Critical Software is an international company that provides solutions, services and technologies for mission and business critical information systems. The company was established in 1998, is headquartered in Coimbra, has offices in Porto and Lisbon (Portugal) and subsidiaries in Southampton (UK), San Jose (US) and Bucharest (Romania). Critical Software supports customers across several vertical markets including Aerospace, Defence & Homeland Security, Manufacturing, Telecom & Media, Government, Finance & Insurance and Energy & Utilities. Among its customers are high profile companies such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon, AgustaWestland, NASA and the European Space Agency. Critical Software is listed by Business Week, as one of the Top 500 Fast Growing companies in Europe. The company operates a quality management system certified to CMMI® Level3, ISO 9001:2000 Tick-IT, ISO 15504, NATO AQAP 150, AQAP 2120 and EN9100.