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A high-tech powerhouse focusing on tomorrow's solutions
SYMANTEC, the creator of Norton AntiVirus, is setting up its new European R&D coordination center in Sophia Antipolis.
"In the wake of an initial participation in a European project in the past, Symantec was convinced of the value
of research programs in Europe and decided to increase its presence on the continent."
Marc Dacier, Director, Symantec Research embedded
lab, Sophia Antipolis
www.symantec.com
A European center of excellence
The Côte d'Azur is home to over 1,200 IT companies, including global leaders in microelectronics, telecommunications , software development as well as content production and broadcasting solutions
Sophia Antipolis, Europe's first technology cluster, owes its success to an extraordinary community of 20,000 engineers and researchers specialized in IT. This guarantees a positioning at the forefront of IT convergence, further bolstered by the presence of major research labs and international organizations such as ETSI, ERCIM and W3C.
Multinationals, SMEs and start-ups take here full advantage of effective fiscal and financial measures to boost innovation :
A dynamic ICT cluster
- Secured Communicating Solutions - SCS Cluster
- Every year, the Côte d'Azur area hosts several professional events related to information technologies: IMAGINA,MIDEM, MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPCOM, SAME, SAP CONFERENCES, WMWORLD EUROPE, WIMA and more...
News
NVIDIA develops in Sophia Antipolis
01/02/2012
NVIDIA makes its site official after purchasing the ICERA R&D centre last June
Cannes Midem 2012 offers a host of new exciting events
28/01/2012
midem 2012 brings together music makers, cutting-edge technologies, brands and talent
Sophia Antipolis: Reims Metropolis public transport network goes “contactless” with ASK
25/01/2012
Home reloading in contactless technology: a first in France!
Sophia Antipolis: PACA investissements and Succès Europe become shareholders in Insight SIP
25/01/2012
These two business organisations are investing €180K in the company which designs SIP (Systems in Package) modules
Amadeus: How new technologies and social change will transform travel by 2020
24/01/2012
Impacts of augmented reality, gamification*, intelligent passenger records, long range biometrics and rise of the wellbeing agenda
They chose the Côte d'Azur
"Sophia-Antipolis is a very attractive region for any semiconductor company, for several reasons. The first one is that in the technology park of Sophia-Antipolis there is a solid tradition of analog and digital design, which is due to the presence of other big companies working in the same or similar markets, like Texas Instruments, Intel, STM and others. The second reason is linked to presence in the technology park of the Polytech'Nice-Sophia and other important schools.
That will guarantee our future growth since the region will always offer both experienced design engineers and you talents to hire."
Interview with Paolo Cusinato, Design Director of MAXIM Sophia-Antipolis design center
Talents
"For me, Sophia Antipolis is unique in Europe because of its multicultural nature which is evident daily, but also the concentration of a multitude of companies from the computing world in a single location."
Interview with Davide NOARO, Computer Engineer, Ausy, Sophia Antipolis
Our Experts
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Previously, he was in charge of promoting and commercializing private golf courses and luxury housing real estate programs for Euro France Development Group.
His career started with Wintersitck Snowboards, a leading US company in mountain sports industry, as a marketing & communication manager for Europe.
Christophe has been graduated in marketing (1998) and got a master degree (2002) in knowledge Management at the Nice Sophia Antipolis University.
Key facts & figures
Annual turnover: 3.8 billion euros
Nearly 50% of cluster companies have R&D operations
Companies: 1.318
Fields of activity : Telecoms & Networks, Space Industry & Aeronautics, Software Engineering, Design Firms, Microelectronics, Multimedia & Online Services, Image Processing (2D/3D).
Jobs: 20.095
Leaders : Altran Praxis, Amadeus, ARM, ASK, Autodesk, Cadence Design Systems, Cisco Systems, DailyMotion, Dassault Systemes, Fortinet, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Icera, Infineon Technologies, Lagardere Active, Mentor Graphics, Oracle, Orange Labs, SAP Labs, ST-Ericsson, Sunplus mMobile, Symantec, Texas Instruments, UDCast, Thales Alenia Space, Thales Underwater Systems, Wall Street Systems,..
Success Stories : 3Roam, Centile, CSR Cambridge Silicon Radio, Insight SIP, Lumilog, OpenPlug, PacketVideo, Prim'Vision, Smartcom, Stonetrip, Verimatrix, VoIP Telecom, ...