About CRIM

An applied research centre in the Information Technologies (IT), CRIM adds intelligence to software applications and optimises companies’ performance and competitive edge.

Solidly established in Montréal and Québec City, CRIM holds unique scientific expertise in IT. The niche its experts occupy covers a wide range of applications in various sectors: health and life sciences, transportation, manufacturing, defence, monitoring and physical security, telecommunications, training, etc. CRIM is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

A unique partner to decision makers in IT, CRIM helps its private and public members and clients to:

• Develop or adapt technology with the assistance of the CRIM research and development teams. 
• Make better choices with regard to technology, platforms, languages, architecture, etc. 
• Adopt or audit processes, resources, management and reference frameworks. 
• Identify the risks to which their IT projects are exposed and find solutions. 
• Assess and improve the performance of their computer applications and networks.
• Identify ways to improve the security of their computer environments.
• Find the best experts to train their resources, always.
• Adopt best practices in IT project management.

CRIM (Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal) was founded in 1985 by a group of companies and universities who sought to create a neutral organisation that would bring together the producers and users of IT, thus accelerating the transfer of new technologies to the marketplace. For over 20 years, CRIM, an NPO, has played a major role in reaching the many benchmarks that have characterised the development of the IT sector in Québec: the first Internet network, the development of the multimedia sector, making Montréal an international centre for speech recognition, etc.

CRIM’s activities are developed according to the policies and strategies spearheaded by the Ministère du Développement économique, de l’innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE), CRIM’s principal financial supporter.