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By 2023, its [[battlefield management system]] was reported to be used by 45 nations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Felstead |first=Peter |date=2023-07-28 |title=Systematic Downselected for
Systematic's civilian applications extend to patient management, library data management and management of energy generation and delivery.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=December 2017 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Uffe |title=Systematic is connecting the battlespace |url=https://www.danskindustri.dk/medlemsforeninger/foreningssites/fos/medlemmer/medlemsportraetter/systematic/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=www.danskindustri.dk |publisher=Confederation of Danish Industry |language=da |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215403/https://www.danskindustri.dk/medlemsforeninger/foreningssites/fos/medlemmer/medlemsportraetter/systematic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History ==
[[File:Michael Holm speaking to Sen. Zed Seselja (reverse) and local VP 21.02.2022.jpg|thumb|160x160px|Co-founder, Michael Holm at left, with defence industry figures in Australia.|left]]
The company was briefly known as ''Informatik and Oplysing'', or Infop ApS, before settling on Systematic Software Engineering.<ref name=":8" /> Though later registered as Systematic A/S, it is more commonly known as Systematic.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Dan |date=2023-10-03 |title=Michael Holm stopper som direktør for Systematic |url=https://www.computerworld.dk/art/284548/michael-holm-stopper-som-direktoer-for-systematic |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Computerworld |language=da |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215402/https://www.computerworld.dk/art/284548/michael-holm-stopper-som-direktoer-for-systematic |url-status=live }}</ref> === 1980s-1990s: Message format innovation ===
After delivering the force tracking software for the [[Royal Danish Navy]], the group developed a [[Variable Message Format]] communications platform, for use between NATO partners, known as IRIS. It is characterised by one defence analyst, Joseph J Molitoris, as a
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=== 2000s: Battle management development ===
IRIS became the foundation software for more complex systems for battle management.<ref name=":16">{{Cite journal |last=Ebbutt |first=Giles |date=May 2014 |title=From Joint Headquarters to the Tactical Edge |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/49446756/janes-idr-equipment-profile-en-small |journal=Jane's International Defence Review |via=Yumpu |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016112426/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/49446756/janes-idr-equipment-profile-en-small |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2011 Systematic had iterated blue force tracking software, called SitaWare, which the Danish army began using on operations.<ref name=":16" /> Originally designed to provide situational awareness to commanders in the land ___domain, SitaWare generates a [[common operational picture]] that can be shared between operators in battle with partner forces.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |editor-last=Pittaway |editor-first=Nigel |title=SitaWare provides Joint COP at Talisman Sabre - Australian Defence Magazine |url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/joint/sitaware-provides-joint-cop-at-talisman-sabre |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=www.australiandefence.com.au |language=en |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016112426/https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/joint/sitaware-provides-joint-cop-at-talisman-sabre |url-status=live }}</ref> The first military force to use SitaWare was Denmark. It's understood that the first land force to adopt SitaWare, outside of Denmark, was the [[Slovenian Army]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ebbutt |first=Giles |date=24 June 2016 |title=Slovenia transitions to SitaWare software |url=https://docplayer.net/38190491-Slovenia-transitions-to-sitaware-software.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website= |publisher=
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=== 2010s: Expansion and combat deployment ===
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=== 2020s: Diversification and transition ===
Systematic moved to be a supplier of software systems for the health sector and large data projects, as well as defence.The first iteration of the software for hospitals, Columna Flow, was used for Electronic Health Record management, in the small central region of Denmark in 2011–13.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |title=The rise of innovation and technology in Danish healthcare |work=Health Europa |editor-last=Rothery |editor-first=Lorna |url=https://www.healtheuropa.com/innovation-and-technology-in-danish-healthcare/109080/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328050537/https://www.healtheuropa.com/innovation-and-technology-in-danish-healthcare/109080/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its first national project was the deployment of software to manage and track infection and testing during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lund-Hansen |first=Christopher |date=2020-06-29 |title=Systematic forærer staten it-system til coronavirus-testcentre |url=https://www.computerworld.dk/art/252465/systematic-foraerer-staten-it-system-til-coronavirus-testcentre |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Computerworld |language=da |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215402/https://www.computerworld.dk/art/252465/systematic-foraerer-staten-it-system-til-coronavirus-testcentre |url-status=live }}</ref> Systematic has built data management platforms for Danish Police, for Danish intelligence services as well as its libraries and educational institutions.<ref name=":5" />
While the company has attempted to move to a broader product offering, the military side has continued.<ref name=":8" /> By 2023, there were 45 nations using the SitaWare platform at some level of command.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Majumdar |first=Oishee |date=28 July 2023 |title=Australia downselects Systematic
== Software platforms ==
Systematic software products are designed for three sectors, defence, healthcare and digital transformation.<ref name=":8" /> The development process for each suite of software follows [[CMMI|CMMI5]] standards, for which they have received certification.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steen |first=Morten |date=2018-04-10 |title=Systematic fastholder topkarakter i international certificering |url=https://itwatch.dk/ITNyt/Brancher/leverandoerer/article10500023.ece |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=itwatch.dk |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012073618/https://itwatch.dk/ITNyt/Brancher/leverandoerer/article10500023.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2023, its core products are as follows.
