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Forum für digitale Sicherheit: Cartes & Identification 2011

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Forum für digitale Sicherheit: Cartes & Identification 2011

Großer Besucherandrang auf der 26. Ausgabe – Mobiler
Zahlungsverkehr und NFC-Anwendungen im Zentrum des Interesses

 
430 Aussteller aus 45 Ländern und 19.513 Besucher (2010: 18.768) aus 143 Ländern nahmen an der Fachmesse für digitale Sicherheit und intelligente Technologien in Paris teil. Stark besucht waren insbesondere die 21 Vorträge zu den aktuellen Themen wie mobiler Zahlungsverkehr und Finanzdienstleistungen (NFC und berührungslos), Sicherheit in der Cloud, multifunktionale Karten, Points of Sale / Points of Interaction und E-Government. 

Im Rahmen der Eröffnungskonferenz „World Card Summit“ legte Scott Mulloy, CTO von ISIS (Joint-Venture von AT&T, T-Mobile und Verizon Wireless), die Zukunft des mobilen Zahlungsverkehrs dar. Die internationale Vereinigung der europäischen Chipkarten-Industrie Eurosmart nutzte den Anlass zur Vorabveröffentlichung der Geschäftszahlen für 2011 und der Prognosen für den Weltmarkt. Diese sehen ein Wachstum von 13 Prozent für nächstes Jahr vor sowie sieben Milliarden verkaufte Artikel für Smart Secure Devices. Die Besucher konnten sich anhand der umfangreich vorgestellten
Produktneuheiten  selbst ein Bild von der Verbreitung berührungsloser Technologien und dem Einsatz von NFC-Terminals im mobilen Zahlungsverkehr machen. Beispielsweise bei der Präsentation des NFC-Autos von Oberthur oder des von NXP vorgestellten E-Bikes. Im Pavillon für mobilen Zahlungsverkehr stellten rund ein Dutzend Unternehmen ihre Lösungen für Transaktionsverwaltung, Trusted Service Management, Smartphones, Tablet-PC und weitere intelligente mobile Geräte vor. Auch andere Pavillons zogen die Besucher an, wie beispielsweise der Bereich ‚Technologien zum Identitätsschutz‘, der sich derzeit mitten im Aufschwung befindet. Dabei deckten die von den Ausstellern präsentierten Technologien zur Identifizierung und Authentifizierung eine Vielfalt an Dokumenten ab (biometrischer Pass, elektronischer Personalausweis, Führerschein, Legitimations- und Gesundheitskarten). Durch die Ausstellung ‚Smart Health‘ lag dieses Jahr ein besonderer Fokus auf E-Gesundheit. Vorgestellt wurden Neuerungen bei elektronischen
Krankenakten, Gesundheitskarten sowie Anwendungen der Telemedizin. Diese haben zum Ziel, die Qualität der Pflegedienstleitungen und den Komfort der Patienten zu verbessern. Sie dienen aber auch dem Kampf gegen
Missbrauch und Kosteninflation im Gesundheitswesen.

Wie jedes Jahr wurden im Rahmen eines Festaktes vor 300 geladenen Gästen die Gewinner der Auszeichnung ‚Sesame 2011‘ bekanntgegeben.

Sieger des diesjährigen Sesame-Preises in den folgenden Kategorien:
Produktion & Tests: Oberthur Technologies mit ID One Digital Watermark
Transport: Inside Secure mit VHBR
Mobilität: NXP Semiconductors mit PN65 Secure NFC Module
Sicheres Internet/Authentifikation: HID GLOBAL mit Next Generation
Secure Identity Ecosystem
eTransactions: Verifone mit Payware Mobile Enterprise
Bankwesen/Handel/Kundenkarten: Simartis Telecom mit Bubble
IT Security: Gemalto mit Just4YourEyes
Identification/ID Cards: Smart Packaging Solutions mit Embedded
Contacless Module Software: NXP Semidconductors mit Open source NFC Host
Software stack for Android Hardware: Dynamics mit Chips & Choice


Die nächste Ausgabe der Messe findet vom 6. bis 8. November 2012 in Paris statt. Ehrengast wird dieses Mal Indien sein. Weitere Informationen gibt es unter www.cartes.com.

 


Ab in den Süden? Investieren im Norden!

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Ab in den Süden? Investieren im Norden!

Nordfrankreich punktet durch seine geografische Lage, hohe
Lebensqualität und qualifizierte Arbeitskräfte 

 
85 Prozent der in der Lille Region niedergelassenen Tochtergesellschaften ausländischer Konzerne würden die Region weiterempfehlen. Zu dem Ergebnis kam eine aktuelle repräsentative KPMG-Studie. 1077 Unternehmen wurden hierzu befragt. Der wichtigste Grund, sich für eine Niederlassung im französischen Norden zu entscheiden, ist die strategische Lage der Region: Nord-Pas de Calais liegt im Herzen des größten Einzugsbereichs Europas, inmitten des Dreiecks Paris, London und Brüssel.

Zwei Drittel der befragten Unternehmen begründeten ihre Wahl mit dem Wunsch, auf dem französischen und nordeuropäischen Markt Fuß zu fassen. Für 82 Prozent der Unternehmen war der Standortvorteil der Region das entscheidende Argument. Die hohe Anzahl qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte ist ein weiteres Kriterium, das Unternehmen (60 Prozent bis sogar 75 Prozent in den Bereichen Handel und Logistik) vermehrt zu Unternehmensniederlassungen in der Lille Region bewogen hat. In puncto Lebensqualität sind sieben von zehn Führungskräften mit dem kulturellen und touristischen Angebot der Region zufrieden und fast zwei Drittel der Befragten loben die Vielzahl an Sporteinrichtungen in der Region. Auch in Sachen Umwelt zeugen die Umfrageergebnisse von der Zufriedenheit der ausländischen Unternehmen: 80 Prozent der Umfrageteilnehmer beurteilen die Umweltqualität der Region als gut.

Ausgezeichnete Standort-Faktoren… 
Vor der Entscheidung über eine Unternehmensniederlassung hatten 46 Prozent der befragten Entscheidungsträger einen eher positiven und 33 Prozent einen eher negativen Eindruck von der Region. Nach der Niederlassung behielt nur noch ein Prozent der Befragten das Negativurteil aufrecht, während 68 Prozent die Region als gut oder sehr gut beurteilten. Im Rückblick bewertet keines der befragten Unternehmen die Entscheidung über den Aufbau einer Niederlassung in der Region als nachteilig. Im Gegenteil: 60 Prozent der Unternehmen, insbesondere solche, die aus den Benelux-Ländern stammen, unterstreichen die Vorteile und 27 Prozent messen der Entscheidung eine strategische Bedeutung bei.


… und ein herzlicher Empfang
Darüber hinaus kann die Region mit ihrer Gastfreundschaft punkten: Fast 60 Prozent der Umfrageteilnehmer bewerten den Empfang als gut oder sehr gut. Für ein Drittel der Befragten hebt sich diese Region von anderen französischen Regionen ab. Dies gilt insbesondere für deutsche und niederländische Unternehmen, die eine große kulturelle Nähe mit der Region verbindet. Auf die offen formulierte Frage, welche Werte die Region auszeichnen, kamen viele verschiedene Antworten, wobei die Schlagworte Arbeit, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Courage und Gastfreundschaft besonders häufig fielen. 

