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Odysseas Spyroglou's DotSoft, founded in 2004, focuses on ICT solutions including software development, consulting, and project management, achieving over 20% revenue growth. The company is involved in multiple R&D projects aimed at enhancing technology integration and environmental management. Additionally, it highlights the importance of entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem, emphasizing community, funding, and support for innovation.
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- 1. Startups & entrepreneurship. Wheredoes ICT fit? Odysseas Spyroglou, DOTSOFT, Man. Director
- 2. 2004 Founded 15 People 20% Revenue Growth >1m Revenues >70% (Int. Projects) 19 Projects TODAY ¡ SW Engineering & Development ¡ ICT Consulting & PM ¡ ICT Integration ¡ Maintenance & Support
- 3. What we do? Find Solutions to complex problems : ¡ Matching & Integrating existing technology ¡ Research & Innovation to explore new possibilities ¡ Excellence in Service Offering
- 4. 3 Pillars R&D ProjectsPublic Procurement Private Sector FP7, Horizon 2020, National Research Funds Bilateral Agreements International Tenders SW Development & Support ICT Project Management
- 5. Projects ENORASIS Integrated Decision Support System for environmentally optimized irrigation management. http://www.enorasis.eu/ eENVIPER Anintegrated web-based platform for the application, administration and consultation of environmental permits. http://www.eenviper.eu/ CASSANDRA A platform for the realistic modeling of the energy market stakeholders, also involving small-scale consumers. http://www.cassandra-fp7.eu/ RESCUECELL A portable kit for detecting trapped and buried people in ruins and avalanches. http://www.rescuecell.eu/ CONCORDE Develop a Decision Support System (DSS) to improve preparedness and interoperability of medical services during an emergency. http://www.concorde-project.eu HELLENIC RESCUE TEAM The Biggest Search and Rescue Organization in Greece. Environmental Studies, Consulting, GIS Involved through outsourcing from our clients (DRAXIS, HRT), serving as Technology Partners. COSMIC Contribution of Social Media in Crisis project will identify effective ways to utilize new ICTs in crisis situations and emergencies. http://www.cosmic-project.eu/ DRAXIS
- 6. Projects & Contracts PLCPROG A new and innovative PLC brand independent programming tool. PERICLES Promoting and Enhancing Reuse of Information throughout the Content Lifecycle taking account of Evolving Semantics (PERICLES) – is an Integrated Project funded by the European Union under its 7th Framework Programme. http://www.pericles-project.eu/ SKINDETECTOR Develop a more accurate early-stage detection, diagnosis and monitoring that will reduce the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus. http://www.skindetector.eu/ ISS EWATUS Integrated Support System for Efficient Water Usage and Resources Management interdisciplinary effort of specialists from water management and ICT research. http://issewatus.eu/ EU Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (EU Agency): • Technical PM Assistance 2011-2013 • ICT Support Services 2014 – 2017 European Space Agency's Telecommunications and Integrated Applications Directorate Web sites, Applications Support & Evolutionary Development (2013 – 2017) CEDEFOP ESA
- 7. Our Interests ¡ Data Asset Management ¡ DigitalData Preservation ¡ Social Gamification ¡ Crowdsourcing
- 8. What is Digital Preservation? Digitalpreservation is the active management of digital content over time to ensure ongoing access. Library of Congress: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/about/
- 9. The problem ofDigital Preservation • Too much digital content • Too easy to lose it • No one thinks it will happen to them. • Changes in technology • Hardware • Software • Formats • Data corruption • Inaccessibility
- 10. • Ensure thatdigital Information will be easily retrieved, understood and rescued through changing environments Our Challenge
- 11. How are wegoing to address it ? King’s College London (UK) SpaceApps (Belgium) University of Borås (Sweden) Xerox SAS (France) Information Technologies Institute (Greece) The University of Edinburgh (UK) Dotsoft SA (Greece) TATE (UK) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (D) Belgian User Support and Operations Centre (Belgium) The University of Liverpool (UK) Promoting and Enhancing Reuse of Information throughout the Content Lifecycle taking account of Evolving Semantics • funded under FP7 • 4 years (Feb 2013) • 11 partners
- 12. PERICLES will: ¡ Develop processes& tools to support preservation ecosystems ¡ Address changes in: ¡ semantics ¡ User communities ¡ Preservation infrastructure ¡ Lifecycle models 1
- 13. ¡ Develop analytical processes& tools for: ¡ Identifying ¡ Extracting ¡ Analysing ¡ Encapsulating information objects & environments 2 PERICLES will:
- 14. ¡ Develop a conceptualframework and unified model based on : ¡ Linked Data Principles ¡ Representing dynamic Preservation Ecosystems ¡ Language and tools to manage change 3 PERICLES will:
- 15. • A systemto harvest, preserve, manage and reuse blog content. • Archiving, Preservation & analytics as a service • A new commercial venture (CERN spinoff)
- 16. We live andwork in a social environment. We love social networks. We love games. We want to bring them all together. Everyday in our lives we are required to complete objectives, overcome challenges and interact with others. We always try to learn new things, improve our skills, make ourselves better.
- 17. Questment is anecosystem, a tool, a layer that will transform everything you do in your life (online and offline) into an endless game. Find out more at : www.questment.com
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- 19. So, what is entepreneurship? Entrepreneurshipis the process of starting a business or other organization. The entrepreneur develops a business model, acquires the human and other required resources, and is fully responsible for its success or failure. (wikipedia)
- 20. Startup ecosystem 1. Entrepreneurs 2. Community 3. Area (competitive advantage) 4. Talent 5. Corporate / Business Patrons 6. Mentors 7. Services & Support 8. Access to Capital 9. Spaces & Places 10. Communication platforms
- 21. The Startup EcosystemReport 2012, by the Startup Genome and Telefónica Digital.
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- 27. Funding #bootstrap #equity ¡ Seed (earlystage 2,5K – 1Μ) ¡ Series A (€2-5M for 20-40%) ¡ Series B ¡ Series C, D,… # loan # grant
- 28. Food for thought ¡ Stay informed ¡ https://news.ycombinator.com ¡ http://techcrunch.com ¡ http://www.cnet.com ¡ Follow ¡ @DigitalAgendaEU ¡ @Gartner_inc ¡ @Engadget ¡ @google ¡ @lifehacker ¡ Listen (Podcasts) ¡ http://feeds.feedburner.com/news/cnet-podcasts/ ¡ BBC Tech Tent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01plr2p ¡ BBC Click: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmd5 ¡ MONOCLE: http://monocle.com/radio/ (check The Entrepreneurs) ¡ NPR News Technology : http://www.npr.org/sections/technology/ ¡ Stanford University: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html ¡ Get Inspired / Learn More: ¡ TED: http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/ ¡ http://etl.stanford.edu ¡ https://www.khanacademy.org ¡ https://www.edx.org ¡ https://www.coursera.org
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