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History

Etymology
Merkurium's name originates from Mercury, who was the messenger of the gods. It represents communication, information and exchange. Mercury also serves as a "unique" temperature indicator, being the only metal which is liquid at room temperature.

Merkurium is spelt with a k for Kilobyte, to remind us of the thousands of bytes of information we process!

Company History
In 1998, after five years of graduate studies and more than ten years of professional experience in the area of information technology, France Senécal founded the company Merkurium. From the beginning, the objective of Merkurium was to improve the overall performance of companies, by simplifying access to their strategic information. Merkurium began designing top-of-the-line management information systems, such as performance indicator systems and data warehouses .

For business, these applications are now combined in a new product called Uperform Business, a comprehensive performance tracking and data management system, for the business and government sectors.

In the education sector, version-2 of Skopus was launched in spring 2004. Skopus is modular software which provides access and analysis capabilities to performance indicators in a school board. It provides immediate benefits with easy access to strategic information that facilitates performance tracking against school and student objectives. Skopus now includes a module that supports the School Success Planning process and a Web portal for parents.

Today with the success of Skopus, Merkurium continues to grow and improve its products with the latest technological innovations.