 

Datoer for Paris Fashion Week i 2012, 2013 og 2014

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De 4 internationale modemetropoler Paris, Milano, London og New York har svært ved at blive enige om at lægge datoerne for deres modeuger, så de ikke generer hinanden. Paris, som historisk var den første hovedstad som valgte at arrangere en modeevent og invitere internationale indkøbere og presse, mener at have førsteret til sine datoer, og har derfor meldt ud, at perioden forbliver uændret i 2013 og 2014. Her er datoerne for de næste tre år :

A/W 2012/13 :
·         Men’s Fashion – fra onsdag den 18. til søndag den 22. januar 2012
·         Haute Couture – fra mandag den 23. til torsdag den 26. januar 2012
·         Prêt à Porter - fra tirsdag den 28. februar til onsdag den 7. marts 2012

S/S 2013 :
·         Men’s Fashion – fra onsdag den 27. juni til søndag den 1. juli 2012
·         Haute Couture – fra mandag den 2. til torsdag den 5. juli 2012
·         Prêt à Porter - fra tirsdag den 25. september til onsdag den 3. oktober 2012

NB : de kommercielle modemesser « Prêt-à-Porter Paris/Who’s Next » finder sted den 21. – 24. januar 2012, og den 30. juni – 3. juli 2012 i messecentret Porte de Versailles.

Paris Fashion Week 2013 (prêt-à-porter) :
26. februar – 6. marts
24. september – 2. oktober

Paris Fashion Week 2014 (prêt-à-porter) :
25. februar – 5. marts
23. september – 1. oktober

Hvis du har spørgsmål, er du velkommen til at kontakte Annemette Jensen på tlf. 33 37 61 78

Press : 10 Food Business Trends to Watch for 2012

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Are you in the restaurant, foodservice or food manufacturing business? No matter how tough the economy is, people still need to eat. And foodservice entrepreneurs have shown a lot of creativity in the past few years—in fact, you could almost say the recession has sparked a renaissance of restaurant industry creativity. Beyond food trucks, burgers and beer, what are some of the hot food trends for 2012?

Here are 10 of the most promising trends I’ve featured on my food trends site, SmallBizTrendCast.

1.Artisanal everything: Not new, but still going strong, “artisanal” originally referred to handcrafted foods but is now springing up everywhere. The term has even trickled down to quick-service restaurants, with major chains like Jack in the Box touting “artisanal” breads as a selling point. One product that’s not quite so mainstream: artisanal marshmallows.

2.So cool it’s hot: Ice cream (especially, you guessed it, artisanal ice cream) shows no signs of slowing down. (And why should it—who doesn’t love ice cream?) Next up, restaurant consulting firm Andrew Freeman & Co. predicts “snow ice”–a dessert with the flavor and creaminess of ice cream but that has a light, airy texture—will hit big in the U.S. for 2012.

read the full article on smallbiztrends.com

中欧投资贸易展览会:中法生态园洽谈会

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第四届中国欧洲投资贸易展览会(China Europa)2011年12月5日到9日在沈阳、重庆和成都举办。这一活动是法国企业国际发展局(Ubifrance)和勒阿弗尔市发展局共同组织的,活动主题是在城市快速发展的背景之下,如何处理环境和能源的问题。欧洲和中国的地方政府、专家和工业界人士之间通过交流,可以对未来的重要挑战给出答案。2011年中欧投资贸易展览会是欧洲和中国之间进行贸易洽谈的重要聚会。

2011年:中欧投资贸易展览会第一次在中国举办

中欧投资贸易展览会自从2006年首次举行以来,今年将第一次在中国举办。环保问题是中国第十二个五年计划的重要议题,中国政府为此制定了远大的目标。法国有很多生态领域的企业,无论中小企业或大型集团,都可为中国城市提供创新方案,并与中国的企业一起,共同参与中国的可持续城市发展。
沈阳、重庆和成都三座城市被中国商务部选定为示范城市,建立低碳投资区。而这一选择是为落实2010年11月由中国商务部部长陈德铭与时任法国经济、财政和工业部部长,现国际货币基金组织主席拉加德共同签署的中法生态园区经贸合作谅解备忘录。节能与环保是中国可持续发展政策的首要内容。

近五十家法国企业将在中国的三个城市介绍其技术:
 重庆市(直辖市,三千两百万人口)是世界上最大的城市,也是一个正在崛起的大都市,在绿色产业方面广有投入。
 成都市(四川省的省会,一千两百万人口)是中国西部的首府;四川省是重视可再生能源的大省,而成都则正处于这一省份的中心地位。
 沈阳市(辽宁省的省会,七百万人口)是中国重要的工业基地,正在大力发展循环经济。

在每个城市都将安排一系列活动:
• 由每个城市的专家介绍当地可持续发展的战略。
• 由法国和中国的企业决策者根据专业和项目进行B2B的会谈。
• 组织现场参观,以加强法国企业对当地特点的了解。

涉及到的领域:
城市规划整治、建筑和公共工程、能源(洁净生产、可再生能源、工业和住宅节能)、水和空气的处理、垃圾处理和利用、城市交通,等等。


活动组织方:

勒阿弗尔发展局(www.havre-developpement.com
勒阿弗尔是一个国际化的海港大都市,是欧洲的重要港口,也是接待中国投资的福地,中国是勒阿弗尔港的第一大客户;正是勒阿弗尔市提出了“中欧投资贸易展览会”的理念。勒阿弗尔的机构与中国建立了密切的联系——勒阿弗尔市与距沈阳两百公里的港口城市大连市是友好城市;勒阿弗尔港与上海港之间也建立了友好关系。

法国企业国际发展局(www.ubifrance.fr
法国企业国际发展局(UBIFRANCE)在中国有六个商务处(广东、成都、香港、北京、上海和武汉),拥有九十多名精通中国和法国文化的专业工作人员。法国企业国际发展局自然成为勒阿弗尔市发展局的合作组织方。


联络:

法国驻华大使馆商务处
谭雪梅
xuemei.tan@ubifrance.fr
86 (10) 8531 2374

法国驻成都总领事馆商务处
Christelle KIM
christelle.kim@ubifrance.fr
86 (28) 6666 6088

勒阿弗尔勒阿弗尔- 大连友好协会大连办事处
Julia PIRES
lehavredalian@gmail.com
86 (411) 8629 7157
 

 

 

ART DE VIVRE A LA FRANCAISE / ИСКУССТВО ЖИТЬ ПО-ФРАНЦУЗСКИ 2011 -

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Выставка «ART DE VIVRE A LA FRANCAISE / ИСКУССТВО ЖИТЬ ПО-ФРАНЦУЗСКИ-2011» в очередной раз стала местом встречи с лучшими образцами французского дизайна категории «люкс».
В этом году выставка прошла в театре «Школа драматического искусства» на Сретенке – здании с уникальной архитектурой, созвучной с тематикой этого года - «Встреча традиций и современности».

Выставка предназначалась для профессионалов в области декорирования интерьеров и их эксклюзивных клиентов.
 

