Success Stories 2013

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2013
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Success Stories
TABLE OF CONTENTS
editorial
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Systematic Paris-Region R&D
Key Figures
Better Management of the Criticality
of Onboard Systems
Electronics Is On
The Increase
Dictao, the Trust
“Factory”
French Infrared Surveillance Cameras
Exported to the United States
A Multi-Cloud Approach
for a Better User Experience
Big Data is Supporting
a New Agile ERP Solution
Smart Grids, Smart Buildings,
Same Quest!
The Revolution
in Communicating Objects
“Made In France” Software
Solutions at the Heart of the World’s
Production Lines
Virtual Prototyping at the Service
of Industrial Innovation
“Many-Cores” for Onboard
Information Technology
Reliability of Critical Systems:
A Major Challenge
Simulation for Mastering
Complex Systems
The Precursor to the Touchscreen
Experience, at the Heart of the Paris Region
Durable Cities are No Longer a Dream,
They’re a Reality!
Effective Mobile Solutions
for Real-Time Event Control
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Systematic Unveils
its Strategy 3.0.
“…These enterprises know that
our country has the greatest
expectations of them in terms
of job and value creation.”
The Communicating Vehicle
at the Service of its Environment
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A Perfectly Modular Real-Time Onboard
Application Prototyping Tool
Under the Attentive
Eye of Smart Cameras
Certification, or How to Trust Software
for Mission-Critical Avionics
An Open Source Tool
at the Service of Software Quality
Dear partners,
I’m proud to present our collection of “Success Stories 2013”, which is
a selection of articles about the innovative enterprises in the Systematic
Paris-Region cluster. This document reveals the dynamic ecosystem
in which the members of our cluster work, and demonstrates our
commitment to accomplishing the challenge of shaping our cluster into
a “products’ factory of the future” between 2013 and 2018, as a net
contributor to the competitiveness of the industry in our country.
Linux Within
Onboard Systems
A New Research Institute on Digital
Engineering on the Saclay Campus
The Cloud at the Service
of High-Performance Computing
Jean-Luc BEYLAT
President,
Systematic Paris-Region
A French Company Becomes a
Worldwide Open Source Reference
in Numerical Computation
Working Towards Better Efficiency
in the Digital Simulation Chain
Draw Me a Complex
System
After eight years of operation, our cluster has indeed shown its
effectiveness in seeding the emergence of collaborative and innovative
research and development (R&D) projects, as well as in underpinning
projects of major scope - such as the Technological Research Institute
SystemX, which works towards accelerating the uptake of digital
technology.
A French Leader in Injection Molding
Simulation for Plastics Design-toManufacturing Process
A Revolution in Image Compression
All the Success Stories recounted herein are a reminder of how the effort
put in by big business groups, SMEs and academic contributors allows
the attainment of the three key factors for achieving growth: innovation,
industrialization and international development. These enterprises know
that our country has the greatest expectations of them in terms of job and
value creation. An auspicious environment is necessary for succeeding the
challenge. I’m confident of Systematic’s ability to build it with you, the
members of our cluster, with a collaborative and ambitious outlook.
Welcome to the Era of 100 Gigabits
per Second
Mobile Check-In and Check-Out:
Another Way to Travel
6WINDGate™, or How to Dope
the Performances of Mobile Network
Infrastructures
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Systematic is convinced that SMEs play a central role in the French
economy, and that they are of capital importance in terms of the jobs that
they create and their innovative drive - especially in the difficult economic
context through which France is currently going. Systematic focuses all its
energy on the quest for greater economic benefits, on the industrialization
of the projects’ results, and on bringing innovations to market by
launching new products and services.
Enjoy your reading!
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MAPPING
interview
Systematic Paris-Region R&D Key Figures
Systematic Unveils its 3.0 Strategy
Interview with Dominique Potier, Research and Technology Director, Systematic Paris-Region
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hy has Systematic
laid out a new
technology roadmap?
The activities and commitments
of the competitiveness clusters
are covered by performance
contracts signed with the
government and the relevant
local authorities. In the
meantime the competitiveness
clusters update their technology
roadmaps and set their
achievements and impact
targets as a direct consequence
of these contracts. The first
two contracts covered the
period from 2005 to 2008 and
from 2009 to 2012. In the
National Assessment of clusters
conducted during the first
quarter of 2012, Systematic
has been considered “highly
efficient”. On the basis of these
successes, we are preparing the
next contract – Phase 3 of the
clusters – with a commitment
of 6 years, from 2013 to 2018,
with an evaluation at midterm. This Phase 3 falls within
the scope of the national
growth, competitiveness and
employment agreement, of
which the innovation coverage
includes increased involvement
of the competitiveness clusters
in economic growth and,
notably, in the support given
to SMEs and enterprises of
intermediate size.
Can you tell us what its
principal lines are?
The main message in the
new roadmap is to reaffirm
the central role of digital
technologies and software
in the transformation of
industry and services, and
in the enhancement of their
competitiveness. To achieve
this, the cluster’s action will
have three lines of attack:
strengthening the technological
bases of software and digital
technology, notably the free
and open source software
market segment in which
Systematic is very active;
development of innovative
products and services in the
industrial and service sectors,
each playing a key role in the
country’s economic and social
development (transportation,
energy, security, healthcare
and telecommunications); last
but not least opening-up these
target sectors to three new
market segments: advanced
manufacturing, smart cities,
and Enterprise Information
Systems.
These objectives will be
addressed by the cluster’s
members, of which the
economic influence has grown
strongly since the founding
of Systematic in 2005. At that
time, the cluster’s members
provided 102,000 jobs. Today,
in 2013, they account for
420,000 jobs and a cumulative
turnover of 330 billion euros.
And what does that mean
concretely in terms of
usage?
By stating our technological
and application priorities, we
reaffirm the priorities of our
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members with regard to R&D,
and help them accomplish and
overcome the challenges that
the marketplace offers. The
roadmap will state, for each
of the target market segments,
what the priority lines of
innovation are in order to
stay in the race. For example
in the automobile industry,
we’ll be centering research
and innovation on the areas
of computer-aided decisionmaking and driving, with the
objective of total delegation
of driving (a quest to achieve
the autonomous vehicle). In
energy, R&D will be directed
towards the standardization
of smart grid architectures.
In digital technology and
software, we first want to
establish the technological
and market segments in this
crucial area for our members:
onboard systems and connected
objects; digital infrastructures;
modeling, digital simulation
and HPC; digital trust; Free and
Open Source software; and big
data. Next, we need to identify
the most critical technological
aspects for the market
stakes talked about
above, which will
be addressed by
future collaborative
research projects.
Dominique Potier
Development
of New SKills
Scientific
Publications
Job
Creation
lms imagine, civitec I
AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTS
Enhancement
of Existing Products
all4tec I AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTS
Better Management of the Criticality
of Onboard Systems
A critical system is one of which the failure can have dramatic consequences for people and property
(severe bodily harm or major damage, or serious consequences for the environment). These days,
there are few systems that are not critical, apart from some entertainment systems (such as video
games, for instance). Examples include software used in automotive, rail or air transport systems,
software in energy generation systems (nuclear power plant control), software in healthcare systems
(pharmaceutical manufacturing systems and medical appliances) and software in financial systems
(electronic payments) or military applications.
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ecause the systems and
products now being
designed are increasingly
complex and multifunctional,
we need tools for properly
managing them and ensuring
their functional safety. In the
automotive sector, this ensures
the integrity of systems that
contribute to the protection
of the vehicle’s occupants, by
preventing them from being
exposed to a potential risk.
ALL4TEC is a company
specialized in the operational
security of programmed
systems, in process
enhancement, in systems
engineering, and in the testing
and validation of complex
systems; in order to accomplish
this, ALL4TEC has developed
a risk analysis tool to ensure
compliance with the functional
safety constraints that critical
systems have to adhere to.
Concretely…
“As part of the Build-IT-Safe
project financed by the FEDER
program, we developed a
new product named Safety
Architect©. It’s a new working
tool for operational security
engineers, and lets them make
use of new risk analysis concepts.
The project also aims at reducing
the cost of functional safety
certification such as defined
in the ISO 26262 automotive
standard,” explains Frédérique
VALLÉE, ALL4TEC’s Chief
Operating Officer.
Additionally, after the initial
successful collaboration within
the scope of the Build-IT-Safe
project, the CEA-List and
ALL4TEC decided to set-up
CALL4S, a shared laboratory
dedicated for functional safety
analysis based on system
models. CALL4S will play the
role of a catalyzer for increasing
competitiveness in the field
of dysfunctional analysis, and
will give technology SMEs that
are not specialists in safety
analysis the ability to design
safer and more-secure products
while decreasing the cost of
certification of their products.
