Tecnalia grants ITmark certification to 64 Colombian companies

15/9/2017

Tecnalia has granted during years 2016 and 2017 the ITmark certification to 64 Colombian IT sector companies.

These certifications have been performed in the framework of a project in which both Tecnalia and Tecnalia Colombia are participating. The project is financed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Department of Colombian Administration –COLCIENCIAS-. One of the project goals is to increase Colombian IT companies competitiveness by adopting quality management models.

ITmark is a quality management certification developed by Tecnalia in 2005 with the purpose of promoting excellence in management activities for SMEs in three different areas:
• Business management
• Information security management
• Software engineering, systems and services

The ITmark certification includes an improvement model developed using as input different internationally recognized models and standards:
• EFQM and ISO 9001 for business management
• ISO 27000 for information security management
• CMMI-DEV and CMMI-SVC for software engineering, systems and services

For an SME ITmark is a perfect starting point for a process improvement initiative.
ITmark is present in more than sixteen countries, primarily from Europe and Latin America, having available a consultants and appraisers net all over the world.