«ART DE VIVRE А LA FRANCAISE / ИСКУССТВО ЖИТЬ ПО-ФРАНЦУЗСКИ 2011»  уже 4-й год подряд представляет на российском рынке лучшие французские образцы интерьера и архитектуры.
Кира Озани, куратор выставки, создавшая эту концепцию в 2008 году, подводит итоги 4-го выпуска: «Проведение выставки на такой необычной площадке было для меня настоящим вызовом, и первоначально я не была уверена в успехе. Я искренне рада, что все получилось. Художественные экспозиции, концерты и мероприятия всем очень понравились и придали экспозиции немного духа Монмартра. Я верила в творческую изюминку, присущую нашим двум странам. Помимо созданной атмосферы, я могу сказать, что выставка является большим коммерческим успехом для всех: французские компании-участницы подписали заказы и российские профессионалы смогли воспользоваться присутствием французских поставщиков для того, чтобы лучше ознакомиться с изделиями и производителями. Это очень важно, чтобы люди могли встретиться и познакомиться – если люди друг друга не знают, они не могут совместно работать. Вся идея выставки

«Искусство жить по-французски» с 2008 года - культурное взаимопонимание для развития коммерческих взаимоотношений». В этом году 56 французских компаний-участниц представили на площади 2000 м² свою продукцию: архитектурные решения и материалы, декор стола, мебель, предметы декора ванных комнат, декор освещения, текстиль, ковры и гобелены. Все предметы были тщательно отобраны и стали лучшими представителями искусства жить по-французски.
 

Признанные французские специалисты в области дизайна приехали специально по этому поводу в Москву поделиться своими представлениями  о новых тенденциях, об эволюции стилей и их современном комбинировании:
- Тристан Ауэр рассказал о Французских интерьерах сегодня
- Дидье Бендерли, агентство Kerylos Interieurs, объяснил разницу между частными домами и гостиницами
- Марика Дрю, агентство Аtelier mkd, поделилась с новыми тенденциями французского дизайна
- Жэрар Лезэ, VIA – внедрение инноваций в индустрии мебели французского стиля

Культурная цель выставки: способствовать развитию франко-российских отношений в области дизайна и развивать связи между профессионалами двух стран. Коммерческой целью выставки являлся поиск партнёров для новых участников рынка и увеличение продаж компаний, которые в России уже присутствуют.
Эта встреча подтвердила популярность французской роскоши в России и позволила профессионалам и их взыскательным клиентам ознакомиться с французскими эксклюзивными предметами интерьера для воплощения уникальных проектов.

Команда «Art de Vivre à la Française» Ubifrance работает над подведением итогов выставки и в самое ближайшее время подготовит пост-релиз с подробной статистикой.

KPMG、外国人投資家にとっての北フランス地方の魅力を確認

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北フランス地方の外資系企業の85%が同地方を推薦しています! これは、KPMGが実施し先月発表された在北フランス地方の外国企業グループの系列会社を代表する1077社を対象とした調査における主な結果のひとつです。

■きわめて有利な地理的条件
フランス北部に進出する一番の理由:北フランス地方はヨーロッパ最大規模の消費圏の中に所在するという、戦略的な位置にあります。調査対象の企業の3分の2にとってフランス国内市場および北部ヨーロッパの市場への参入が、この地方への進出の理由です。また企業の82%がこの利点を最重要事項と考えています。
北フランス地方は、労働力の質でも企業を満足させており(60%の企業が満足、貿易および物流の分野では75%)、この点も同地方への企業立地が促進される要因になっています。
生活の質に関しても、企業代表者の10人中7人が現地の文化・観光面のバイタリティに満足しており、同地方のスポーツ施設については約3分の2が満足と回答しています。環境についても「どちらかというと満足」あるいは「満足」が80%を占めるなど、調査結果に外資系企業の満足の度合いが表れています。

■魅力ある地域
企業設立前の段階では、北フランス地方について、調査対象の企業の意思決定者の46%が良いイメージを持っているのに対し33%がネガティブな印象を持っていました。これが企業設立後には、ネガティブなイメージを引き続き持っている層はわずか1%となり、同地方に「満足」あるいは「とても満足」を表明する者の比率は68%になっています。
同地方への入植を果たしてから、それをハンディキャップとみなす企業は皆無です。それどころか、ベネルクスの企業をはじめ60%の企業が有利と回答しており、27%が戦略的とみなしています。さらに各企業は同地方の受け入れ体制の質にも納得しており、約60%が「満足」あるいは「とても満足」と回答しています。また調査対象者の3分の1が、北フランス地方がフランスの他地方とは異なると考えており、特にドイツやオランダは同地方に色濃い文化的類似点を見出しています。

北フランス地方は、これら企業も認める高い価値に立脚しています。仕事の質、闘争心、意欲、そして良好な受け入れ体制はよく引き合いに出され、その価値を言い表す言葉は尽きません。これだけでも魅力的な地域を探している未来の投資家がアイデアを膨らませるには十分でしょう!

アルデバラン・ロボティクス社の最新ロボット NAO Next Gen

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世界で最も利用されている自律型ヒューマノイドロボットの新世代、NAO Next Genのパワーが新たな展望と応用分野を拓きます。

2011年12月9日 フランス、パリ - 初代NAOロボットの発売から3年、世界で2000台の販売実績を誇るアルデバラン・ロボティクス社が、最新世代の自律型ヒューマノイドロボットを発表しました。このロボットは、研究、教育、そしてより広く一般にサービスロボットという新しい世界の開拓に適用されます。

「この新世代のNAOロボットの発売は当社にとって意味深いことです。業種を問わず、常にさらに上のものを提案できることを誇らしく思っています。NAO Next Genは成熟度が高く、自閉症の子供や要介護者の介助に役立てることができます。私がアルデバラン・ロボティクスを2005年に設立したのはこのためでした。つまり、福祉に貢献することです」と、ヒューマノイドロボットの世界最大手、アルデバラン・ロボティクス社の創業者ブルーノ・メゾニエ社長は述べています。

6年間にわたる研究および研究者・利用者のコミュニティとの意見交換の成果として、NAOは、演算能力、安定性、精度の強化によって充実した会話能力を提供し、特定の利用者の研究、教育、適用業務の範囲を一層拡大します。

新機能の中でも注目されるのは、マルチタスク計算に適合したデータ転送レート1.6Ghzの強力なIntel Atomプロセッサに基づく新型内臓コンピュータの採用、そして2つのビデオストリームの同時受信のほか、暗い場所でも顔や物体認識のスピードと性能の大幅アップを可能にするFPGAに接続された2台のHDビデオカメラの搭載です。

ハード面でのイノベーションに加え、Nao Next Genには、フレーズや発話の中からある特定のキーワードを抜き出して認識することができるまったく新しいワードスポッティング機能に連動する、高速、高精度の新しい音声認識プログラムNuanceが実装されています。

 「こうした新バージョンのハードウェアに加え、モータートルクのインテリジェント制御、四肢のボディとの衝突防止システム、歩行動作改善アルゴリズムなど、新ソフトウェア機能も提供していきます。当社は自らの経験と顧客からのフィーッドバックを活かして、最適で最高性能のプラットフォームを提供しています。中等教育をはじめとする教育向けアプリケーションについては、教育コンテンツの充実に注力するとともに、福祉の向上の分野でも専門アプリケーションの開発に取り組んでいます。また当然、個人向けNAOの開発も“Developer Program”を通して推進しており、このプログラマーのコミュニティは、当社とともに、日々未来の個人用ロボットの開発に取り組んでいます」と、ブルーノ・メゾニエは締めくくります。

アルデバラン・ロボティクス(Aldebaran Robotics)社について
ブルーノ・メゾニエ(Bruno Maisonnier)によって2005年に設立、フランス、中国、日本、米国に事業所を置くアルデバラン社は、福祉に貢献することを目的として、自律型ヒューマノイドロボットの設計、生産、販売を行っています。現在、世界45カ国で2000台以上のNAOが研究・教育プラットフォームとして採用されています。アルデバラン・ロボティクスは、ロボットの研究製造に携わっている技師・PhD60名を含む、従業員150以上を擁しています。詳しくは、www.aldebaran-robotics.com/enをご覧ください。
 


VEECTOR делает поездки на мотоцикле более безопасными

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SIT System® (Индивидуальная система транспортной безопасности) – это инновационное средство для обеспечения безопасности пассажира мотоцикла или скутера. Оно представлено в двух версиях: ремень PAN-BELT или ременная система SPYDER-BELT. Система использует вес водителя, чтобы удержать пассажира – она столь же проста в использовании, сколь и безопасна. Пассажиру больше не надо опасаться ускорений, поворотов или даже того, что он заснет: таким, образом, риски падения значительно сокращаются. Компания VEECTOR разработала эту запатентованную концепцию, которая уже пользуется успехом во Франции, и теперь компания ищет дистрибуторов в Европе.