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According to Karine GOSSE,
Director of CEA-List, “The
development of new highadded-value services involves
digital systems that are
increasingly complex. The
issues of operational safety
and security are becoming
both bigger and increasingly
critical. CALL4S takes on this
technological challenge by
striving to develop robust and
innovative tools.”
Innovative Products,
Services and Processes
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2
jobs created
new branches
in Stockholm
and in Munich
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Development
of New Skills
The Communicating Vehicle
at the Service of its Environment
With the emergence of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), a vehicle’s interactions with its
environment are quickly evolving. So it’s now essential to design systems that optimize these interactions and that match the needs of drivers themselves.
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Spin-Offs:
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job created
LMS
jobs created
Civitec
o LMS Imagine, Civitec, Oktal, Intempora, Sherpa Engineering,
Valeo and their academic partners took-up the challenge by working
together on the E’Motive collaborative R&D project.The project’s
aim was to develop a driving simulator incorporating the simulation of
detection sensors and their associated software applications, to constitute
a common platform allowing one to design and digitally validate ADAS
systems. In this R&D project, the simulator was addressing the automobile
market. But the applications can just as well cater to needs in the
aeronautical, rail and defense fields.
“Thanks to the Systematic Paris-Region cluster’s labeling of R&D projects,
our company was given increased visibility within a sector. Getting different
players around the same table enables everybody to put their vision across,
whether they are from a big group, an intermediate-size enterprise, an SME,
or a startup. This accelerates the industrial maturing of one’s own products,”
explains Pacôme MAGNIN, R&D Coordinator, LMS Imagine.
“The E’Motive project greatly contributed to the successful startup of
our company, which had just been founded. This success shows that the
Systematic Paris-Region competitiveness cluster now more than ever plays its
role of accelerating competitiveness and growth, to promote the development
of its members’ innovation projects,” says Kambiz KAYVANTASH, Chief
Operating Officer at Civitec.
w About LMS Imagine
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SPIN-OFFS:
Penetration
of New Markets
w About Civitec
Voisins le Bretonneux-based company founded
in 1994
Line of business: multi-physical systems
simulation
Personnel: nearly 150 employees
Market Segments: transport, industry and
energy
Since the beginning of 2013, LMS Imagine has
been a 100% Siemens subsidiary.
SME based at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, founded
in 2009
Line of business: virtual testing for the following
market segments:
• security: site protection and intrusion detection
• automotive: active detection system (such as
pedestrian impact)
Personnel: 7 people + consultants
Clientele: automotive equipment manufacturers
(Valeo) and aeronautical equipment
manufacturers (Zodiac)
Civitec is now seeking to service international
markets such as Germany, Japan and the United
States
scientific
publications
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Access to
Private Funding
Job
Creation
Business
Creation
Increase
in Sales Turnover
Penetration
of New Markets
Client
Testimonies
krono-safe I AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTS
Electronics Is On The Increase
These days, more than 20% of the value of a car is composed of onboard electronics and electronic
systems. Furthermore, electronics is set to play an even bigger part in the vehicles of the future,
which will have even more-powerful systems that will provide assistance, autonomy and passenger
safety. To make sure that they are perfectly integrated, the automobile industry needs to overcome
a big challenge: sophisticated design, many onboard features while ensuring a properly-controlled
management of their safety.
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ey Statistics
Job creation
In 2012, the company
grew from 2 to 15
employees, and there
are prospects of hiring
4 more people in
2013.
Clientele:
Delphi, Renault and
Schneider Electric
Sales turnover:
• 2011 turnover:
> €30K;
• 2012 turnover:
> €100K;
• 2013 target: €1M.
rono-Safe is a startup that sprang from the collaboration between the
CEA-List and Delphi. It’s a software company that is building a realtime operating system called KRON-OS. It was conceived to sequence
tasks in a secured manner for all kinds of onboard applications. The
product is of interest to many industries – the automobile industry for sure,
but also the aeronautical field, rail transport, energy and medical – and will
be available off-the-shelf by the end of 2013.
Teamwork Within a Profession
“Our company is expanding fast thanks, notably, to the support provided by
the Systematic Paris-Region cluster and France’s big players in automotive
electronics, who have dynamized and accelerated innovation within the
profession. The Systematic cluster acts as a real catalyst, and plays a crucial
role by launching open and collaborative research projects that involve
industrial companies and corporations at every level,” says Didier ROUX,
President and CEO of Krono-Safe.
“The technology developed by Krono-Safe has arrived at a certain level of
maturity that enables the enterprise to cater to other industrial sectors as well.
Thus, Krono-Safe is now a partner of the Institute of Technological Research
SystemX, and is thereby entering the railway market by collaborating in a
project on Security and Safety of Operation headed-up by Alstom Transport,”
recounts Damien CHABROL, Chief Operating Officer of Krono-Safe.
A Little History…
• April 20, 2011: Krono-Safe was founded;
• October 1, 2012: startup of the “Investissements d’avenir” ADN4SE
project;
• June 21, 2012: prizewinner in the OSEO “Création Développement”
competition;
• February 10, 2013: €825,000 raised from Scientipôle Capital, CEA
Investissement and Love Money.
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“The technology
offered by Krono-Safe
is currently unique
on the market”
Testimony from Maurice PITEL, Schneider Electric, Manager of
research and innovation in onboard software for electrical power
management systems.
Just like the technological revolution that has taken place in the
telecommunications world, Schneider Electric’s primary products –
electrical power management systems – have entered the digital age.
This revolution has enabled additional functionality to be added to
the product’s native functionality, allowing it to better cater to the
increasingly-specific needs of each client, as well as to have more
communication capability and be better integrated with high-added-value
global systems. The cohabitation of native functions that are often critical,
and therefore subject to certification, alongside other functions that do
not require the implementation of a total firewalling in order to ensure
that the quality of the critical functions will be up to the required level
under any circumstances. To implement this firewalling, the technology
offered by Krono-Safe now brings a unique solution to the market, which
had been assessed by a competition analysis that we undertook in 2010.
That’s why the innovation teams of Schneider Electric are working in close
cooperation with the business units on various product prototypes, with
support from the CEA, while awaiting the industrial offering developed by
Krono-Safe.
Testimony from Philippe GASNIER, Delphi, Body & Security Products
Line Europe Director.
The automobile industry is currently investing an unprecedented effort in
the standardization of software architectures. The AutoSAR specifications
have been developed, adopted and already implemented in numerous
products. This architecture lets you pack one computer with reusable
onboard software functional components, which can come from a variety
of sources.
This approach raises technical issues in terms of real-time management
and operational security, as well as in terms of business models.
That’s because integrating software functional components from different
suppliers notably demands the ability to guarantee the operation of
safety-related functions (ISO 26262), and thus to be sure that there are
no temporal and spatial interferences between them. This guarantee
allows integrators to cover the resulting liabilities – particularly in terms
of warranty.
In this context, Delphi is working with Krono-Safe on integrating the
PharOS, CEA Operating System, into the AutoSAR architecture in several
prototypes within the scope of production-oriented development. This
work has been on-going since 2006 through collaboration with the CEA.
The technology offered by Krono-Safe is currently unique on the market,
offering a small memory footprint, compatibility with multi-core
architectures, and – soon – integration into the AutoSAR specifications.
Delphi wants to deploy the technology more widely when Krono-Safe is
able to table an industrial offering.
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International
Development
SME/Large Companies
Partnership
Development
of New Skills
Job
Creation
intempora I AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTS
dictao I DIGITAL TRUST & SECURITY
A Perfectly Modular Real-Time
Onboard Application Prototyping Tool
Dictao, the Trust “Factory”
Digital technology is now
invading all fields, and the
need to acquire and process
data in real time and to
communicate and conserve
information is becoming
a generalized demand.
Manufacturers and research
laboratories need powerful,
high-performing, robust,
adaptable and simple-to-use
software tools.
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ntempora SA offers a
software environment that
caters fully to all these
requirements in the fields
of onboard multiple-sensor
applications, notably for smart
transport systems and mobile
robotics
About Intempora
Founded in 2000 in the
Paris region, Intempora
was seeded by the robotics
center of the Ecole des Mines
from Paris. Intempora is
the software company that
markets the RTMaps software
platform. Underpinned by
solid references, the firm
provides industrial R&D
departments and academic
research laboratories with a
simple and effective tool for
fast prototyping of real-time
onboard applications for
use in diverse and complex
domains: the automotive
industry for computer-aided
driving systems, mobile
robotics, three-dimensional
mobile cartography, defense
and security, the aerospace
industry, and behavioral
analysis. RTMaps technology
has been adopted by renowned
corporations that are the
backbone of French industry,
such as Valeo, Renault, PSA
Peugeot Citroën, Thales,
Eurocopter, IGN and the DGA,
but Intempora is also closing
more and more export sales
of its technology (USA, Japan,
Australia, Turkey, Korea and
Sweden). Intempora is also
strongly involved in research
and development, and is a
technology provider for many
national and European projects
of which innovation is prime
among the goals.
