ARH is a global leader in developing and distributing recognition software, ANPR cameras and passport readers. Capitalizing on its broad expertise − and always with an absolute commitment to quality - ARH drives innovation in intelligent traffic systems, access control and identity document management. ARH is an independent, owner managed corporation playing a key role in the evolution of automatic license plate reading and ID authentication.
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with pro forma annual revenue of circa € 12 billion and circa 100,000 employees in 72 countries. Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data & Cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with clients across different business sectors: Defence, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public Sector, Retail, Telecommunications and Transportation. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the Euronext Paris market. With the acquisition of BULL, Atos becomes the European leader in High Performance Computing (HPC) and becomes the largest Western European Cloud provider after Amazon. Its cybersecurity and big data portfolio was also significantly enhanced.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent international organisation supported by 34 Member and Cooperating States, recognised as a world-leading centre for global numerical weather prediction (NWP). ECMWF is both a research institute and a 24/7 operational centre, producing and disseminating medium- and extended-range weather forecasts to its member states, worldwide commercial customers and international organisations (including the UN/WFP and IAEA). Moreover, ECMWF’s objectives also include the development of scientific and technical research directed to the improvement of these forecasts, and the collection and storage of appropriate meteorological data. To that effect, ECMWF operates a supercomputer facility that is one of the largest of its type, with the currently deployed 2 Cray XC-40 clusters ranked 25th and 26th in the June 2017 Top500 list, and an associated perpetual archive of meteorological data featuring more than 250 PiB. Furthermore, ECMWF pursues scientific and technical collaborations with satellite agencies, the European meteorological community and the world climate and weather prediction communities, as well as providing services for the European Commission.
The High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) is a research and service institution affiliated to the University of Stuttgart (USTUTT). Founded in 1829, the foremost aim of the University of Stuttgart lies in the fields of engineering and natural sciences, which nowadays is represented by 150 institutions distributed over 10 faculties, 5.000 employees, and about 26.000 students.
The Know-Center is Austria’s competence centre for data-driven business and big data analytics, founded in 2001. As a connecting link between science and industry, the Know-Center conducts application-oriented research in cooperation with other academic institutions and with companies. Today, the Center has over 100 researchers, 37 industry partners, over 700k Euros annual industry assignments, a dedicated business development cooperating with major players and offers data-driven services to hundreds of users and has spun off three companies.
Hungarian Public Road (MK) is a national road operator company which is 100% owned by the Hungarian State. MK is responsible for the operation and maintenance of more than 31 000 km national public roads. With regards to its 5500 employees and its economic indicators the company stays within the first ten state owned enterprises in Hungary. The activities of the Hungarian Public Road consist of operation, as well as the routine ant preventive maintenance of the national public road network including expressways and motorways. In addition to that, our company is responsible for the issue of route permits for oversized vehicles, and their control, the provision of trainings for professionals within the entire road sector and the operation of the Road User Information Services, the National Road Database. Besides performing its duties under contract, MK is also committed to social responsibility, the education of environmentally responsible behavior, as well as the improvement of traffic ethics and safety.
MOONSTAR is a global network service provider and has access to several industry Associations such as Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA), which represents 800 Mobile Operators and 200 leading Companies in the Mobile Sector. With its headquarter in Germany, MoonStar employs 12 staff members, the average turnover of MoonStarStar is 6 million euros per year. MoonStar´s core business is terminating voice traffic to all destinations of the world. MoonStarStar Communications handles daily more than 280 customers and manages approximately 190,000 minutes of retail and 900,000,000 minutes of wholesale traffic yearly. We are present at datacentres in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Dubai, London, and Hong Kong, Singapore. Through its worldwide communications network and strategic partnerships MoonStar provides a comprehensive range of cost efficient voice services for GSM operators, Fixed Line carriers and retail operators located all over the globe. As an international telecommunication company MoonStarStar Communications cooperates with leading telecommunication providers in every region of the world. Our bilateral partners of Tier 1 companies, PTTs, City Carriers and niche providers ensures our ability to provide excellent quality to all possible destinations in the world.