Система SIT System®  состоит из мягкой непроскальзываюшей подушечки, которая располагается на сиденье водителя, и к которой прикреплен надежный ремень, поддерживающий  пассажира. Пассажир удерживается весом водителя – и это достаточная поддержка. Устраняется риск падения, также эта система минимизирует влияние веса пассажира на поворотах. Эта система идеальная для детей в возрасте от 5 лет, также она подходит и для взрослых. В случае дорожно-транспортного происшествия пассажир не оказывается скованным, так как он не привязан ни к водителю, ни к мотоциклу.

Ремень с различными настройками по размеру пассажира PAN-BELT пристегивается вокруг талии пассажира. Он лучше всего подходит для использования в городском цикле на мотоциклах и скутерах средней мощности. Система SPYDER-BELT – это спортивная версия, оборудованная системой ремней с разными регулировками вместо одного ремня. Это система безопасности для пассажиров для спортивного вождения,  долгих поездок, для мощных мотоциклов. В ней оптимизирована поддержка груди, благодаря чему достигается более комфортное использование, в частности, для взрослых. Оба эти устройства не требуют никакой предварительной установки и фиксации на мотоцикле: время их установки – менее минуты. Благодаря небольшому размеру, эти устройства можно прятать под сиденье мотоцикла или в сумку. Другими словами, это устройства, которые легко решают проблемы, связанные с перевозкой пассажиров на мотоцикле.

Компания VEECTOR  специализируется на производстве аксессуаров для мотоциклов и скутеров. Компания предлагает продуманные устройства, адаптированные к  потребностям пассажиров и простые в использовании. Помимо устройств из серии SIT System®, компания запускает промышленное производство и других приспособлений. Например, самозатягивающиеся стремена, разработанные, чтобы помочь в ситуациях, когда дети не достают ногами до подножек.

Дополнительная информация:
VEECTOR
Жан-Реймон Балласт
Тел.: +33 (0)9 51 98 10 80
Email: jean-raymond.ballast@veector.fr
Сайт: www.veector.fr
 

Paul & Joe develops in the East

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The French brand Paul & Joe will open two new stores in the East in February 2012. Scheduled to open in Saint-Petersburg and Tokyo, the two stores will raise the total number of its international branches to 14.

Although the first Russian store will open in Saint-Petersburg, the Sales Director Nicolas Freville, announced that further openings are programmed later during the year, starting with Moscow. Located in the heart of the city, the new Russian store will display both men and women collections.

In regards to Japan, this will be Paul & Joe’s first standalone store. Indeed, the brand is already distributed in the country, with more than 20 corners. Nicolas Freville has set for the brand’s objective to reach 30 corners within the next two years.

With a forecasted increase of 14% in 2012, this is the year for expansion with stores opening in France and abroad.  In regards to 2011, it has nevertheless been relatively busy for the brand as it has opened its first stores in Morocco and Luxembourg and its second store in China. 

In Ireland, Paul and Joe is distributed in Brown Thomas department stores.

For more information about French labels, please contact Vimla (vimla.bheemuck@ubifrance.fr) and Christel (christel.roche@ubifrance.fr)       
 

Na motokárách

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V pátek 16.prosince jsme se vypravili na karting na Černý most. Pršelo, venku zima a velmi nevlídně. Dráha na motokáry ale byla v podzemí, suchá a se zázemím, kde bylo možné posedět.

Každý si musel najít svůj převleček a ve slušivé modrožluté kombinéze nastoupit k seřazeným motokárám. Po pár zahřívacích kolech jsme se osvěžili u baru a nastoupili k závodu, rozděleni na ženské a mužské družstvo. Plyn na podlaze, řev výfuků a už se jelo a předjíždělo.

Po ukončení obou závodních kol bylo slavnostní vyhlášení výsledků. Z deseti účastníků si šest odneslo medaile, takže spokojenost byla statisticky významná.

A pak se sedělo u skleničky svařáku a pomalu se likvidovalo připravené rautové pohoštění. A debatovalo o právě ujetých metrech a o všem dalším…

Las filiales de empresas extranjeras dinamizan las actividades I+D en Francia

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En 2009, Francia fue el segundo país de Europa, tras Alemania, y el sexto del mundo, en cuanto a registro de patentes internacionales se refiere. Es, asimismo, el tercero de Europa, en número de premios Nobel obtenidos en distintas disciplinas científicas. Desde 1936, la medalla Fields de las Matemáticas ha sido concedida en once ocasiones a investigadores franceses (de las 52 ediciones celebradas), lo que sitúa a Francia como segunda potencia mundial en investigación matemática tras Estados Unidos (trece medallas).

Efectivamente, la estrategia del gobierno francés en investigación e innovación se articula en torno a diversos ámbitos: la salud, el bienestar, la alimentación y las biotecnologías, así como en el medioambiente y las ecotecnologías, las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y las nanotecnologías.
La apuesta es notable: el gasto interno bruto francés en I+D superó los 42 M€ en 2008 (fuente: OCDE – Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos), es decir, el 2,1% del PIB, en aumento tras registrar una inflexión durante los años anteriores.

En los últimos años, el Estado francés ha practicado una política voluntarista con el fin de incrementar un intercambio eficaz entre la investigación y el mundo empresarial, sirviéndose principalmente de tres herramientas:

- 71 clústeres: reúnen, desde 2005, a docentes, investigadores e industriales para desarrollar proyectos colaborativos de I+D en sectores tecnológicos claves. Para ello, cuentan con ayudas nacionales (2 M€ durante tres años) y locales. El auge de estos clústeres se debe además a la reforma de las universidades llevada a cabo en 2008, cuya principal finalidad era la de reforzar los vínculos entre los centros educativos superiores y las empresas regionales. Cerca de 7.000 empresas ya forman parte de un clúster, de las que más de 500 son extranjeras. A modo de ejemplo, se pueden citar los clústeres de Saclay (tecnologías de la información y biotecnologías), de Grenoble (nanotecnologías) o de Toulouse (aeronáutica).

- CIR – Crédito de impuesto para la investigación: creado en 2008, este crédito constituye el dispositivo fiscal de ayuda para la investigación con mejores condiciones de Europa: deducción no solo del 50% el primer año (del 40% el segundo, y del 30% los años sucesivos), sino también del montante de los gastos de I+D en el impuesto de sociedades. En 2008, más de 2.000 empresas extranjeras se beneficiaron de él.

- Financiación Estatal: desde 2010, el Estado francés ha realizado una inversión en sectores de vanguardia por un valor de 35 M€, de los que 7,9 M€ se han destinado a proyectos de investigación (2,4 M€ para salud y biotecnologías, con la creación de cinco institutos-hospitales universitarios, 1 M€ para laboratorios de excelencia, y 1 M€ para equipos de investigación). Esta financiación pública persigue estimular, e incluso duplicar, las inversiones por parte del sector privado.