[[File:Watch on the bridge on aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush prepares to anchor in Haifa 1 July 2017.png|thumb|160x160px|The bridge of
=== IRIS Suite ===
The IRIS Suite is a [[Military Message Handling System]].<ref name=":17" /> As [[commercial off-the-shelf]] software, using NATO command and control standards, it integrates with the systems of allied users.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":16" /> Its structured message format can assist with the simplification of orders, reports, and messaging.<ref name=":16" /> IRIS Forms and IRIS WebForms comply with [[NATO Interoperability Standards and Profiles|NATO Interoperability Standards]] including NATO ADatP-3/APP11, OTH-T GOLD, [[United States Military Standard]] and Australian Standard Military Text Format.<ref name="IDEX">{{Cite web |last=Ebbutt |first=Giles |date=21 February 2019 |title=IDEX 2019: Systematic expanding Sitaware C2 software into maritime ___domain |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/idex-2019-systematic-expanding-sitaware-c2-software-into-maritime-___domain |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Janes.com |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215409/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/idex-2019-systematic-expanding-sitaware-c2-software-into-maritime-___domain |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Labbé |first=Jean-Claude |date=April 1998 |title=Options Analysis Study for MCOIN III and AFCCIS |url=https://cradpdf.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/PDFS/zbb61/p507936.pdf |journal= |publisher=Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, Canada |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918135439/https://cradpdf.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/PDFS/zbb61/p507936.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Australian soldiers in a High Mobility Transporter during Talisman Sabre 2019.jpg|thumb|160x160px|Australian soldiers on exercise at Talisman Sabre 2019, where the software was deployed.|left]]
=== {{anchor|SitaWare}}SitaWare Suite ===▼
SitaWare Suite provides C2 for static and deployed command.<ref name=":15" /> It envelops SitaWare Headquarters, SitaWare Frontline, and SitaWare Edge.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebbutt |first=Giles |date=21 September 2021 |title=DSEI 2021: Ireland adopts SitaWare C2 software for ISTAR aircraft |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2021-ireland-adopts-sitaware-c2-software-for-istar-aircraft |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Janes.com |language=en |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017221145/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2021-ireland-adopts-sitaware-c2-software-for-istar-aircraft |url-status=live }}</ref> It provides C2 at command-post, command vehicle or at the combat lines.<ref>{{Cite journal |
▲=== SitaWare Suite ===
▲SitaWare Suite provides C2 for static and deployed command.<ref name=":15" /> It envelops SitaWare Headquarters, SitaWare Frontline, and SitaWare Edge.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebbutt |first=Giles |date=21 September 2021 |title=DSEI 2021: Ireland adopts SitaWare C2 software for ISTAR aircraft |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2021-ireland-adopts-sitaware-c2-software-for-istar-aircraft |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Janes.com |language=en |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017221145/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2021-ireland-adopts-sitaware-c2-software-for-istar-aircraft |url-status=live }}</ref> It provides C2 at command-post, command vehicle or at the combat lines.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=ten Brink |first=Wouter |last2=Vasilache |first2=Bogdan |last3=Wrona |first3=Konrad |last4=Suri |first4=Niranjan |date=2022 |title=Towards integration of Command and Control systems with Internet of Things |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050922008821?via%3Dihub |journal=Procedia Computer Science |volume=205 |issue=2022 International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS) |pages=161 |via=Elsevier |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215403/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050922008821?via=ihub |url-status=live }}</ref> It is used to track friendly forces, to provide situational awareness, to connect force elements and to share battleground information with the command chain and allies.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-24 |editor-last=Graf |editor-first=Jędrzej |title=Lithuania: BMS For New Boxer Vehicles and Beyond |url=https://defence24.com/lithuania-bms-for-new-boxer-vehicles-and-beyond |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=defence24.com |language=pl |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215403/https://defence24.com/lithuania-bms-for-new-boxer-vehicles-and-beyond |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":11" /> The Suite is used by several NATO partners, including its newer members. In 2023, the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) disclosed its plans to use the entire SitaWare suite the [[Finnish Army]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=White |first=Andrew |date=July–August 2019 |title=Knowledge is Power |url=https://mags.shephardmedia.com/Digital_Battlespace/2019/DB0419_webmag789/pubData/source/DB0419_webmag.pdf |journal=Digital Battlespace |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=15 |via=Shepherd Media |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215403/https://mags.shephardmedia.com/Digital_Battlespace/2019/DB0419_webmag789/pubData/source/DB0419_webmag.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== SitaWare Headquarters ===