“The Edona collaborative project
in which we took part enabled
us to develop version 4 of our
RTMaps platform (bringing it
new features, better ergonomics,
and easy deployment), and
to stay abreast of the leading
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edge in terms of design tools.
Today, thanks to the Systematic
Paris-Region cluster, we have
been identified as one of the
key players in the Advanced
Driver Assistance Systems
(ADAS) field,” says Nicolas
DU LAC, Managing Director of
Intempora.
Solid Achievements…
“The use of RTMaps at the
robotics center facilitates
development and allows us to
capitalize on our research work
– this was the biggest goal. As
a laboratory, we are always
striving to step beyond existing
achievements and to devise
more original applications.
For example, during the ANR
AROS project (a collaborative
venture between Intempora,
Valeo and Inria), we tabled a
plan for incorporating RTMaps
into cooperative applications
with a strong communications
component. It is an extremely
important accomplishment that
earned it the PREDIT 2011
prize in the transport industry
competitiveness category,”
comments Arnaud DE LA
FORTELLE, Director of the
Centre de Robotique de Mines
ParisTech.
Digital trust and
security are essential
to the growth of the
digital and mobile
economy, and are
a major challenge
for businesses
and government
organizations. The
advent of cloud
computing and
mobility in our
totally-connected
and dematerialized
environment makes
this challenge even
more crucial.
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ictao is an expert in digital trust and security software, and
provides custom-designed solutions to new risks in a world in which
digital technologies are providing services essential to all the vital
infrastructures of a country, such as telecommunications, banks, health
services and transport.
“During every moment of our life,
digital technology is there to make
things simpler and more enjoyable.
The continual innovations that we
benefit from are opening-up new
opportunities every day – provided
that we trust these systems. At Dictao,
what we are looking to do is offer the
same level of trust in the digital world
as people have in the physical world,”
explains Jacques PANTIN, founder,
President and CEO of Dictao.
“During the FC² collaborative project,
we developed software components
that allow unified digital identity
management and that secure the
online services of our clients.”
Champion
Pôle Systematic
Paris-Region 2011
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jobs
created
Many interactions
within the
profession:
an obvious
interoperability
between Dictao
products and Gemalto
and ATOS products.
Did You Say Trust?
In order to accept the innovations that the digital world offers with
complete trust, everyone has to be convinced that they are secure. Yet
there are threats ranging from human error and malicious acts to outright
terrorism that expose digital systems to potential exploitation of their
possible security shortcomings.
Dictao offers trust software that generates means of proof: proofs of
identity, proof of the reliability of transactions, and proofs of the quality of
information for big names in the banking sector (Banque de France, Groupe
Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne, BNP Paribas, etc.), for government
entities (the French Ministry of Defense, Ministry of the Interior, etc.)
and for industry (Total, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Airbus). Another
market that Dictao has been involved in more recently is online gaming.
European countries are starting to regulate the online games sector to trace
operations and thereby combat money-laundering and addiction.
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evitech I DIGITAL TRUST & SECURITY
HGH I DIGITAL TRUST & SECURITY
Enhancement
Under the Attentive Eye
of Smart Cameras
vitech, a software
company providing image
analysis solution for safety
and security applications and a
specialist in physical intrusion
detection, has developed an
innovative and high-performing
product that gives you realtime detection of the finest
movements in a video stream.
The firm was founded in 2005
and supplies intelligent video
surveillance systems for the
protection of sensitive sites
(civil applications include
copper storage sites, solar
power generation sites,
refineries, and thermal and
nuclear power stations).
Now, with its Jaguar product,
Evitech has installed its
solutions for a whole variety of
security applications, replacing
conventional linear or discretepoint equipment (infrared
barriers, microwave barriers,
etc.). As an example, installing
smart cameras enables you
to monitor entrances and to
detect the approach of intruders
and keep installations under
surveillance for failures. It
also gives you the possibility
of detecting possible leaks in
pipelines or outbreaks of fires.
Quickly Converging Towards
Mature Systems
With a technology that
has proved itself and by
technical decisions that have
demonstrated their wisdom, the
firm has seen its business grow
even at a time when many of
its competitors that came into
being at the same time have not
managed to stay independent.
So what are its ambitions
today? Evitech wants to further
enhance the performances of its
systems, particularly in terms
of video streaming, but it also
wants to attract new clients –
International
Development
1
job created
New features in the
Jaguar software product
particularly on the international
market.
Thanks to the four R&D projects
in which Evitech has been
involved – namely Mobisic,
Reconsurve, SafeAround
and SmartMesh – Evitech has
been able to implement new
features that are now built
into its leading-light product,
the Jaguar software package.
Through the joint thinking
it has worked on with other
members of the profession,
Evitech has been able to
accomplish mature systems
more quickly.
French Infrared Surveillance Cameras
Exported to the United States
“The Systematic ParisRegion cluster has
played an essential
role in the project,
because it enabled us to
get partners from the
profession around the
same table and develop
a network. So HGH has
been able to beef-up its
development work and
to make its products
more attractive for its
customers,”
Gildas Chauvel,
Marketing Manager for
HGH Infrared Systems.
Champion
“Our software is able to detect any anomaly, no matter what the conditions, even
at night or in fog or sandstorms. It automatically alerts the surveillance operators
in the event of a hazard. We’ve focused our research on the sensitivity of our
systems, so as to minimize false alarms. We’re now one of the only companies
– or indeed the only company – on the market to guarantee these rates to our
customers,” emphasizes Laurent ASSOULY, Marketing Director and cofounder of Evitech.
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Penetration
of New Markets
The sensitive site surveillance market has grown strongly over the last ten years. It’s a particularly
dynamic market in terms of innovations. The new products developed are improving constantly in
effectiveness of defense and security – mainly thanks to the fast progress in digital technology.
An organization’s site that is considered sensitive must be protected, regardless of the reason
reason: valuable materials and property, R&D and intellectual property, financial data, or
membership of a supply chain of critical goods or services (water, gas, power, or civil security).
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Enhancement
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jobs
created
More than 80 %
of the enterprise’s
turnover has been
earned from export
sales
H
GH, is an expert in the infrared field
and, just before 2006, decided to go
into the defense and security sector
by developing products such as sensors
for perimeter surveillance and protection
at sensitive sites (airports, military bases,
petrochemical platforms, munitions
depots, etc.).
At present, you can secure a site through
an accumulation of cameras; but the
system would become too complex, and
installation and maintenance would
become very problematic. A major innovation was developed under
the auspices of the SafeAround R&D project: VIGISCAN, a complete
surveillance system incorporating several sensors and a 360° infrared
camera. The project was undertaken in close cooperation with the Basic
Research Institute (IEF) – a specialist in data merging, Eryma (previously
called MARTEC) – a specialist in infrasonics and seismic vibration sensors,
and Evitech, a specialist in the development of data analysis software.
Now, HGH has built a new generation of a comprehensive surveillance
system – Spynel-U that is due to go on the market by the end of 2013.
In addition, the company gleaned a great deal of technological learning
from the R&D project, and has been able to enhance its existing products
and make them more robust. HGH’s commodity range has broadened
enormously, and about a hundred products have been marketed between
2006 and 2012.
Long-Standing Collaboration with the American Army
The project has also contributed to the firm’s international expansion,
because most of its sales are export orders. More than 80% of the
enterprise’s turnover has been earned from export sales over the last 5
years, and one of HGH’s biggest customers is the US Army, for surveillance
systems at advanced military bases.
HGH has nearly doubled its staff, recruiting around twenty people – a
direct result of the success of its range of defense and security products.
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adacore I F
REE & OPEN
SOURCE SOFTWARE
Scientific
Publications
International
Development
Certification,
or How to Trust Software
for Mission-Critical
Avionics
Passenger safety on an aircraft depends enormously on the satisfactory operation of the onboard
software. This is why government agencies developed the DO-178 certification standard, in close
cooperation with standardization organizations. This software certification can be very costly,
because it obliges organizations to demonstrate that their source code complies with all the system’s
requirements, which requires numerous thorough tests.
