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INTEL: 2010 Trophies for new arrivals - Jury's Special Prize
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IT cluster: a high-tech powerhouse focusing on tomorrow’s solutions
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Mobile cluster: Shaping tomorrow’s mobile solutions
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Microelectronics cluster: From silicon to communicating objects
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Software engineering: a European high-tech powerhouse that reflects the stamina of today’s IT industry
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Digital content & e-entertainment
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SYMANTEC, creator of the Norton AntiVirus
- Areas of Excellence
- Information Technology (ICT)
- Environmental Sciences
- Aeronautics & Space
- Health and Life Sciences
- Fragrances
- Services and Corporate Functions
- Call Centers
- Tourism
- Clean Technologies
- ITER
- Competitive Clusters
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
Amadeus delivers strong growth in first half results
02/09/2010
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%
Sophia Antipolis: Alcatel-Lucent acquires OpenPlug
01/09/2010
OpenPlug's acquisition expands company’s developer tools to make applications available on diverse operating systems and in more service provider stores
Sophia Antipolis: Monaco Telecom joins the Eurecom GIE group of industrial partners
30/08/2010
The first of its kind, this partnership between Monaco and Sophia Antipolis opens the way to new forms of cooperation in information technologies
Join in the 2010 PACA ICT Innovation Awards
30/08/2010
The 3rd PACA ICT Innovation Awards will be held to reward nine winners having focused their strategy on innovation
Côte d'Azur: New apple store in Cap 3000
27/08/2010
Apple will open its fourth French Apple Store Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 10 a.m. near the city of Nice
Area of excellence
Information Technology
TEAM EXPERT
Business Unit ManagerBio
Ségolène PIN MONSAINGEON is the Business Unit Manager for the Information Technologies business sectors. The IT Business Unit addresses all technology-oriented companies in the fields of micro-electronics, telecommunications, software and multimedia.
Previously, Ségolène was in charge of marketing intelligence and responsible for the Riviera Resource Center.
Before joining Team Côte d'Azur, Segolene worked for several years as EMEA Marketing and Communication Manager for Alcatel Amtech, an American-European joint venture providing global solutions based on RFID technologies in the transportation and access control industries.
She holds a joint Master Degree in Economics and Foreign Languages from the Grenoble University (France), as well as a Translator Master Degree from the University of Alberta (Canada).
Key facts & figures
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, ...