In March, SISCOG become a "Portugal Certifiedbrand"

This means an official recognition of the brand's importance, within the Portuguese Brands Project.

This project was launched by the Ministry for the Economy and Innovation, and is operationally managed by ICEP Portugal, in close collaboration with several public organizations. ICEP is a government agency with administrative and financial autonomy, under the aegis of the Ministry of Economy, with the role of promoting Portugal's image internationally as a producer of high-quality goods and services.

The certification is obtained by means of a candidacy process organized by ICEP Portugal, which carefully selects brands with a guarantee of being a Portuguese offer of excellence, taking into account aspects such as quality, creativity and innovation, representing the best that is made in Portugal.

During 1999-2000, SISCOG developed and implemented a Quality Management System. Our aim was to improve internal procedures and methodologies, with the goal of providing still better products and services to our customers.

With the Quality Management System many improvements were accomplished in processes that have a direct impact to the customer: software development, software testing, software maintenance, project management, configuration management, and users training.

Our quality system complies with the International Standard ISO 9001:2000, and it was officially certified and registered in December 29, 2000 by SGS International Certification Services.

SISCOG was the first company in the Portuguese market to be certified according to ISO 9001:2000, whose official version was published in December 15, 2000. This is an international recognition, issued by a credible and independent quality organisation, which SISCOG is ready to face the challenges and goals requested by our customers and partners, with an approach based on quality requirements.