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products
6 scientific
articles
3 international
communiqués and
1 webinar
T
he metric principle used to evaluate whether sufficient tests have
been carried out is the software coverage analysis. This aims at
proving that all the parts of the code that you want to certify have
been duly executed by at least one test demonstrating that a requirement
is indeed fulfilled. With the R&D project named Coverage, AdaCore
developed the GNATcoverage analysis tool, which is able to conform to the
strictest avionics certification standards.
AdaCore – a 100%-free-software company founded in 1994 – is the
leading supplier of commercial software solutions in Ada, the leadingedge programming language designed for large-size and long-lifecycle
applications. The technologies provided by AdaCore are ideal for
critical security, safety and reliability applications. The firm’s marketing
emphasizes one of the main preoccupations of Open Source software:
software quality, one of the three major challenges1 for the profession.
Among AdaCore’s clients are big players in avionics, including in the
defense and space sectors, in France, Europe and America. AdaCore now
employs 70 people and its turnover is €12M.
“The Systematic cluster of which AdaCore is a member plays a very
important role for our company, because it provides us with important
visibility in the critical systems ecosystem in France, and promotes the
community development mode specific to free software,” explains Jamie
AYRE, Marketing Director for AdaCore.
The three challenges of the Free and Open Source Software sector are: software quality, After PC and
Big Data.
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Job
Creation
SME /Large
Companies Partnership
Increase in
Sales Turnover
enovance I FREE & OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
A Multi-Cloud Approach
for a Better User Experience
A global performance
cannot be the result
of a single platform;
instead, it comes
from an intelligent
mix of multiple
platforms. Even the
most-reliable provider
can’t guarantee
maximal performances
everywhere, all the
time, and for every
user. The answer is
to adopt a multicloud strategy
that eliminates
the risk of outages
or service quality
and performance
downturns.
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SPIN-OFFS
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• End 2012:
25 people
• Mid-2013:
50 people
• End 2013:
100 people
Turnover
•2011: €1.4M
•2012: €3.5M
•2013: between
€10M and €11M
H
ow do you guarantee a constant performance? How do you make
sure that every visitor to a website is availed permanent uptime
wherever he or she is?
One Technology, One Contract, But Several Hosters
eNovance has re-invented cloud computing by devising a service called
“multi-cloud management”, that allows a client to deploy applications
on several clouds, with these applications being managed centrally in a
manner that is totally transparent for the client. These days, customers
aren’t really interested in infrastructure. What they’re looking for is a user
experience that guarantees given performance and quality with a high
level of service. So eNovance provides the customer with the necessary
tools, in the form of a software suite that enables you to automate certain
tasks and complete a deployment more quickly. eNovance’s offering is
based on free& open source software, and was developed within the scope
of the CompatibleOne collaborative R&D project, with international
evangelization. eNovance’s client portfolio now boasts names such
as Warner and the Rémy Cointreau group, who have opted to totally
outsource the facilities management of their infrastructures.
“The Systematic Paris-Region cluster enabled us to understand how to work
within collaborative R&D projects, and taught us what advantages we could
accrue and what relationships we could weave with universities or major
groups such as Bull and Orange, which would never have been possible in
another context,” explains Raphaël FERREIRA, eNovance’s President
and CEO. “Now we’re capitalizing on the work accomplished during the
CompatibleOne project, which is presently being emulated in the United
States: ComputeNext and OnApp – two American startups – are in the process
of integrating CompatibleOne into their own software suite.”
Experts as a Service
eNovance was born from a collaboration
between three friends who were specialists
in high-added-value information technology
services. Founded in 2008, eNovance operates
in the Open Source market – more specifically,
new-generation infrastructures with clients in the
Web, Cloud computing and Big Data domains.
eNovance occupies a hybrid niche between a
software company and a service provider.
Its offer revolves around a range of services
such as consultancy, integration, facilities
management, hosting and software
development.
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henix I F
REE & OPEN
SOURCE SOFTWARE
Development
of New Skills
Job
Creation
Enhancement
Increase
of Sales Turnover
An Open Source Tool
at the Service of Software Quality
The software testing business
in France is continuing to
become more professional and
structured.
H
enix is an IT engineering
service company
specialized in software
quality and project owner
assistance, and is contributing
to this structuring by offering
its clients a slate of operational
services to verify the quality of
software applications. Thanks to
an Open Source tool developed
within the scope of the SQUASH
R&D project, Henix has
democratized the quality testing
of software applications. Now
software testing is considered to
be a professional orientation in
its own right.
Henix employs nearly 90
people and is the leader on
the Open Source software
quality testing market, while
showcasing a range of standard
tools for verifying the quality of
applications. The firm is aiming
for a position on the global
market, which is currently
mostly held by American and
Canadian software packages.
Henix services the major
accounts market – clients such
as Air France, GDF and big
insurance companies and banks.
“The art of software quality
consists in making optimal use
of limited test facilities to restrict
the risks. This optimization
goes hand in hand with an
industrialization of testing
procedures with tools and
instilling a professional approach
into testers,” explains Philippe
VAILLERGUES, President and
CEO of Henix.
What Training in Software
Quality?
Today, France has to develop
a veritable professional sector
in software testing. Henix is
contributing to the emergence
and recognition of these
professional niches by starting
a software quality school (Ecole
de la Qualité Logicielle) that is
retraining 100 people per year
into these jobs.
Henix Contributes
to Employment
To make the testing profession
known, Henix has opted
to undertake a recruitment
campaign, in partnership with
Pôle Emploi, the National
employment agency, targeting
people with a masters degree
looking for jobs in the Greater
Paris area. The scheme has led
to a list of 20,000 candidates
who have been sent email
presenting the software tester
profession. Out of 800 responses
and following several selection
processes (résumé sifting, logic
tests, reasoning tests and preselection by a panel), 20 people
have been awarded a place in a
3-month retraining scheme and
a firm promise of a job after the
course. The operation is being
repeated four times per year!
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jobs created
Thousands of downloads
of the tool used in France
and abroad (India, North
America, Japan)
Several trademarks
The 2013 edition, to be chaired by Pierre Queinnec, President and CEO of Zenika, will again provide an opportunity
for institutional stakeholders to restate their commitments to the Open Source model. This model is at the heart
of the strategy for the digital industry; and, it can enable the European industry to regain leadership positions –
notably in the fields of infrastructure software, embedded software, content management tools, and development
environments.
The Systematic Paris-Region cluster – a founder member and main organizer of the event – and the members of the
organization committee, which includes AF83, Alter Way, Cap Digital, Inria and Smile, are already on the starting
blocks for the items on this year’s agenda: preparing a white paper to raise students’ awareness about Open Source
systems, organizing sessions dedicated to women in the Open Source world and a review of the first MOOCs
(Massive Open Online Courses) and the associated educational and technological stakes.
International
Development
nexedi I FREE & OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Enhancement
Penetration
of New Markets
What is “Big Data”?
Big Data is Supporting
a New Agile ERP Solution
An integrated management software package, or ERP
(Enterprise Resource Planning) system, is a tool that
incorporates the main functional components that an
enterprise needs, such as production management, sales
management, logistics, human resources, accounting, and
auditing. The aim is that the user employs a database
that guarantees the data integrity, non-redundancy of the
information, and shorter processing times.
“Big Data” means a large volume
of data or, more expressively,
“the exponentially-rising growth
of information that is now being
generated by multiple information
systems”.
In companies and corporations,
the term “Big Data” came into
use to refer to both the variety
of data covering a company’s
business – sales, purchases and
costs – and the growing quantity
of information generated by
the different channels that link
the enterprise to its customers,
partners and suppliers.
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Job
Creation
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4
90 %
new
ERP solution
jobs created
of turnover earned
through export
sales
+300,0001
in 2012 Rising
turnover
exedi, was founded in 2001, and is a French software company that
develops the most-advanced Open Source integrated management
software package on the market: ERP5. It is used by big companies
and corporations and by governments as a replacement for conventional
solutions such as SAP or Oracle. The technologies used in ERP5 – and
notably its NoSQL database model – allow the scaling and degree of
uptime that are prerequisites for a best-of-breed positioning targeting
critical applications. Thanks to its international growth – foreign business
now accounts for 90% of its turnover – Nexedi is maintaining a lead
over its proprietary competitors. Nexedi now has offices in Lille and Paris
(France), Campos (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan), Dresden (Germany) and Dakar
(Senegal).
Market Data, Client Data, Encrypted Data
Nexedi now has a portfolio of quality clients, and services industrial
manufacturers like EADS Astrium, Sanef Groupe or SANKEI Chemical,
the big Japanese chemicals group, as well as banks such as the Banque
Centrale Africaine and institutions like Aide et Action. The ERP5 system
offers a warranted 50 years of operability thanks to its zero-migration
database technology.
