Vortal Connecting Business, a leading electronic market operator, has signed a concession agreement with the Government of the Czech Republic for e-Procurement platform services over the next five years, totalling € 12,500,000.
This contract follows Vortal's invitation to submit a bid presenting its vortalGOV platform, indicated by the analyst company Gartner as one of the four most noteworthy public procurement platforms worldwide.
According to Miguel Sobral,Vice President of Vortal, "this is an important contract for the international development of Vortal in addition to providing a solid foundation to approach other Central European markets such as Germany, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia". Read more >
A Vortal apresentou a sua nova plataforma de mercado electrónico, a VortalNext, com a qual concretiza um novo paradigma de comércio electrónico G2B2B.
A nova plataforma está preparada para escalar até 1 milhão de utilizadores e introduz o conceito de Rede Social das Empresas baseada num modelo de cloud computing.
O lançamento decorreu no passado dia 12 de Julho, no evento eBusinessWorld2011 onde estiverem mais de 1000 participantes, muitos de Espanha, Reino Unido e Rep. Checa onde a Vortal já está a operar.
Vortal received the UK Trade Investment Business Award from the hands of Prince Charles
This year the "UKTI Business Award" was assigned to Vortal, among other companies, as a result of its recent investment in opening a office in the UK in September 2010.
The award was presented during the official visit of Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to Portugal.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is the British governmental organization that supports the international expansion of businesses in the UK, as well as the promotion of foreign investment.
Vortal recognized by Gartner in its report ‘Cool Vendors in Procurement Applications’
Recognition of the work being undertaken by Vortal in the contracting domain was highlighted in the first half of 2010 by Gartner in a report by Deborah R. Wilson: “Cool Vendors in Procurement Applications”*.
The renowned American analyst has referred to Vortal as one of three ‘Cool Vendors’ of reference in the world market in 2010. The companies mentioned in the report stand out for their innovation and impact on the market.
In this report Gartner spotlights Vortal as a company that knows how to meet vertical market challenges, providing solutions with a great degree of investment return, helping its Clients to reduce costs and generate business.
“Vortal has overcome the traditional challenges of the vertical industry e-marketplace by delivering a high return on investment (ROI) and delighting customers, whether or not they are investors.”
Deborah R. Wilson recommends, in this report, using this type of electronic contracting platforms.
