
Portugal. The technology center, inaugurated by José Sócrates,
Prime Minister of Portugal and Andy Green, CEO of Logica, will
promote and develop solutions in the Utilities field, focused on the
strategic markets of Europe, Americas and Oceania. The center aims to
place Portugal at the forefront of world research in this area. With
the opening of the new center, Logica will also create several
qualified jobs in this area for the company.
This new utilities center brings together, in Lisbon, a set of skills
that allow demonstrations of cutting-edge technology, developed in
Portugal for the sectors of electricity, water and gas. The center will
focus on and innovate around five key areas - Advanced
Metering Infrastructure, Wind Farm Management, SAP IS-U, Geospatial
Information Systems and Utilities Business Suite. Some of the solutions
developed around these areas are already being marketed in countries
like Spain, Holland, Belgium, Brazil, USA and Australia.
The center will focus on the development of solutions such as smart
grids (intelligent networks for energy distribution) - technologies
that will enable consumers to manage their energy consumption more
efficiently. The Utilities center will have the capability to
demonstrate simulations of crisis situations in the distribution of
energy (eg, failure in electricity supply).
"In Portugal, we are living a true revolution in the energy and
environment sectors and Logica is at the forefront, creating innovative
solutions to enable this revolution ", says José Carlos Gonçalves, CEO
of Logica Iberia."The opening of the 'International Utilities
Competence Center’ contributes strongly to the leading position
Portugal has in the world with regards to research, development and
commercialization of advanced solutions in this area."
The new center is part of a Technological Plan, a strategy created by
the Government to promote development and strengthen the country's
competitiveness on knowledge, technology and innovation. Commenting on
the new center, Carlos Zorrinho, national coordinator of the
Technological Plan, said,”This significant investment of Logica in
Portugal confirms that our country is positioned globally as a location
of excellence for companies developing highly sophisticated
technological services. In addition to the creation of skilled
employment and the increase of services exportation, this center also
has great importance in further strengthening Portuguese skills in the
use of resources efficiency, particularly in the energy domain".
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