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Tag Archives: innovation
Start-up incentives for innovating companies
On March 21st I took part in États Généraux du Cloud organised by EuroCloud France association. It was a truly dynamic day with rich exchanges during the workshops, quality participants and companies that really deserved their prizes.
During this event, Ms Laure de la Raudière, MP (UMP) has made an interesting intervention talking about her vision of the digital economy where cloud has definitely a significant place.
The participants have largely admitted that the innovation and research & development start-up incentives are, in France, well implemented and truly valuable. In addition, emphasis was put on the improvement of OSEO practices.
We received from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research the renewal of our R&D tax credit accreditation for 2012-2014. This enables our customers to integrate part of
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Mon., 19 Mar. 2012 15:06 (457 day(s) old)
East-west topic, European vs. worldwide offshoring, IT services, Nearshore, Offshore
Mon., 19 Mar. 2012 15:06 (457 day(s) old)
East-west topic, European vs. worldwide offshoring, IT services, Nearshore, Offshore
In these election times, in France as well as in the USA, this is a popular word. Easy to use and definitely catchy, it reconciles the extreme left, the extreme right, the extreme center and the elderly. It works almost on its own! There is a risk involved, meaning the potential for a lot of foolish economic decisions, but in general politicians and journalists tend not to care about it.
For example, we systematically forget to say that, when an Indian company orders 127 Airbus planes (which will bring 10 billion to the South-West of France and Northern Germany), this happens because there are more and more Indians who can fly due to earning higher incomes. Of course we want to sell these Airbus planes to them! But it would be even better if the
Read more « Relocation, tax spoliation… just of few thoughts concerning the demagogues from all walks of life »The MWC 2012 Conference – A vision of 2022 (second part)
The conference continued on the vision of 2022 (see my previous post here) by presenting several companies and their innovative solutions. Paul Lee (Deloitte), the chairman of this conference, has asked us for a vote in order to see which of these innovative solutions epitomizes the future:
- EarSmart: enables an object to hear (even in an extreme sound environment). They believe that, in 2022, the voice will be more useful than at the present day. In order to achieve that, the sound quality and voice capture must be improved not only for mobile devices but also for vocal translators and even for social networks. Companies such as Skype, HD voice, Apple (with Siri) and FaceBook set technology trends through (because of) their users. For this purpose, the communication
The MWC 2012 Conference – A vision of 2022
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Thu., 1 Mar. 2012 13:25 (475 day(s) old)
Embedded, Innovation and strategy, Mobility
Thu., 1 Mar. 2012 13:25 (475 day(s) old)
Embedded, Innovation and strategy, Mobility
The third day of the conference was chaired by Paul Lee, one of Deloitte‘s R&D managers.
The conference speakers were:
- John Donovan, from AT&T
- Erik Kruse, Ericsson’s R&D manager
John got the ball rolling for AT&T’s future in mobility. Nothing new compared to yesterday’s presentation (see my previous post here). Two major points on which John particularly insisted come to my mind:
- Networking of intelligence: AT&T manages a huge amount of Data (Big Data), including personal data as well as anonymous data. AT&T wants to interconnect the cloud with services (such as health services for instance) to provide new generation mobile services (a doctor can provide remote assistance).
- Security is among the main concerns of AT&T. The user must be allowed to choose whether or not to share
MWC 2012 Conference: How Apps have changed our lives
It was in front of a packed audience that Scott Ellison (IDC) started the conference on how mobile applications will change our lives.
Even before starting, I am personally convinced of it: it is our everyday reality, as, like many others, I am “connected”. I regularly check my social networks and e-mails via dedicated apps. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am in favor of further mobility development, beyond simply supplying apps one has on the PC. Facebook is heading in this direction by establishing a partnership with many worldwide mobile operators to simplify the confirmation of account creation or access validation to a service. In order to achieve this, FB is going to skip the e-mail confirmation stage; this operation is going to take place via the equipment and mobile
Embedded in the past, present and future
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Mon., 27 Feb. 2012 22:47 (478 day(s) old)
Cloud, Embedded, Machine to machine, Mobility
Mon., 27 Feb. 2012 22:47 (478 day(s) old)
Cloud, Embedded, Machine to machine, Mobility
In the past, embedded meant designing circuit boards allowing to achieve one or two functionalities.
Nowadays, it means allowing modules having one or two functionalities to work together in an ever smaller and ever more intelligent device.
In the future, it will be about ensuring that the whole of these devices work properly at the right time.
Let’s take for instance something that we use every day: the mobile phone.
In the past, your mobile phone, or rather your portable phone because of the weight of some 8Watts, allowed you to make calls. For this purpose, it had a keypad, a screen, a battery and a GSM card.
Nowadays, besides making calls, your phone, or rather your smartphone, allows your to browse the internet, to take photos, to manage your calendar, to locate yourself (or
IT offshore press review week 08/2012
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Mon., 20 Feb. 2012 16:38 (485 day(s) old)
Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore
Mon., 20 Feb. 2012 16:38 (485 day(s) old)
Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore
Do you know the 4 not so easy steps to make in order to save the IT industry? The first article of today’s IT offshore press review contains a short presentation of these steps. Do you agree?