“The first R&D work undertaken within the scope of the Systematic ParisRegion cluster, on the neoPPOD project, enabled us to do some really great
collaboration with researchers from Université Paris 13. With ERP5 now
being fortified by the results from neoPPOD, we can eye transactional Big
Data, notably in the field of cloud invoicing, payment systems and search
engines,” explains Jean-Paul SMETS, President and CEO of NEXEDI.
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open wide I F
REE & OPEN
SOURCE SOFTWARE
Development
of New Skills
Scientific
Publications
Job
Creation
Enhancement
dotvision I SMART ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Linux Within Onboard Systems
Until recently, Free & Open Source Software was often being ignored by industry because of
the gaps between strict industrial constraints and Open Source development practices. From a
technical point of view, key features were missing, such as real-time functionality. Some of today’s
applications require real-time solutions, ranging from simple communications cards to critical
distributed systems for the aeronautics and defense domains. Now, this functionality has been
implemented and is operational.
O
pen Wide describes itself
as a technology provider
of onboard IT, specialized
in Open Source. Linux and Free
& Open Source software are
perfectly able to meet the mostsevere constraints and criteria
laid down by industry, and
give you proven reliability, cost
control (no license fees) and
performance.
Open Wide is now supplying
solutions for the development
and optimization of real-time
system able to cater to its
clients’ precision and highreliability requirements in the
aeronautical (EADS, Airbus,
Dassault), defense (Thales,
Sagem) and, more recently,
automobile (PSA Peugeot
Citroen) sectors. Today’s
real-time software produced
by Open Wide’s teams offers
a performance level that will
satisfy your demands for
reliability, failure-tolerance
and open-endedness for future
development. Open Wide has
excellent experience in the
provision of real-time solutions,
whether for the formulation of
industrial standards or for the
development of complex realtime software.
project, we deployed an
environment for the development
of real-time programs for
onboard Linux. Today there is
a range of tools available on
the Internet as Open Source,
in keeping with our economic
model, and our clients can
take advantage of a common
platform, at no cost, and buy
services from us to adapt them to
our needs.”
Pierre Ficheux, Engineering
Director at Open Wide,
explains: “During the RTEL4I
w About Open Wide
Company set-up in September 2001 by 5 people
Now employs 120 people, including around
100 engineers
The head office is in Paris, with branch offices in Lyon
and, more recently, Toulouse
Big 20% rise in turnover in 2009 after the RTEL4I
project, with regular growth today
Champion
Pôle Systematic
Paris-Region 2011
Recent penetration of the onboard automotive
systems market
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Smart Grids, Smart Buildings,
Same Quest!
A smart building is a direct extension of the smart grid, and the development of smart buildings is
closely following that of smart grids. They’ll be prominent innovations in tomorrow’s world, and
their goal is to improve energy efficiency.
H
ome automation1, building
automation2, the Internet
of things… these three
terms are all linked to the work
going on to instill intelligence
in buildings’ power networks
(houses, condominiums and
office blocks), with the aim of
facilitating and improving the
management of energy and of
electrical appliances connected
to the network. The keystones to
such intelligent management are
programming, communications
and integration, through the
introduction of computerization
and other new technologies.
DotVision is a company
that provides expertise and
development services around
the ‘Internet of Things’, and
produces technological modules,
software and other innovative
and open-ended solutions in
the domain of smart power
management, with extensive
means devoted to in-house
R&D. Through the Energy
Positive IT collaborative project,
Dotvision works with Embix
and Alstom Grid on developing
smart grid management systems
adaptable for smart buildings.
Better energy efficiency in
buildings is going to be an
important issue in the years
to come, and requires the
introduction of new tracking,
control and optimization
systems as we work towards
a ‘smart building’ approach
that consists in endowing
buildings with intelligence and
communications capabilities, to
achieve improved global energy
performance and be ready for
the future deployment of power
networks that are themselves
intelligent (Smart Grids).
“As a member of the Smart
Energy Management Working
Group’s steering committee,
we’re very closely involved in
the Systematic Paris-Region
cluster. This participation gives
us access to a whole ecosystem,
and allows us to work alongside
the key players involved in smart
grids and energy optimization,”
explains Guillaume PELLETIER,
CEO of DotVision.
First tangible results
• Creation of an electronic
research laboratory addressing
the issues of smart grids and
the recovery of energy data.
The facility enables DotVision
to offer very short lead times
for the development and
integration of its solutions,
giving its partners and clients
the advantage of very quick
market launch times.
• Stronger team: with strong
in-company resources in
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engineering, marketing and
finance, DotVision leverages
unique expertise in cloud
computing (software),
onboard electronics
(hardware) and the
applications and products.
• Creation of an innovative
product called ‘Spoony’, now
marketed on a B2B basis.
It’s an energy sensor directly
connected to the power
switchboard that measures
energy consumption and
generation and gives end
users a real-time view of their
power consumption via the
Internet.
1 - When these technologies are
applied to a house, we talk about ‘home
automation’. Home automation is all the
engineering and technologies (physics
of the building, information technology
and telecommunications) allowing the
automation and betterment of tasks within
a house, apartment or set of offices. It came
into being in the eighties, and enhances our
comfort and our management of energy,
safety and communications.
2 - When these technologies are applied to
a larger building, we talk about ‘building
automation’. The term covers the intelligent
management of the power, heating and
lighting systems, but also the other amenities
and systems usually found in bigger
buildings, such as security systems.
irt systemx I IN THE SPOTLIGHT
prismtech I SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
A New Research Institute on Digital
Engineering on the Saclay Campus
The Revolution in Communicating Objects
“SystemX is a new instrument in French innovation
drive that is going to play an important bridging
role between the various industrial and academic
players on the Saclay Campus, to boost progress in
digital technology, give us a competitive edge and
seed the emergence of new products and markets”.
Pascal Cléré,
Chairman of SystemX
S
ystemX is the only Technological Research Institute in the Paris
region, and the only Technological Research Institute in the field
of digital engineering of the future. It’s one of eight Technological
Research Institute selected within the scope of the National Program
“Investissements d’Avenir”, and is supported by the Systematic ParisRegion competitiveness cluster and the future Paris-Saclay University. The
goal of this scientific cooperation foundation is to develop technological
modules allowing one to pilot the complex systems that many sectors
will be needing in the years to come: combined transport systems, smart
energy networks, and security data processing systems.
The agreement with France’s National Research Agency (ANR) was signed
at the end of October 2012, and the first R&D projects were launched
at the beginning of 2013. The Institute was inaugurated on February
21st, 2013, and this was the last milestone to be passed before SystemX
activities became officially endorsed. It already has 45 partners, counting
35 industrial corporations and 10 academic institutions.
“SystemX will strengthen collaborative research, and the work done will be
more productive thanks to the principle of project colocation,” says Louis
GALLOIS, High Commissioner for Investment, adding that, “SystemX has
been a source of great satisfaction, because it has easily attracted lots of
partners.”
The colocation of the R&D teams from industrial and academic
participants coming from a variety of technological fields (transport,
communications, digital security, and energy) has been a key factor in the
Institute’s effectiveness and attraction power. This new innovative driving
force will help break down the barriers between the public and private
sectors, and will encourage cross-fertilizations.
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The continual progress
in sensor networks and
technology now means
that one can envision
deploying secure, optimized
and distributed services on
networks of interconnected and
communicating smart objects:
this is the vision of the ‘Internet
of Things’. We are currently
seeing the deployment
of a new generation of
interconnected objects with
communication, detection
and activation capabilities for
numerous applications. The
interconnection of objects with
advanced processing abilities
is going to spark a revolution
in service inception and
availability, and this is going
to profoundly change the way
in which we interact with our
environment.
P
rismtech has entered
the race by developing
software capable of
managing large volumes of data
with very stringent temporal
constraints. Typically, this kind
of software has applications in
defense, aeronautics (air traffic
control), telecommunications,
finance (financial data
management) and – more
recently – energy (optimization
of energy management).
What Are the Concrete
Applications?
Job
Creation
• Smart Energy Management
The Grand Coulee dam in
the United States is one of
the biggest in the world.
The energy generated by its
alternators is the equivalent
of the output from 22 power
plants. The dam incorporates
sensors and technology from
Prismtech for energy tracking
and optimization.
• The Tractor of the Future
Equipped with an onboard
computer, video cameras and
GPS beacons, this tractor is able
to work with no-one aboard.
The grower becomes like an
overseer surveying the fleet
remotely. The system developed
by Prismtech is capable
of allowing the vehicle to
evaluate the ground conditions,
make real-time adjustments
to speed and steering, and
locate another vehicle in close
proximity.