Las filiales de empresas extranjeras contribuyen significativamente al dinamismo de la investigación en Francia: sus actividades de I+D suponen el 22,5% de los gastos totales destinados a esta área.
Así se demuestra en el informe financiero presentado por la Agencia Francesa para las Inversiones Internacionales (AFII). La implantación de centros de I+D extranjeros ha crecido notablemente a lo largo de los últimos años. Desde el año 2000, se han contabilizado cerca de 350 decisiones de inversión extranjera en I+D, que han generado alrededor de 15.000 empleos de investigadores y técnicos. Los sectores más representados: equipos eléctricos, informáticos y médicos. En 2009, 42 empresas extranjeras (entre las que se encontraban Novartis, plataforma europea de investigación clínica especializada en oncología con sede en Rueil-Malmaison; Sorin SpA, empresa de equipos médicos de cardiología ubicada en Clamart; o Huawei, con un centro de investigación fundamental en Cergy) decidieron implantar o ampliar sus centros de I+D en Francia, lo que significó casi triplicar las cifras de 2007 (17 decisiones de inversión).

Según el estudio anual de Ernst & Young “Barómetro de la Atracción Económica”, Francia fue en 2009 el segundo país de Europa en acoger centros de I+D extranjeros, y el primero en cuanto al número de puestos de trabajo creados.

“Francia ha hecho de la I+D una prioridad nacional: el mejor crédito de impuesto para la investigación de Europa, un notable auge de los clústeres, financiación de redes tecnológicas con futuro, etc… Esta política ha acrecentado sin duda el atractivo económico de Francia. Desde hace dos años, el número de decisiones de inversión en centros de I+D extranjeros ha aumentado significativamente, llegando en 2009 incluso hasta la creación de 42 empresas", señala David Appia, presidente de la AFII.

Acerca de….
AFII, Agencia francesa para las inversiones internacionales se encarga tanto de la promoción, la prospección, como la canalización de inversiones internacionales. Asimismo fomenta la realización de proyectos y facilita la inversión en Francia. Así pues, es el organismo económico de referencia para la captación de clientes potenciales y la imagen de Francia. La AFII, estructurada sobre una red que opera a nivel internacional, nacional y territorial, colabora estrechamente con las agencias regionales francesas de desarrollo económico con el fin de proporcionar un servicio personalizado a los inversores internacionales.

Para obtener más información, consulte la página: www.afii.fr
O envíe un e-mail a D. Sébastien CARBON (sebastien.carbon@investinfrance.org)


Contacto:

INVEST IN FRANCE
(AFII en francés)
Marqués de la Ensenada, 10 - 4ª
28004 - MADRID
D. Sébastien CARBON, Director para la Península Ibérica
Tel.: 91 837 78 69

WALLIX increases share capital by EUR 2 million, becomes PLC

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WALLIX, a leading European IT-security company, has finalised an increase in share capital of €2 million to be carried out with Thierry Dassault Holding (TDH), the personal holding group of Thierry Dassault, and Auriga Partners, an independent venture-capital firm. As part of the deal, Thierry Dassault will acquire a stake in software developer WALLIX, which is to become a public-limited company.

WALLIX has completed discussions with the Auriga Partners investment fund, therefore preparing itself to embark on an ambitious international-development plan together with Thierry Dassault, a specialist in economic intelligence and the President of Keynectis, a European leader in technologies and advisory services. WALLIX, which operates in the UK out of its offices in Reading (in southern England), designs and develops software applied to IT security.

“Through the years, the security of information exchanges on IT networks has become a fundamental challenge for businesses. My acquisition of a stake in WALLIX contributes to the strengthening of French companies’ investment strategies for such fundamental IT-related subjects. I hope that WALLIX may be able to take its place rapidly among the leading European players as is the case today for Keynectis, which I have supported since its creation in 2004,” says Thierry Dassault.

"WALLIX is positioned in a rapidly growing market with a strong added value, and we are very happy to finance and support the large-scale international developments which lie ahead," underlines François Lainée, Associate at Auriga Partners.

Since the launch of its WALLIX AdminBastion (WAB), the IT-security solution developed by the company in 2008, WALLIX has positioned itself clearly in the IAM (Identity and Access Management) market. WALLIX’s solutions strengthen the security of access to IT systems, user-account management, and the traceability of computer activity. Indeed, WALLIX is one of very few companies in the world to have developed a technology of ‘session recording’, which allows the recording of individual network-connection sessions and reproduces them in video-logs.

Having analysed the growing success of the WALLIX’s IT-security products on the market, and in order to accompany European product deployment, WALLIX has decided to reinforce its own capital with new financial partners. In order to do this, the company has entrusted a mandate to LD&A, the corporate-finance specialist, with a view to working together in raising capital through potential investors.

"This capital raising is going to strengthen significantly our pool of investors and our asset base, which constitutes a strong signal, for our key clients, in terms of the lasting nature [of the business]," declares Amaury Rosset, Financial Director and Partner of WALLIX.

The capital raised will essentially be dedicated to the development of alliances with new strategic partners, as well as to the international expansion of the company, with the recruitment of value-added resellers (VARs) within the EU (including Britain) and in Switzerland.

"Our development plan was able to appeal to leading investors and to the IT-security market at the same time. In a more robust setting, from now on, we envisage strengthening our presence in England, in Germany, in the Benelux countries as well as in the southern European countries that surround the Mediterranean, and in the Persian Gulf. Our objective is the accompaniment of the introduction of corporate governance and respect for regulatory and legal requirements, of dematerialization, and of ensuring the security of public (or private) Cloud Computing,” explains Jean-Noël de Galzain, CEO of WALLIX.

“Given the growing impact of cyber criminality, and how far we have fallen behind in Europe [in this respect], we are even more motivated to provide our clients with means of IT controls and to build up an innovative and sustainable European proposition," adds the CEO of WALLIX.

In the final stage of the capital increase,WALLIX will be transformed into a public-limited company (or PLC) with a Board of Directors and a Management Board. The Board of Directors is set to consist of Amaury Rosset, Associate Finance Director; Jean-Yves Portalier, Director General and deputy to Jean-Noël de Galzain; and Jean-Noël de Galzain himself, who will become Chairman of the Board.

The company will set up a Supervisory Council composed of five members, namely Stéphane Taunay, Chairman of the Board of Sopromec (an investment company); Pierre-Yves Dargaud, Chairman of the Board of Access2Net (a venture-capital group); François Lainée, Associate at Auriga Partners; Didier Lesteven, entrepreneur; and, finally, Thierry Dassault. Didier Lesteven will be Chairman of the Supervisory Council of WALLIX.

In the past three years, WALLIX’s range of solutions has established itself as a product leader for the external provision of secure IT access, for the traceability of users’ actions, and for user-account management. Today, the WAB solutions developed by WALLIX are deployed in more than 100 large businesses and in industries as diverse as banking, manufacturing and the media, as well as in the public sector.

WALLIX’s products are distributed in the form of software and hardware solutions through a network of integrators and certified VARs present in Belgium, England, France, Luxembourg, Russia and Switzerland.

About WALLIX

WALLIX is a developer and distributor of computer-security software specialising in traceability and risk management linked to the outsourcing of IT.

WALLIX, which is based in Paris (France) and in Reading (England), also has a subsidiary in New York (USA). The company distributes its software products through a network of VARs that operate across Europe and North Africa.