SitaWare Headquarters connect echelons, such as a national command centre to the individual soldier.<ref name=":2" /> It aggregates large volumes of data, from military and civilian sources, to generate a common operational picture for land, maritime, air and joint operations.<ref name=":18" /> The software supports staff in planning and executing operations with tools for C2, for operational planning while providing situational awareness.<ref name=":15" /> Australian and American commanders used the system in [[Exercise Talisman Sabre]] 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuper |first=Stephen
=== SitaWare Frontline ===
[[File:Radpanzer_Pandur_Austria_3.JPG|thumb|160x160px|The Pandur used by [[Slovenian Armed Forces]] is equipped with the Frontline iteration.]]
SitaWare Frontline is a mission planning system designed for use in command vehicles. The system can issue orders from an electronic map; communicated via tactical radio networks – both IP and non-IP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebbutt |first=Giles |date=5 February 2021 |title=Systematic updates Frontline mounted C2 software suite |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/systematic-updates-frontline-mounted-c2-software-suite |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Janes.com |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115224953/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/systematic-updates-frontline-mounted-c2-software-suite |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":15" /> Since 2021 it has included force tracking, geospatial tools, and cursor on-target messages.<ref name=":10" /> It may display two video feeds from external sensors and subsystems.<ref name=":4" /> It can include a Fire support module (known as Thor in the Danish forces).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Giles |first=Ebbutt |title=IDEX 2019: Systematic showcases C2 software for Fire Support |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/idex-2019-systematic-showcases-c2-software-for-fire-support |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Janes.com |date=February 25, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215402/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/idex-2019-systematic-showcases-c2-software-for-fire-support |url-status=live }}</ref> The system is used by [[Very High Readiness Joint Task Force]] elements within NATO.<ref name=":3" /> In 2023, the [[Australian Defence Force]] has issued a statement that they had down selected SitaWare Headquarters and SitaWare Frontline, to be deployed in the Army's [[Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle]] and [[Hawkei]] and [[Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon]]s.<ref name=":15" />
[[File:Danish soldier in live-fire part of exercise Dynamic Front held at Oksbol Denmark 30 March 2023.jpg|thumb|160x160px|Danish soldier using C2 in live-fire exercise Dynamic Front held at
▲[[File:Danish soldier in live-fire part of exercise Dynamic Front held at Oksbol Denmark 30 March 2023.jpg|thumb|160x160px|Danish soldier using C2 in live-fire exercise Dynamic Front held at Oksbol Denmark 30 March 2023]]
=== SitaWare Edge ===
SitaWare Edge is designed for Android devices, used by dismounted soldiers, at the line of contact.<ref name=":4" /> The software adjusts to fit the screen of any such device to give 2D or 3D maps.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=DSEI 2019: Systematic previews improvements to dismounted, maritime SitaWare software |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2019-systematic-previews-improvements-to-dismounted-maritime-sitaware-software |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Janes.com |date=September 16, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215403/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/dsei-2019-systematic-previews-improvements-to-dismounted-maritime-sitaware-software |url-status=live }}</ref> It has a simplified planning feature and an integrated chat function.<ref name=":11"/><ref name=":12" />
=== SitaWare Insight ===
SitaWare Insight supports intelligence handlers and commanders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Huw |title=SitaWare gains AI-powered intelligence, decision support tools |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/sitaware-gains-ai-powered-intelligence-decision-support-tools |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Janes.com |date=January 11, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215404/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/sitaware-gains-ai-powered-intelligence-decision-support-tools |url-status=live }}</ref> It uses [[artificial intelligence]] systems to process large volumes of data from open source documents to video of enemy defence assets.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Systematic Australia - Communication, Detection & Security Equipment - Barton
=== SitaWare Maritime ===