• The Motor Sports Market
Prismtech provides the
technology that disseminates
the video filmed by the car’s
camera. This technology implies
management of loss tolerance,
real-time telemetry and
bandwidth quality.
• Air Traffic Control
As part of a Europe-wide
project, Prismtech is studying
the possibility of offering
its technology for the
distribution of air traffic control
Penetration
in New Markets
information, so that control
no longer has to be passed
manually when an aircraft
leaves one country and enters
another – instead, this would
be done via Prismtech’s DDS
(Data Distribution Service)
technology.
An Economic Model Based
on Open Source Products
and Unarguable Spin-Offs
In the Blend project – a
European R&D project financed
by Eurostars – the goal was to
develop operational systems
capable of integrating with Web
and mobile technologies, in
order to process large volumes
of critical data. “The Systematic
cluster team gave Prismtech
precious assistance, which
enabled our consortium to file
a well-written project proposal
and obtain labeling and finance
without difficulty,” says Angelo
CORSARO, Technical Director
at Prismtech.
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products
M
a turnover
of turnover earned through
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SME/Large Companies
Partnership
Enhancement
spring technologies I
SYSTEMS DESIGN
& DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Penetration
of New Markets
OVH.COM/OXALYA I SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
The Cloud at the Service
of High-Performance Computing
One of the facets of “Big Data” is high-performance computing (HPC). Some companies’ design
offices and R&D departments periodically need additional computing power. Where can they avail
themselves of supercomputers on demand or a cloud HPC service?
O
xalya and OVH.com:
a natural link-up
The synergy between
Oxalya’s technology and the
industrialization capability of
OVH.com’s servers is going
to cater to design offices and
R&D departments urgently but
only intermittently needing
computing power without
having to invest in server
farms, with the aim of offering
them the possibility of leasing
a supercomputer by the hour
or week. Together, Oxalya
and OVH.com have formed
an alliance to provide their
customers with HPC cloud-based
services. Businesses will be able
to transfer the HPC over to the
hoster, to tap into extra power
and parallelize their calculations
while reducing their production
cycle and investments.
A Little History
Oxalya was founded in 2004
and is a specialist in HPC
developing software that lets
you manage gigantic computing
infrastructures. Early on, from
2006, Oxalya involved itself in
the Systematic competitiveness
cluster’s collaborative projects
– notably in the Carriocas
project, one of the cluster’s
key undertakings. The project,
for which the global budget
was €28M, enabled Oxalya to
take part in the construction
of a 40 Gbits-per-second
telecommunications system,
for which Oxalya provided
the software infrastructure
used to pilot the multi-site
demonstrator via remote access.
Oxalya’s participation permitted
it to launch a new product,
VISU PORTAL, which is now
integrated into the OVH remote
visualization offering, HPC Drive.
Oxalya is continuing to take
part in collaboration projects –
such as Open HPC and CSDL
– and has thus formed close
partnerships with big groups
like EDF, Renault and Dassault
Aviation. These projects are
gradually allowing the company
to evolve its product showcase
(on-demand remote access
services, in the case of the Open
HPC project).
“Systematic has enabled Oxalya
to be a central figure in one of
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the cluster’s key big projects,
and to structure our actions
in terms of enterprise strategy.
Concretely, through collaborative
R&D, Oxalya has been able to
instill new functionalities in its
product offerings, and to address
new market segments like the
automobile and aeronautics
industries,” says Alban
SCHMUTZ, Vice President,
Business Development and
Public Affairs, OVH.com.
An Ecosystem at the Service
of SMEs
Thanks to the ecosystem
provided by the Systematic
cluster, Oxalya played a part in
the organization of the SystemX
project, which aims at offering
members of the ecosystem
the means to extend their
interactions. The colocation
of staff is one of the major
added values, as a factor for
accelerating technology transfers.
Job
Creation
ME/Large Companies
Partnership
International
Development
Development
of New Skills
“Made In France”
Software Solutions
at the Heart of the
World’s Production Lines
With the modernization of
manufacturing processes, the
computer numerical control
(CNC) machines market has
grown considerably, becoming
increasingly demanding in
terms of precision and usage.
S
transport, energy and even
medical industries.
PRING Technologies
is a software developer
producing systems that
enhance the productivity of
computer numerical control
machines on production
lines. Drawing on more
than 30 years of experience,
Spring Technologies has just
announced that it has signed a
worldwide framework contract
with the Safran group, to equip
the group’s machines with the
NCSIMUL system. This system
lets you predict and simulate
possible machine outages
and, thereby, increase your
company’s productivity and
competitiveness. NCSIMUL
systems can return real-time
feedback on the statuses of
machines (production, failure,
stoppage, adjustment, etc.).
This gives you the possibility
of providing activity reports
with tables and graphs for
analyzing a given situation, and
thus allows you to formulate
production improvement plans.
The status feedbacks can also
execute quality scenarios or
more-advanced supervision
processes.
Collaborative R&D
Involvement
Spring Technologies has
involved itself deeply in
the Systematic cluster’s
collaborative projects with
the aim of developing
innovative solutions that let
manufacturers such as Airbus,
Snecma, Messier Bugatti
Dowty and Dassault Aviation
to continuously supplyingoperational products. So,
Spring Technologies develops
its own software range
– NCSIMUL Solutions™ intended to optimize industrial
manufacturing work, and is
also a prime partner of large
industrial corporations for the
training of their personnel. This
is because the purpose of the
ANGEL project is to capitalize
on machining know-how,
and to provide digital tools
to attract young technicians
and engineers and help them
to quickly learn to simulate
all technical data – which
is of increasing complexity.
These days, there aren’t many
machinists, and they are highly
sought after. A machinist’s role
of expert is very important
on a production line in
many disciplines, such as the
aeronautics, space, defense,
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“Our systems are the best in the
world!” says Gilles BATTIER,
President and CEO of SPRING
Technologies.
Champion Pôle
Systematic Paris-Region 2011
• The company has around
one hundred engineers,
of whom 75 are based in
France.
• For the last 5 years, Spring
Technologies has been
maintaining offices
abroad (in Germany, the
United States and China)
• Spring Technologies also
founded a subsidiary in
Boston three years ago,
and now has a portfolio
of more than 60 new
American clients,
including the US Air Force,
US Army and Boeing.
• The company doubled its
personnel over the last 4
years.
SME/Large Companies
Partnership
Development
of New Skills
Penetration
of New Markets
Business
Creation
ESI GROUP I SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Enhancement
Enhancement
SCILAB ENTERPRISES I SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
A French Company Becomes
a Worldwide Open Source Reference
in Numerical Computation
With the simulation market growing strongly, design optimization techniques are becoming crucial
in achieving a balance between the performance required from a product, resources efficiency, and
the lead time for a market launch.
S
cilab Enterprises is the
official developer and
provider of professional
services for the Open Source
software package Scilab, and
provides industrial companies
and corporations with
expertise in the deployment
of numerical computation and
simulation tools. Founded in
June 2010, during the CSDL
(Complex Systems Design Lab)
collaborative project, Scilab
Enterprises now employs about
20 people working on the
development and worldwide
distribution of the Scilab
software suite, and offers a
comprehensive range of services
for the product. Scilab is in use
in every strategic domain of
science, industry and services,
such as space, aeronautics,
automobile, energy, defense,
finance and transport.
The CSDL project involved
28 partners headed-up by the
Dassault Aviation, working
on building a collaborative
environment for decision-taking
in the designing of complex
systems. Scilab Enterprises was
part of the team of engineers
that took part in CSDL, under
the auspices of Digiteo – one
of the project partners – so
it benefited from all the
knowledge accrued during
the project and subsequently
continued an on-going
collaboration with the major
manufacturers involved – such
as Dassault Aviation. Scilab’s
use for decision-taking in
complex systems led to the
development of special modules
and its uptake in the avionics
industry. This naturally earned
Scilab Enterprises penetration
into that market. However, the
generic nature of their work
means that Scilab’s utility also
extends to the automotive and
space fields.
“Through the CSDL project
and its ability to bring together
SMEs and big players in the
domain, the Systematic cluster
demonstrated that the Scilab
software suite can be used
effectively in real-life industrial
projects. With the founding and
emergence of Scilab Enterprises
as an entity during the course of
the project, Systematic openedup future markets in the complex
systems field and, above all,
gave rise to a partnership with
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Dassault Aviation. This is an
extraordinary opportunity for
the company’s current growth,”
says Claude GOMEZ, CEO of
Scilab Enterprises.
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UCCESS CRITERIA
• Business creation: Scilab
Enterprises.