WALLIX’s solutions are aimed at IT directors and those responsible for IT security, who must improve the IT risk management of businesses in order to be compliant with regulations. The company’s products are used in the financial-services industry, in manufacturing, in health and medical services, and in the public sector.

WALLIX’s Wallix Admin Bastion has been adopted by many large and medium-size companies. The company also produces WALLIX LogBox (WLB), a solution that logs system-connection information.

WALLIX is a prize-winner of the Oseo Innovation awards, of the PM’UP programme, and a partner of the System@tic Paris Region high-technology cluster of excellence. WALLIX has also recently been awarded the title Champion of the Cluster.

For further information on the System@tic Paris Region high-technology cluster, please go to:
www.systematic-paris-region.org/en

For further information on WALLIX, please go to:
www.wallix.com

Press : The Top 25 Food Trends of 2011

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End-of-the-year trend roundups are about clever observations, overarching themes, and identifying those handful of concepts, people, places, and things that defined the food scene over the past 365 days. But trend pieces are also about understanding what everyone thinks they noticed and what they hope will catch on in the upcoming year. As always, a number of 2011’s hottest trends were continuations of (or at least variations on) the year before — food trucks, Italian cuisine, and mobile apps, for instance, are still wildly popular, though they’ve certainly evolved. But the vast majority of the trends that made this list are new additions. 

read the full article on thedailymeal.com , or dicover the top trends for 2012

08/12/11 CARTES & IDentification 2011 gets 20,000 visitors from 145 countries

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CARTES & IDentification 2011, which took place in Paris from 15 to 17 November 2011, attracted close to 20,000 visitors, confirming its international influence and positioning itself as a key global event for digital security and smart technologies. With a rising number of visitors — 19,510 visitors, against 18,770 in 2010 — the trade show once again met the sector’s high expectations. Building on this success, the CARTES team has already announced the dates of the next trade show: 6 to 8 November 2012 in Paris (France).

Combining innovation and dynamism, CARTES & IDentification 2011, which was held in Paris in mid-November, was a reflection of a dynamic market - from the conferences to the SESAMES Awards, and given the high number of visitors.

The trade show confirmed its international status, with 430 exhibitors from 45 countries and 19,510 visitors, 69% of whom were from outside France, representing 143 countries in total. The 21 conferences, held over the three days that the trade show lasted, welcomed 1,225 participants, 87% of whom were from outside France.

Key industry issues were discussed at length, in particular during the conferences dedicated to mobile payments and mobile financial services (including near-field communication, or NFC, and contactless services); to the future of payments and payment technology, more generally; to security in a Cloud ecosystem; to multi-application cards; to point-of-sale and point-of-interaction technologies and developments; and, finally, to e-government. These conferences were all a success.

As in previous years, the high point of the trade show was the inaugural conference - the World Card Summit. During the conference, key leaders from the industry analysed major market trends and presented their strategic visions in front of 500 people. For the first time in Europe, Scott Mulloy, the Chief Technology Officer of ISIS (a joint mobile-payment venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless) presented his mobile-payment vision.

EUROSMART, the international trade association that represents the smart-card industry, also presented a preview of the 2011 figures and forecasts for the global market. EUROSMART indicated that it expected 13% growth across the sector in 2012, and a total of 7 billion units produced for secure smart devices.

Applications in mobile payments and NFC were the key themes of this year’s CARTES & IDentification. Visitors were informed of the deployment of contactless technology and the arrival of NFC terminals for mobile payment thanks to many demonstrations, including that of the NFC car by Oberthur Technologies, a world leader in security based on smart-card technology and associated services. Global semiconductor company NXP also presented its e-bike.

The pavilion dedicated to mobile-payment companies hosted 12 solutions providers for mobile payments, transactions management, Trusted Service Management (TSM), smartphones, tablets and other smart mobile objects.

Similarly, CARTES & IDentification 2011 presented many projects in government security and in e-health. The identification and authentication technologies presented by the exhibitors have been applied to many documents, including biometric passports, electronic ID, electronic driver’s licences and health-registration cards.

E-health was in the spotlight this year due to the trade show’s Smart Health Exhibition. The exhibition presented innovations in electronic health records, health cards, and applications for telemedicine that improve the quality of care services and patients’ comfort, but which also help in the fight against fraud and inflation in health costs.
The winners of the 2011 SESAMES Awards were revealed in front of a privileged audience of 300 guests during a ceremony organised at the Automobile Club de France, in central Paris.

Among the winners was Dynamics Inc: its Chips And Choice TM solution won the award for best hardware. The award for best software was given to NXP for its Open-source NFC Host Software stack for Android. GEMALTO won the prize for the best IT-security application, thanks to Just4YourEyes. INSIDE Secure’s VHBR application won the award for best transportation solution.

The prize for best banking/retail/loyalty application was awarded to SIMartis Telecom, for its Bubble solution. HID Global’s Next Generation Secure Identity Ecosystem was unveiled as the best secure internet/authentication application. PN65 Secure NFC Module by NXP was given the award for best mobility application.

The SESAME award for identification went to Smart Packaging Solutions, for its Embedded Contactless Module. The award for best e-transactions application went to Verifone, for its PAYware Mobile Enterprise, and Oberthur Technologies won the award for the best manufacturing & tests application thanks to its ID One Digital watermark.

About CARTES & IDentification

CARTES & IDentification is the foremost business event that brings together the entire digital-security, smart-technologies, payment, contactless and mobility sectors. The trade show, organised by Comexposium, the international event-management group, provides a unique setting to discuss and discover the industry’s latest trends and new products.

CARTES & IDentification 2011 had almost 20,000 visitors (69% of whom were from outside France, with a total of 143 different countries represented) and welcomed 430 exhibitors, who came from 45 countries. The trade show’s conferences welcomed 1,225 participants from across the globe.

The 27th CARTES & IDentification trade show will be held from 6 to 8 November 2012 at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre, north of the French capital. The guest-of-honour nation, in 2012, will be India.

Photos of the 2011 CARTES & IDentification trade show can be obtained on request from LEWIS PR (
cartes@lewispr.com).

The trade show’s blog can be found at:
www.blogcartes.com

For more information, please go to the trade show’s website: www.cartes.com

 For further information, please contact :

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Ms Katherine WOODS - Press Officer

UBIFRANCE Press Office in London
Tel: +44 (0) 207 024 3640
katherine.woods@ubifrance.fr 
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13/12/11 WALLIX increases share capital by EUR 2 million, becomes PLC

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WALLIX, a leading European IT-security company, has finalised an increase in share capital of €2 million to be carried out with Thierry Dassault Holding (TDH), the personal holding group of Thierry Dassault, and Auriga Partners, an independent venture-capital firm. As part of the deal, Thierry Dassault will acquire a stake in software developer WALLIX, which is to become a public-limited company.

WALLIX has completed discussions with the Auriga Partners investment fund, therefore preparing itself to embark on an ambitious international-development plan together with Thierry Dassault, a specialist in economic intelligence and the President of Keynectis, a European leader in technologies and advisory services. WALLIX, which operates in the UK out of its offices in Reading (in southern England), designs and develops software applied to IT security.

"Through the years, the security of information exchanges on IT networks has become a fundamental challenge for businesses. My acquisition of a stake in WALLIX contributes to the strengthening of French companies’ investment strategies for such fundamental IT-related subjects. I hope that WALLIX may be able to take its place rapidly among the leading European players as is the case today for Keynectis, which I have supported since its creation in 2004," says Thierry Dassault.

