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IMC Technologies
University of Aegean, April 2011
IMC Technologies
IMC Technologies helps leading
enterprises and organizations to
accelerate productivity, innovation and
customer satisfaction by utilizing state-of-
the-art knowledge-based solutions,
community/social software and top class
expertise
Our solutions are based on best-of-breed
Web2.0, semantic and linguistic
technologies for acquiring, analyzing,
interpreting and automatically processing
the growing volume of structured and
unstructured data
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IMC Technologies S.A.
Founded: 2004
Employees: 25 /35
Customers: More than 100 large and medium public
and private organizations
Certified: ΕΛΟΤ EN ISO 9001:2000, PMP
Certifications
Shareholder: Privately Owned
R&D Investments More than 25% of revenues
Markets USA, EU
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IMC Technologies
edialogos
Holistic approach to Participation & Community
S/W
Integration with Knowledge Accelerator using
semantic technologies
Innovative Platform & Methodology
Consulting Service Pack
International Recognition
Awards, Conferences - Publications
Greek and European Best Practise
Private Investment
Over 3 years R&D
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Market Highlights eParticipation - Social Media &Community Software: A
promising market
EU members fund eparticipation projects via national funds or
Community Support Frameworks
UN e-gov Survey 2008 (Sweden, Norway, Finland and the US
U.S. online community software market will grow from $278.4
million last year to $1.6 billion in 2013 (IDC)
Asia, Latin America and Africa similar trend
IMC Technologies
Semantic Social technologies
Significant number of installations in Greece & Europe
Robust - Scalable business model
International recognition and awards
Facts
Key Predictions
By 2014, social networking services will replace e-mail as the
primary vehicle for interpersonal communications for 20 percent
of business users
By 2012, over 50 percent of enterprises will use activity streams
that include microblogging
Gartner, Inc. Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit
2010
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The Opportunity
Concrete Business Need
Social Media & Web 2.0 hit the
mainstream. People demand similar
apps in the workplace
Only a few governments have made
the necessary investment to move
from egovernment applications per
se to a more integrated connected
governance stage
Fast Growing Market
IDC expects the U.S online
community software market to
rise to 1,6 Billion $ until 2013
(CAGR 41%)
International Business Need (no
clear leader)
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The solution
Holistic Approach to Participation &
Social Media
A methodology & a framework
The first fully fledged semantic social
platform for communities & eparticipation
Tools package
Τechnology
Implement open standards
Implement Knowledge Accelerator
technology
Open Source
Our product: eDialogos
eDialogos 2.0 is an Online Community and Social Business
Software (OCSBS) that delivers instant, knowledge-powered
online communities. It is IMC Technologies flagship product
and has been evolving since 2006.
eDialogos 2.0 combines semantic technology to structured
electronic participation and Web 2.0 technologies to
unleash maximum customer satisfaction. Current product
offering is eDialogos 2.0 entreprise edition
eDialogos 3.0, an advanced pack of the the current offering will be
released in May 2011.
eDialogos 3.0 will support Enterprise, Software As a Service
and Open Source
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Business
Models
Open Source Release
Sell Support Services
Sell proprietary
components
SaaS release
Enterprise release
Sell licenses
Sell Support Services
Monetization Services
Central Government
Local Government and Communities
NGOs, NPOs
Chambers of commerce, industry, …
Political Parties
Unions, associations, …
Large enterprises
Internal dialogue or customer participation
Media (newspapers, channels, magazines)
+ sell to software houses, developers etc
Target Market
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Team
CEO: P. Georgolios
CTO: K. Kafentzis
CFO: G. Papavasileiou
PMO: N. Pappas
R&D: G. Anadiotis
S&M: C. Basios
more at imc.com.gr
Up to 35 years old
Strong Academic Background
International Experience
Enterpreunership Awards
R&D in IMC Technologies
Research Directions
Linked Data for Open Public Data (Contribution to O.S
communities)
Argument Visualization
Dialogue Analytics
Semantic & Fuzzy Searches
Collaboration with Universities
Internships
PhDs in house
Patents VS OpenSource VS publication model
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Technology waves to reshape
business landscape Data Takes its Rightful Place as a Platform
Analytics Is Driving a Discontinuous evolution from Business Intelligence
Cloud Computing Will Create More Value Higher up the Stack
IT Security Will Respond Rapidly, Progressively—and in Proportion
Service-centric Architecture
Social Platforms Will Emerge as a New Source of Business Intelligence
User Experience is What Matters
Data Privacy Will Adopt a Risk-based Approach
* Accenture Technology Vision
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Thank You!
www.imc.com.gr