• Enhancement of existing
products: in October 2012,
Scilab Enterprises rolled-out
Scilab 5.4.0, the new version
of the Open Source numerical
computation software suite.
• Penetration of new markets:
entry into the avionics
market.
• SME/Large Companies
partnership: close partnership
with Dassault Aviation,
with the Scilab suite now
being used in the group’s
preliminary studies;
• Development of new skills:
the implementation of
additional modules enabled
the Scilab Enterprises
engineering team to perfect
its existing know-how and
acquire new knowledge.
Virtual Prototyping at the Service
of Industrial Innovation
Today’s worldwide
economic conditions
have sharpened the
competition between
industrial companies,
who have to comeup with innovative
solutions in short
time frames. So, using
virtual prototyping
is becoming essential
in manufacturing
industries, where one
has to overcome the
biggest industrial
challenge: bringing
innovative products to
market at the lowest
cost, but more quickly
and with increased
reliability.
E
SI Group is a pioneer and the main player in the world of virtual
prototyping taking account of the physics of materials. By developing
unique expertise in product virtual engineering based on an
integrated and coherent range of software, ESI Group services the needs
of the manufacturing industries and aims to replace physical prototypes
with a realistic simulation of the production and assembly process
development tests, with achievement of the desired performance and
with evaluation of normal and unintended usage of the products being
worked on. ESI Group’s offering is a unique, open, collaborative and
comprehensive virtual prototyping system using the most-recent leadingedge technologies such as virtual reality, which brings your prototypes to
life in 3D, thereby making it easier to take decisions during the product
development phase.
Leader in the Crash Simulation and Virtual Prototyping Market
Virtual prototyping, in which ESI Group has uncontestable expertise, has
been made possible by the extraordinary escalation in digital simulation
capabilities, and aims to replace true-life prototypes with digital models,
thereby decreasing costs and potential delays.
“Through the example of the designing of a combustion engine, the
solution developed under the auspices of the CSDL collaborative project
demonstrates the added value of our process management technologies for
orchestrating the collaborative engineering work of teams of professionals
from different fields, within the heterogeneous software environment of our
clients,” explains Jean-Pierre CAZEAUX, Process and Simulation Data
Management Systems Marketing, ESI Group.
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Name: ESI Group
Specialty: virtual prototyping
Inception: 35 years of expertise (virtual testing) - the first company
in the world to perform virtual crash testing simulations
Champion
Markets: automotive, aeronautical, and nuclear
ESI Group operates in more than 30 countries, through its worldwide Pôle Systematic
Paris-Region 2011
network of around 950 high-level specialists.
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distene I SYSTEMS DESIGN
& DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Development
of New Skills
Scientific
Publications
Job
Creation
Enhancement
Working Towards Better Efficiency
in the Digital Simulation Chain
Meshing is an integral part of the product creation chain in sectors such as the automotive
and aeronautical industries, and is used right from the outset of the first studies and
in the multi-physical simulations of a digital model of the product, in all its different
representations, according to the stage of design.
D
istene operates in the
highly-elitist CAD and
calculation application
developers market, at an
international scale. This niche
market is extremely demanding
and very competitive; Distene
offers a range of meshing
generation solutions that enable
you to automatize the CAD/
calculation link within the
digital design chain.
During the CSDL (Complex
System Design Lab)
collaborative project
undertaken by a consortium
of 28 partners coordinated by
Dassault Aviation, the R&D
work generated numerous
results, both from the scientific
angle and the expertise
viewpoint. Distene took
advantage of the opportunity
to develop and enhance its
software components library,
MeshGems, which is used by
hundreds of thousands – or
even millions – of industrial
engineers in all kinds of sectors
(automotive, aerospace,
defense, energy, manufacturing,
…) and fields (structural
design, fluid mechanics,
electromagnetism, …), even
though they may not be aware
of the fact. Distene’s clients
include most of the big software
companies in this market
(Dassault Systèmes, Autodesk,
Siemens PLM Software, MSC
Software, LMS Samtech, …),
in 17 countries, principally in
America, Europe and Asia.
“An innovative SME brings new
technology (or technologies)
to one or more markets. The
Systematic cluster can accelerate
this by acting as a catalyzer.
And the more this catalyzer is
reactive and broad in coverage,
the more you can ascertain with
certainty whether your solution
contains the looked-for ‘success’
factor,” says Laurent ANNÉ,
Sales and Marketing Director
and co-founder of Distene.
Concretely…
• Distene has more than
50 OEM agreements with
customers in 17 countries
throughout the world.
• Innovation is the only
effective engine behind
Distene’s growth in
the market of CAD and
calculation application
developers.
• The Systematic ecosystem
has enabled Distene to
work directly with big
French industrial groups.
Recently, EDF integrated
the MeshGems technology
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into its SALOME platform.
For Distene, this Success
Story constitutes a first step
towards the new market of
industrial corporations.
Laurent Anné
• Since it joined the Systematic
cluster, Distene has more
than doubled its turnover
(+100%) and, as a result,
its staff. The Systematic
ecosystem has notably
permitted Distene to increase
its sales by meeting new
clients such as EDF, SIMPOE,
and by increasing its
collaboration with existing
clients – notably with
SAMTECH.
• Overall, the CSDL project
generated some excellent
science. More than 100
articles were printed in
scientific publications or
presented at international
conferences during the
project.
kalray I SYSTEMS DESIGN
& DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Job
Creation
Increased
Sales Turnover
“Many-Cores” for Onboard
Information Technology
Onboard applications such as video encoding, image compression and video surveillance are
hungry consumers of computing capability and power. The new MPPA (Multi-Purpose Processor
Array) contains 256 optimized cores on one single chip, giving you maximal processing ability with
minimal power consumption.
K
alray is a software design
and ‘fabless’ technology
company that has
developed and markets a new
generation of massively-parallel
‘many-core’ processors with
hundreds of cores, for highperformance applications in the
fields of professional electronics
and intensive computation. As
part of the Chapi collaborative
project undertaken with its
partners – Thomson Video
Numérique, Leadtech Design,
Thales R&T and UXP –
Kalray was able to lay out
its technology roadmap and
develop its first products: the
MPPA-256 (256 cores) manycore processor and the MPPA
DEVELOPER development
station.
A New Processor that is
Cheaper, Better-Performing
and Less Power-Hungry
The MPPA-256 processor
is ideal for low- to highvolume series, and aids the
digital applications in fields
such as image processing, signal
processing, industrial automatic
controllers, communications
infrastructures, data security
and networking, transport
systems, etc. The MPPA
technology integrates a network
of 256 processors that work
in parallel and communicate
via an on-chip network, just as
great clusters of computers do
via the Internet.
Kalray has two goals with this
microprocessor: offer really
strong computing power, and
significantly reduce the power
bill. Now Kalray is bringing
a product to market that has
a computing-capability-topower-consumption ratio that
is 10 times higher than the
generic processors existing
in the marketplace. It also
has the ability to provide a
replacement for, firstly, ASICs –
hybrid circuits that always take
a long time to design and are
not financially cost-effective in
production runs below 200,000
– and, secondly, high-end FPGA
programmable circuits, which
consume a lot of power and are
expensive per unit
“As an innovative SME, Kalray
naturally fitted into the
Systematic ParisRegion cluster’s
ecosystem,
collaborating
with research
participants and
many industrial
partners on
advanced
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applications. These
collaborations strengthen
Kalray’s market positioning as a
supplier of alternative technology
to FPGAs and ASICs for highperformance onboard systems,”
explains Laurent JULLIARD,
Kalray’s Software Solutions and
Services Director.
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From January 2009 to
2013, the Chapi project
enabled Kalray to create
36 jobs (expanding to 50
employees). The company
plans to hire nearly 30
more people over the
next 2 years.
Kalray targets a turnover
of around 100 million
euros by 2017.
obeo I SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
SME/Large Companies
Partnership
Job
Creation
Draw Me a Complex System
O
Obeo has been involved in
many of the Systematic cluster’s
collaborative projects – notably
the Lambda project. Its role
within that project was to
help the partners master the
complexity of their industrial
systems (in the aeronautical,
aerospace and automotive
fields), by endowing them
with custom-built graphic
representation tools. During
the project, the Obeo Designer
product was used to provide
a completely-integrated
environment and produce
dedicated modeling tools in
an uncomplicated manner.
Designed to better manage
the complex systems that big
companies use, Obeo Designer
simplifies design work by
means of functionality that
is unique on the market for
modeling assisted by multiple
viewpoints. The offered
approach lets you visualize
information in different
representations (charts, tables,
sequences, etc.) and then group
it by usage profile.