"WALLIX is positioned in a rapidly growing market with a strong added value, and we are very happy to finance and support the large-scale international developments which lie ahead," underlines François Lainée, Associate at Auriga Partners.

Since the launch of its WALLIX AdminBastion (WAB), the IT-security solution developed by the company in 2008, WALLIX has positioned itself clearly in the IAM (Identity and Access Management) market. WALLIX’s solutions strengthen the security of access to IT systems, user-account management, and the traceability of computer activity. Indeed, WALLIX is one of very few companies in the world to have developed a technology of ’session recording’, which allows the recording of individual network-connection sessions and reproduces them in video-logs.

Having analysed the growing success of the WALLIX’s IT-security products on the market, and in order to accompany European product deployment, WALLIX has decided to reinforce its own capital with new financial partners. In order to do this, the company has entrusted a mandate to LD&A, the corporate-finance specialist, with a view to working together in raising capital through potential investors.

"This capital raising is going to strengthen significantly our pool of investors and our asset base, which constitutes a strong signal, for our key clients, in terms of the lasting nature [of the business]," declares Amaury Rosset, Financial Director and Partner of WALLIX.

The capital raised will essentially be dedicated to the development of alliances with new strategic partners, as well as to the international expansion of the company, with the recruitment of value-added resellers (VARs) within the EU (including Britain) and in Switzerland.

"Our development plan was able to appeal to leading investors and to the IT-security market at the same time. In a more robust setting, from now on, we envisage strengthening our presence in England, in Germany, in the Benelux countries as well as in the southern European countries that surround the Mediterranean, and in the Persian Gulf. Our objective is the accompaniment of the introduction of corporate governance and respect for regulatory and legal requirements, of dematerialization, and of ensuring the security of public (or private) Cloud Computing," explains Jean-Noël de Galzain, CEO of WALLIX.

"Given the growing impact of cyber criminality, and how far we have fallen behind in Europe [in this respect], we are even more motivated to provide our clients with means of IT controls and to build up an innovative and sustainable European proposition," adds the CEO of WALLIX.

In the final stage of the capital increase,WALLIX will be transformed into a public-limited company (or PLC) with a Board of Directors and a Management Board. The Board of Directors is set to consist of Amaury Rosset, Associate Finance Director; Jean-Yves Portalier, Director General and deputy to Jean-Noël de Galzain; and Jean-Noël de Galzain himself, who will become Chairman of the Board.

The company will set up a Supervisory Council composed of five members, namely Stéphane Taunay, Chairman of the Board of Sopromec (an investment company); Pierre-Yves Dargaud, Chairman of the Board of Access2Net (a venture-capital group); François Lainée, Associate at Auriga Partners; Didier Lesteven, entrepreneur; and, finally, Thierry Dassault. Didier Lesteven will be Chairman of the Supervisory Council of WALLIX.

In the past three years, WALLIX’s range of solutions has established itself as a product leader for the external provision of secure IT access, for the traceability of users’ actions, and for user-account management. Today, the WAB solutions developed by WALLIX are deployed in more than 100 large businesses and in industries as diverse as banking, manufacturing and the media, as well as in the public sector.

WALLIX’s products are distributed in the form of software and hardware solutions through a network of integrators and certified VARs present in Belgium, England, France, Luxembourg, Russia and Switzerland.

About WALLIX

WALLIX is a developer and distributor of computer-security software specialising in traceability and risk management linked to the outsourcing of IT.

WALLIX, which is based in Paris (France) and in Reading (England), also has a subsidiary in New York (USA). The company distributes its software products through a network of VARs that operate across Europe and North Africa.

WALLIX’s solutions are aimed at IT directors and those responsible for IT security, who must improve the IT risk management of businesses in order to be compliant with regulations. The company’s products are used in the financial-services industry, in manufacturing, in health and medical services, and in the public sector.

WALLIX’s Wallix Admin Bastion has been adopted by many large and medium-size companies. The company also produces WALLIX LogBox (WLB), a solution that logs system-connection information.

WALLIX is a prize-winner of the Oseo Innovation awards, of the PM’UP programme, and a partner of the System@tic Paris Region high-technology cluster of excellence. WALLIX has also recently been awarded the title Champion of the Cluster.

For further information on the System@tic Paris Region high-technology cluster, please go to: www.systematic-paris-region.org/en

For further information on WALLIX, please go to:
www.wallix.com

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Empresas del sector eólico offshore de la región francesa Pays de la Loire presentaron sus novedades en el salón EWEA OFFSHORE

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Situada en la fachada atlántica, la región de Pays de la Loire es líder en Francia en investigación, oferta industrial y logística del sector eólico offshore. En efecto, se espera que Pays de la Loire alcance en 2017 un ambicioso objetivo en energías marinas renovables (EMR): 1.400 MW en el marco de la contratación pública francesa (6.000 MW).

Por este motivo, una decena de empresas de esta región ha participado en la última edición del salón profesional EWEA OFFSHORE, que se celebró en Ámsterdam (Países Bajos) del 29 de noviembre al 1 de diciembre de 2011.

Punto de encuentro de inversores, compradores y visitantes, el stand de Pays de la Loire albergó a los líderes regionales del sector de las EMR:

ALSTOM – Infraestructuras de generación y transmisión de energía, producción de turbinas submarinas y transporte ferroviario.
¡Primicia!!: Alstom anunció durante el EWEA la creación de un polígono industrial en Saint Nazaire compuesto por dos naves destinadas a la producción de barquillas y aerogeneradores. Alstom ha escogido Pays de la Loire para desarrollar sus proyectos de EMR, dadas las extraordinarias condiciones que ofrece esta región.

DCNS - Diseñador de un aerogenerador flotante.

METEODYN - Despacho de proyectos especializado en la simulación del viento y de diferentes condiciones climatologías.

NET-WIND - Clúster dedicado al mantenimiento eólico.

NEOPOLIA - Centro tecnológico e industrial que alberga a unas 140 empresas, cuyas actividades están orientadas a 5 mercados: EMR, Marino, Oil&Gas, aeronáutico, ferroviario.

ROLLIX Defontaine - Fabricante mundial de coronas de orientación de palas y fustes de aerogeneradores eólicos de cualquier potencia.

STX France - Integrador de grandes conjuntos, y diseñador de dispositivos flotantes altamente técnicos – subconjuntos metálicos (cimientos, mástiles, subestaciones eléctricas) y buques técnicos de colocación.

Condiciones logísticas excepcionales
El Gran Puerto Marítimo de Nantes (Saint-Nazaire) es el más importante de la fachada atlántica, y el cuarto puerto francés. Especializado, entre otros ámbitos, en la manutención y el transporte de grandes fletes industriales y mercancías pesadas, cuenta, con el fin de satisfacer las necesidades del sector, tanto con infraestructuras y herramientas logísticas adaptadas, como con recursos inmobiliarios.

Medios de ingeniería, investigación y experimentos de alto nivel
En el área de investigación, la región de Pays de la Loire está armada de dos buques insignia:

La Escuela Central de Nantes: reconocida a nivel europeo por su compromiso con las EMR.
El Túnel aerodinámico Jules Verne del CSTB: centro de investigación destinado al análisis de las interacciones “viento-grandes estructuras”.

Además, el Clúster EMC2 (piezas, conjuntos metálicos y composites) no solo capitanea el Instituto de Investigación tecnológica Jules Verne a escala mundial, dedicado a la vanguardista tecnología de producción de composites, metales y estructuras híbridas, sino también el Technocampus Océan, plataforma de innovación metálica, oceánica y energías marinas.
En la región, existen otras oficinas de proyectos y laboratorios de investigación al servicio del desarrollo global de las Energías Marinas Renovables.

