ParTecs, Participatory Technologies, is a software company headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Consulting Services
Thanks to its continuous engagement in Product Development involving multiple releases, ParTecs has a wealth of knowledge in the following domains:

	Content Management Systems
	Community Portals
	Web-based Applications
	Communications Software and Protocols
	Intranets and Extranets

In all the above domains, we have built or customized solutions, Open-Source and Proprietary, on various technologies and platforms.

ParTecs handles customization, integration, deployment, hosting, development, data migration, training, support and module extensions related to Open Source Platform. For companies aiming for optimum leverage from technology in securing business goals, ParTecs provides consulting services to help them determine the strategy most suitable to their industry and their business environment. These include benchmarking of current systems and processes, gap analysis, drafting of a future technology roadmap, determination of systems and applications to outsource, and improvement of their internal processes.

ParTecs develops innovative business solutions to help customers solve unique business challenges, design a strong foundation, and develop an effective plan for their business.

Product development on the collaborative portal
We offer services in Custom Product Development and Software Consulting in a wide range of platforms and application domains. In addition, we provide customers worldwide access to the ParTecs communication portal, which employs the Application Service Provider (ASP) model.

ParTecs has developed solutions and services to meet all the internal informational and communication needs of large transnational member-based political organizations, such as international institutions, transnational parties, unions and professional associations. ParTecs solutions and services are also suitable for national political organizations, "civil society" organizations, religious groups and grassroots social movements, as well as civic participation programs of local governmental institutions.

The core of ParTecs offerings are:

	ParTecs™, a software-based communication platform for remote deliberation
	ParTecs™optional client-side software and hardware components
	ParTecs™-enabled services such as Translation Workflow Management service and Analog-2-Digital Text Data Conversion.

Product development for the open source community
Our ParTecs™platform and each of its modules are developed by extending, integrating and customizing existing FLOSS applications. Through innovative licensing, based on GNU GPL and Affero GPL licenses, we extend the free availability of software code to PC users, typical of copy-left FLOSS licenses, to all email or web-based users.

	TestableEmailer: Enables you to write automated tests for emailing functionality.
	PloneCaptcha: Helps prevent plone web sites from being abused by spam robots.
	PloneInvite: A tool for portal members to invite new users to register into the portal.
	DateBox: Widget that will allow users to enter dates in a variety of different ways
	PloneSkype: Provides Skype presence information inside a Plone portal
	MultiFile: Widget that will allow users to upload multiple files from the same screen