SMEs: Example Projects

Projects that can help SMEs grasp new market opportunities

Overview ¦ Example Projects

ACODUASIS: An easy-to-use tool for automated control systems

Making it easier for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and other organisations in the industrial robotic sector to design and employ automated control systems. This is the aim ACODUASIS, a software tool which has been successfully tested and which is getting positive user feedback.

More: ACODUASIS website

DBE: Unlocking ICTs for SMEs

One of the largest ever EU initiatives promoting open-source software for SMEs, the Digital Business Ecosystem (DBE) could revolutionise how small and medium-sized companies buy and develop software. DBE helps businesses to develop applications, and software developers to sell to a global market.

More: DBE website

Cold Trace: Mobile communication to trace the cold chain

Cold-Trace offers a wide range of services for monitoring traceability of the cold chain using mobile communications. They consist of a management tool on board trucks that collects and processes information from a set of sensors distributed throughout the vehicle, and offers an easy-to-use software application that allows truck drivers to manage all administrative tasks performed during a trip.

More: Cold Trace on Europa

mMAG: New SMEs' services through mobile technologies

With the Trans-European Mobile Publishing Service for European SMEs (mMAG), SMEs can create and publish content for mobile devices. Operators can offer numerous SME services across their networks.

More: mMAG website

Last Updated April 2007