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
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 :
- 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...
Growth spread across both Distribution and IT business areas during 2nd quarter and 1st half of 2010. Adjusted net profit for the period increased 38.0%
OpenPlug's acquisition expands company’s developer tools to make applications available on diverse operating systems and in more service provider stores
The first of its kind, this partnership between Monaco and Sophia Antipolis opens the way to new forms of cooperation in information technologies
The 3rd PACA ICT Innovation Awards will be held to reward nine winners having focused their strategy on innovation
Apple will open its fourth French Apple Store Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 10 a.m. near the city of Nice
Bio
Annual turnover: 4.2 billion euros
Nearly 50% of cluster companies have R&D operations
Companies: 1.260
Fields of activity : Telecoms & Networks, Space Industry & Aeronautics, Software Engineering, Design Firms, Microelectronics, Multimedia & Online Services, Image Processing (2D/3D).
Jobs: 20.390
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, ...