- How to Save the IT Industry in 4 (Not So Easy) Steps (February 12, 2012, CIO)
- Twitter finally completes redesign rollout for all users (February 17, 2012, Computer world)
- Six crucial tech companies you’ve never heard of (February 20, 2012, IT World)
- CIO priorities 2012: Ali Jaffri, ICT manager, Gallions Housing (February 20, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Technology ‘geeks’ the most productive employees, says research (February 17, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Singapore CIOs point to value, not cost, to assess IT investment (February 17, 2012, ZDNet Asia)
- No easy recovery for Japanese
IT offshore press review week 07/2012
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Mon., 13 Feb. 2012 16:31 (492 day(s) old)
Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore, Offshore destinations
Mon., 13 Feb. 2012 16:31 (492 day(s) old)
Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore, Offshore destinations
Welcome to the IT offshore press review. ComputerWeekly announces that Indian IT services firms are becoming attractive options for strategic partnerships with European enterprises as IT budget constraints persist. Do you agree?
- Offshoring to take a larger slice of flat IT budgets (February 9, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Locals have edge despite Europe IT talent influx to Asia (February 13, 2012, ZDNet Asia)
- The IT Pro report: Cloud Computing in 2012 (February 3, 2012, IT Pro)
- Thousands protest ACTA across Europe (February 13, 2012, IT Pro)
- IT industry must drive broadband to boost UK economy, Intellect tells Annual Regent Conference 2012 (February 9, 2012, Computer weekly)
- 10 Business Skills Every IT Pro Must Master (February 9, 2012, CIO)
- Apple Innovation: 10 Future Tech Ideas (February 9, 2012, CIO)
IT offshore press review week 06/2012
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Mon., 6 Feb. 2012 16:42 (499 day(s) old)
Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore
Mon., 6 Feb. 2012 16:42 (499 day(s) old)
Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore
Welcome to the fresh IT offshore press review.
- Opacity: Why IT services aren’t services at all (February 2, 2012, Computer World)
- Facebook IPO details strategy and its vision of itself (February 2, 2012, Computer World)
- Innovation and optimisation top UK’s 2012 IT agenda, survey shows (February 3, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Java’s road ahead in 2012, Oracle at the wheel (February 5, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Check how cloud computing suppliers are doing compared to traditional IT players (February 3, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Gartner: Start rethinking your application architecture (February 1, 2012, Computer weekly)
- Facebook’s IPO in pictures (February 3, 2012, ZDNet)
- H-1B Workers Are Better Paid, More Educated, Study Finds (February 3, 2012, CIO)
- 8 CRM Trends You Need to Watch (February 3, 2012, CIO)
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IT offshore press review week 04/2012
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Mon., 23 Jan. 2012 14:40 (513 day(s) old)
Cloud, Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore
Mon., 23 Jan. 2012 14:40 (513 day(s) old)
Cloud, Innovation and strategy, IT services, Offshore
2012 is set to be a year in which new opportunities start to rise for IT professionals. Let’s see what other subjects we have in the IT offshore press review this week. Enjoy!
- How to cope with HTML5′s dueling standards bodies (January 17, 2012, Computer World)
- Need an agile infrastructure? Do your homework (January 16, 2012, Computer World)
- Tips for Facebook Timeline apps: Beware what you share (January 21, 2012, IT World)
- Wall Street Beat: Enterprise spending helps mixed quarter for tech (January 20, 2012, IT World)
- Public sector IT staff sees largest cut in 25 years (January 19, 2012, Computer Weekly)
- Four key trends in business analytics in 2012 (January 17, 2012, Computer Weekly)
- Innovation’s dirty little secret (January 17, 2012, Computer Weekly)
- The cloud
Is Pentalog going to switch its mobile subscription to FREE?
Behind this title which is meant to be a trifle intriguing, I would like to tackle two current topics of interest. First, there is the buzz of the moment caused by the launch of offers by the French mobile network operator Free. Second, our contract signed with our current mobile operator (Orange) is coming to an end.
The first issue refers to the recent launch of the first mobile offer by Free. As you all know it, Free has created a buzz by putting forward a €19.99 offer including unlimited calls to 40 destinations, unlimited SMS/MMS and 3Go of fair-use (not unlimited, but still not bad at all), and a second offer at €2 consisting of 1h of calls and 60 SMS. One can really see the willingness of Free (together with its charismatic
Read more « Is Pentalog going to switch its mobile subscription to FREE? »2011 session of Académie des entrepreneurs in Prague: the future of progress
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Mon., 28 Nov. 2011 10:52 (569 day(s) old)
East-west topic, Offshore destinations
Mon., 28 Nov. 2011 10:52 (569 day(s) old)
East-west topic, Offshore destinations
On November 12th-13th, I had the chance to attend the amazing meeting of Académie des entrepreneurs held in Prague. The organizers (Ernst&Young, La Compagnie Financière de Rothschild, Les Echos, L’Entreprise and Roularta Media Group) gathered a group of first class experts, among whom: General Georgelin, former Chief of the Defence Staff and current Great Chancellor of the Legion of Honour; Cynthia Fleury, research fellow and associate professor of political philosophy at the American University of Paris, researcher at the Institute of Communication Sciences of CNRS (The National Center of Scientific Research), lecturer at Paris Institute of Political Studies and professor at École Polytechnique; Christian de Boissieu, economist, member of the Attali Commission for the liberation of growth and Chairman of Council of Economic Analysis; Dominique Netter, chief economist at Rothschild; and, as a matter of
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