SitaWare Maritime generates a Recognised Maritime Picture (RMP).<ref name=":19" /> It ingests data from sea ___domain information channels, such as AIS, OTH-Gold, and Link 16.<ref name="IDEX" /> It can be used by national headquarters, surface commanders, individual ships, boarding teams, RHIBs, and mobile coastal units. SitaWare Maritime was initially developed for the Royal Danish Navy, but was also adopted by the [[German Navy]].<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Olivia |date=3 August 2023 |title=German Navy acquires C2 maritime solution |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/german-navy-acquires-c2-maritime-solution |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Janes.com |language=en |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016112425/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/german-navy-acquires-c2-maritime-solution |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Aalborg Sygehus Syd 2011 ubt.JPG|thumb|160x160px|[[Aalborg University Hospital]] has been a user of Columna Flow]]
=== Columna Flow and Columna Clinical Information System ===
This software supports hospital administrators with patient management, resource allocation and logistics processes.<ref name=":20" /> The system allows health providers, and the patients themselves, to access medical history.<ref name=":21">{{Cite journal |last=Ambrosio |first=Maria da Graca |date=13 May 2021 |title=Challenges and Prospects of Implementing Mobile Health in Angola: Lessons Learned from Kenya and Denmark. |url=https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1134&context=iph_capstone |journal=Public Health Capstone Projects |issue=Spring 2021 |via=ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017221146/https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1134&context=iph_capstone |url-status=live }}</ref> One [[University of Georgia]] study found the system had reduced administrative costs, allowed patients to return home earlier, and resulted in "a cost benefit of 1.6."<ref name=":21" /> As of 2023 it was being used in Denmark, parts of Britain's [[National Health Service]] and [[University Medical Center Utrecht]].<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Nieuwenhuis |first=Esther |date=23 February 2022 |title=Ontzorgen met medische hulpmiddelen service en IoT {{!}} MT Integraal |url=https://mtintegraal.nl/artikelen/1252/ontzorgen-met-medische-hulpmiddelen-service-en-iot |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=mtintegraal.nl |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215404/https://mtintegraal.nl/artikelen/1252/ontzorgen-met-medische-hulpmiddelen-service-en-iot |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Freedom of Information |url=https://www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/media/925847/FOI-676-22-Response.pdf |publisher=NHS Borders, Communications & Engagement |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028142755/https://www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/media/925847/FOI-676-22-Response.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the head of [[Healthcare Denmark]], Systematic is largest provider of digital health solutions in [[Scandinavia]].<ref name=":9" />
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=== Cicero ===
This library management software can serve as the system of systems to local libraries. Since 2018, the platform has been used to automate many tasks in the Danish Joint Library System, that provides overall management to the systems of 2,428 library facilities which, in turn, manage 62 million library items.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Breeding |first=Marshall |date=2018-06-01 |title=Cicero: A New System Designed for Shared Library Management |url=https://librarytechnology.org/document/24049 |journal=Smart Libraries Newsletter |language=en |volume=38 |issue=
== Company organisation ==
[[File:Systematic Højhuset 02.jpg|thumb|213x213px|The Global HQ for Systematic in [[Aarhus]].|left]]
Allan Schytt sold his share in the company to the company's co-founder, Michael Holm, in 1992. Holm brought in new equity partners, Alex Holm Jensen and Erik Bank Lauridsen<ref name=":8" /> but maintained a controlling stake through his private holding company, Systematic ApS, said to be valued at DKK 600 million, making him the majority stakeholder, chairman of the board, and CEO.<ref name=":5" />
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By 2010, Systematic employed 500 staff, by 2021 it reached 1,100.<ref name=":5" /> Two office openings in Bucharest (a development centre, having purchased a local tech company, Consensia) and Canberra (for its Asia-Pacific operations) took its presence to 11 sites, as follows:<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Chirileasa |first=Andrei |date=2017-05-08 |title=Danish group opens development center in Bucharest, builds software for NATO |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/systematic-development-center-bucharest-software-nato |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Romania Insider |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215402/https://www.romania-insider.com/systematic-development-center-bucharest-software-nato |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Michael Holm Sen. Zed Seselja and local VP 21.02.2022 (cropped).jpg|thumb|213x213px|Michael Holm, a co-founder, is of 2024 the chair of Systematic.]]'''Aarhus''', Denmark, the global headquarters.
* '''Abu Dhabi''', United Arab Emirates
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