A corto y medio plazo…
La región de Pays de la Loire estará dotada asimismo de:

SEM-REV: un centro de pruebas en mar en el que se recogerá la energía de las olas, y que podrá hacer las veces de aerogenerador offshore a talla reducida. Las instalaciones estarán operativas a principios del año 2012.

SEM-REEF: banco de pruebas dedicado al sector eólico offshore flotante en donde se realizaran experimentos a tamaño real. El IFREMER (Instituto Francés de Investigación para la Explotación del Mar) considera este proyecto como uno de los más serios para integrar la futura plataforma francesa de energías marinas renovables «France Energies Marines».

Para mayor información, consulte la página web:www.paysdelaloire.fr

Contacto:

RÉGION PAYS DE LA LOIRE
1, Place de la Galame - BP 80221
44202 NANTES Cedex 2 (Francia)

Dña Anne-Cécile MOQUET
E-mail: ac.moquet@spr-paysdelaloire.fr
Tel.: +33 (0) 2 40 48 81 58

Dña Virginie PRIOU
E-mail: v.priou@spr-paysdelaloire.fr
Tel.: +33 (0) 2 40 89 89 87

13/12/11 AddOnMail releases PST file-archiving V.3.5 in Exchange 2010

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After publishing Microsoft Outlook plug-ins for several years, AddOnMail of France has announced the arrival of the latest version of its leading product, PSTStation Corporate for Outlook — the PSTStation Corporate 3.5.

Jean-Christophe Cisse, CEO of AddOnMail, explains, "PSTStation Corporate 3.5 is a genuine breakthrough in migrating PST files for [Microsoft] Exchange 2010. With our product, a company with tens of thousands of users is finally able to plan a genuine migration for its PST files."

"With PSTStation Corporate, a company will cut the duration of its PST file migration project by at least 50%. It will also save over 50% of the cost, since no development is required and everything is processed automatically," adds Jean-Christophe Cisse.

This increase in efficiency is possible thanks to the software package’s unique open PST file management and incremental message-processing technology. The migration can therefore be run 24/7, even while users are reading or writing their messages.

PSTStation Corporate 3.5 features a powerful connector to import PST files into Exchange 2010 users’ mailboxes. The software also includes a function for the detection and identification of PST files within the corporate network; the technology to select source messages to be archived; and, additionally, a powerful multithread connector to inject messages into Exchange 2010.

Furthermore, AddOnMail’s new software solution features many post-archiving functions, such as the automatic PST file removal from user profiles, message deletion from the PST source once archived, and the possibility of marking PST files as read-only.

PSTStation Corporate has already won the trust of many companies in France and in the United States, including in sectors such as banking and manufacturing. 

About AddOnMail

 AddOnMail is an IT specialist company, providing more than 20,000 users worldwide with powerful tools and specialised services. Honoured as the best innovative product at the Microsoft Tech-ED trade show in Copenhagen (Denmark) in 2004, AddOnMail is based in Paris (France) and recently opened a branch in Canada.

AddOnMail publishes archiving and electronic-message-management solutions, especially those stored on user workstations. The company helps businesses locate messages within their corporate network. AddOnMail also helps IT managers secure the data thanks to its archiving and backup functions, as well as functions making it possible to move data to other, more secure (or cheaper) storage space.

For further information, please go to:
www.addonmail.com

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19/12/11 Lille region given thumbs up by 85% of foreign investors

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International auditing firm KPMG has confirmed the appeal of the Lille region (in northern France) for non-French investors. According to the independent survey conducted by KPMG and published in November 2011, 85% of respondents, representing the 1,077 subsidiaries of foreign-owned groups established in Northern France, recommend the region.

According to KPMG, the international auditing firm, the prime reason companies choose to establish a subsidiary in Northern France is the strategic location the region offers. The Lille region lies at the heart of Europe’s leading consumer catchment area. Two-thirds of the companies surveyed highlighted their aim to reach the markets of northern Europe (including France) as having driven their decision to invest in the region: an impressive 82% of companies see this locational advantage as crucial to their success in these markets.

The high quality of the local labour force also satisfies the companies: 60% were satisfied with the region’s labour force — a proportion reaching 75% of respondents in the field of trade and logistics. Undoubtedly, this is another reason businesses choose to settle in region surrounding Lille.

Regarding the quality of life, seven out of 10 business leaders say that they are satisfied with the region’s cultural dynamism and tourist potential, and close to two-thirds approve of the sports facilities available in the Lille region. The local geography and environment are also a cause for satisfaction among foreign-owned companies: 80% indicate that they are satisfied (or fairly satisfied) with the region in this respect.

Northern France is a region whose attractiveness is not always fully appreciated by outsiders: prior to their arrival, 46% of decision-makers surveyed had a good image of the region, but a third (33%) admitted to having a negative perception. Once established, however, only 1% of these decision-makers have retained this negative view, while 68% of respondents indicate that they are satisfied (or very satisfied) with the Lille region.

With hindsight, none of the companies surveyed see their location in the Lille region as a handicap. On the contrary, 60% describe the move as an asset to their businesses, especially those hailing from the Benelux countries, and 27% see the relocation as strategic in terms of the company’s development in northern Europe.

Moreover, a majority of the companies surveyed have felt genuinely welcome in northern France: close to 60% of respondents consider the welcome given to expatriates to be satisfying or very satisfying.

Despite being a border region and a hub for pan-European trade, the Lille region has a strong identity rooted in its history. Indeed, a third of respondents believe that the region stands apart from the rest of France, especially those from Germany and the Netherlands, who acknowledge a stronger cultural affinity with the region.

Lastly, the Lille region is founded upon powerful ethical values that are important to businesses. Respondents were asked what "values" they associated with the region: "work", "fighting spirit", "energy" and "hospitality" were widely mentioned by those surveyed. This gives an overview of the positive image that the region enjoys with international investors.

About Nord France Invest
Nord France Invest is the publicly funded investment-promotion agency for Northern France (including the city of Lille and its surroundings). The agency helps businesses to develop and make the most out of their move to the region of Northern France.

Drawing on expertise across a wide range of fields, Nord France Invest and its network partners offer personalised and fully confidential services to investors, free of charge, from the initial decision through to the launch and follow-up.

In pursuing these aims, Nord France Invest draws on the skills of its own staff, combined with expert input from an extensive network of regional and international partners.

For further information, please go to:
www.investinnorthernfrance.com



Press : Toasting the Bad Economy? Champagne Sales Bubble Up .

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Champagne sales are bubbling again.

The French industry is preparing for a bumper holiday season, a significant recovery from just two years ago, when it slashed production in the face of the global economic downturn.

By the end of September, the Champagne industry had shipped 192 million bottles, and the festive fourth quarter is usually the strongest, accounting for a third to a half of annual bubbly sales. That could put it on track to near the record 339 million bottles shipped in 2007.

The champagne rebound reflects the effervescence in the luxury-goods industry as a whole. The world’s largest luxury-goods group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the owner of fashion and beauty brands such as Louis Vuitton and Guerlain as well as several champagne labels, recorded 15% sales growth over the first nine months of 2011. Luxury fashion rivals such as Hermès and PPR’s Gucci logged similarly robust growth.

"Champagne sales are faring well ahead of the holiday season and are up 15% compared to 2010," said Emeric Sauty de Chalon, president of French online wine shop 1855, which last month organized a major champagne tasting in Paris.

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