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Obeo now employs
50 people
Obeo accomplished
a turnover of 3.2 million
euros in 2011
“The Systematic projects in which we take part help us with
development and boost innovation for the company’s future,
and also let us confront our systems directly with industrial
working methods. Our collaborations within the projects give
us a foot on the ladder and let us work with major groups on
technologies obtained from SMEs and true-life examples. For
Obeo, it has resulted in commercial partnerships with groups
such as Thales and Airbus. We have the prospect of doubling
the firm’s capacities quickly, and we’re currently achieving one
new hire every month,” says Etienne JULIOT,
Vice-President of Obeo.
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Business
Creation
esterel technologies I SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Cars and aircraft carry a multitude of so-called “complex systems”. Under the hood and within
their structure, today’s cars incorporate dozens of sensors and computers. The same applies to
planes. In fact, the technology packed into every part of the electronics, management IT, telecoms
and other onboard systems and subsystems is quite astounding.
beo was founded in
2005, and is a software
company specialized
in model approaches. As an
essential contributor to Open
Source, Obeo has given itself
the mission of supplying open
technologies that allow you
to understand the complexity
of an engineering system or
the evolution of enterprise
architecture. Among its product
range are code generation
and modeling tools, as well as
migration systems.
Job
Creation
Reliability of Critical Systems:
A Major Challenge
E
Over the last few
years, critical onboard
systems have grown
increasingly complex
and involve a very
wide range of fields
of professional
knowledge.
Furthermore,
the number of
applications that
qualify as critical is
continually rising.
In domains such as
software development,
the systems and
networks used have
become fundamentally
important in the
designing of onboard
systems.
Tangible Results
Champion
The Listerel joint laboratory now employs 12 people from the CEA and
Esterel, and the Papyrus/SCADE System technological platform has been
adopted by the BGLE AGeSys project, which notably boasts Airbus, Sagem,
Safran, Thales, Renault, PSA, Continental, Valeo, ATOS and Alstom among
its end users.
Pôle Systematic
Paris-Region 2011
sterel Technologies, a developer of code design, generation and
validation tools for critical onboard applications, together with
the CEA-List have set-up a joint laboratory – the Listerel Critical
Software Lab – that is dedicated for the development of advanced critical
systems design technologies. These systems are notably used in the
defense, aerospace, transport and energy sectors. The completion of the
laboratory was the result of cooperation within the scope of the Usine
Logicielle project. The commodities now being developed within the
scope of the laboratory will be commercialized by Esterel Technologies’
marketing and sales services.
The work undertaken particularly addresses critical systems development,
such as system design, the numeric precision of algorithms, and advanced
validation and security solutions, and should allow Esterel Technologies to
strengthen its leadership position on the market.
“As a member of the Systematic Paris-Region cluster, we’ve contributed to
many cooperative research projects such as Usine Logicielle, Edona, Lambda
and AGeSys, and the joint laboratory with the CEA-List is the result of work
in partnership with the biggest French players in the field. We also decided
to partner-up with IRT SystemX, because we are convinced that this institute
will be a unique focus of innovation and will benefit the entire industrial
ecosystem for onboard systems,” says Eric BANTEGNIE, President and CEO
of Esterel Technologies.
The success of the cooperative venture was marked by the commercial
launch of the first version (1.0) of a SCADE System technological platform
in March 2012, which is in use by over 30 clients internationally, including
the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, the Ukraine and
the United Arab Emirates, to name but some, and version 2.0 was released
in April 2013.
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Smart Design & Advanced Manufacturing 2014: Save The Date!
The first “Smart Design & Advanced Manufacturing” expo will be taking place at the Palais des Congrès in
Versailles, France, on March 31st and April 1st, 2014. The two-day event, somewhere between a scientific
conference and a trade fair, will be an international reference that will federate key players in the field and enable
them to jointly formulate a vision and strategy for advanced manufacturing. The objectives of the emblematic
meet are to promote the technological expertise of the country’s enterprises and to enhance the economic
attractiveness of the Paris-Saclay Campus.
For the “Emergence & Development of the Economic Clusters of Greater Paris” call for projects, the Paris-Saclay
public institution stepped forward and empowered Systematic Paris-Region to organize the innovation-focused
event, which will address the challenges of the knowledge society, the breaking-down of barriers between public
and private R&D, and the identification of synergies, so as to create high-added-value jobs.
Simpoe I SYSTEMS DESIGN
& DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Access
to Private Funding
Job
Creation
Increased
Sales Turnover
A French Leader in Injection Molding
Simulation for Plastics Design-toManufacturing Process
S
impoe was founded in
2004, and is a French
software company
specialized in injection
molding simulation for plastic
design-to-manufacturing
processes. Simpoe’s software
products enable you to save
on prototyping costs, optimize
raw material costs, and
decrease time-to-market for
new products. The software is
of use both to mold specialists,
and to design office engineers
engaged in a collaborative work
approach, who want to provide
information about plastic
component manufacturing
constraints to parties further
upstream in the design process.
“Simpoe is the Missing Link
in Collaborative Product
Development in the Plastics
Industry”.
During the Expamption
project, led by Simpoe, the
objective was to devise a
secure collaborative platform
for designing mechatronic
components for French
automobile equipment
manufacturers. Ultimately,
the manufacturers were
supposed to be able to make
products allowing a reduction
of CO2 emissions by 2 to 6%,
by optimizing the weight of
the structures and the heat
exchange and cooling system,
and through mechatronic
control over the ventilation.
“The Expamtion project
permitted us to make real
advances – both technical
and methodological – and
notably gave us a foothold
in the automotive sector. The
project also contributed to our
expansion, and we became the
French leader in plastic injection
molding simulation. Our
technology is now considered
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to be essential worldwide in
the digital simulation field,”
explains Alain DUBOIS,
President and CEO of Simpoe.
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SPIN-OFFS
Partnerships with large
companies like Dassault
Système SolidWorks, PTC
and Siemens gave a lasting
impetus to the company and
its technology, enabling it to
increase its turnover by
70% between the beginning
and end of the project. During
the same period, the firm also
raised funds twice so that
it could better accomplish its
international expansion and
strengthen its R&D. As a result,
Simpoe opened sales offices
in Singapore, China and the
USA, and took on eight extra
staff.
Last minute - May 6th, 2013:
Dassault Systèmes acquires Simpoe to
enhance its 3DEXPERIENCE platform
with Injection Molding Simulation
for Plastics Design-toManufacturing Process.
Silkan I SYSTEMS DESIGN
& DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Job
Creation
Business
Creation
Enhancement
International
Development
Simulation for Mastering
Complex Systems
High-performance simulation is a key factor in companies’ competitiveness. It enables faster
designing of products and services that better fit customers’ needs, and also allows you to analyze,
understand and anticipate complex phenomena.
S
ince it was founded in
2007 under its original
name (HPC Project),
Silkan has chiefly been working
with the defense, aeronautical,
space, automobile and energy
sectors. Its offering includes the
development and comprehensive
integration of new-generation
simulation systems and
platforms (incorporating
advanced technologies such as
model reduction and multiplefield optimization), as well as
the construction of test benches
and critical onboard systems
meeting demanding operational
security requirements. In
addition, Silkan also develops
training and maintenance
simulators. In 2012, HPC
Project – with its very strong
expertise in high-performance
computing (HPC) – and
Arion Entreprise – a company
specialized in critical real-time
onboard systems – merged their
businesses and adopted the
name Silkan. The two innovative
companies had already been
partners in research projects,
and recognized that they had
a natural complementarity, as
regards both their product and
service offerings and the skills
of their personnel. Silkan was
formed in order to become a
pioneer in the cutting-edge field
of new-generation, precise, high-
performing and flexible onboard
simulation and simulators.
Best-in-Class Locations
Silkan has its head office in
France, at Meudon la Forêt,
as well as two branches in the
Paris area and another at Aix
en Provence. It equally has a
subsidiary in Silicon Valley in
the United States, near Stanford
University.
In 2012, the company also
opened offices in Canada, in
Montreal. Silkan had already
built many relationships in the
Canadian market, with both
clients and partners. Apart
from its previous history there,
Montreal was also chosen
because the city is a leader
in the simulation field. Its
cosmopolitan nature makes it
an ideal choice as a gateway
between Europe and North
America. So Montreal is Silkan’s
North American hub for all its
products and activities (sales,
production and R&D).
Just recently, Silkan decided
to place staff at the Ter@tec
campus in Bruyères le Châtel,
so as to be close to partners in
the profession and the Greater
Paris ecosystem. Silkan has done
a great deal of work with other
players in HPC and simulation,
through collaborative projects
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7
employees
sites
(France, United States,
Canada)
3
14,5
product offerings
M
2012 turnover
such as CSDL and OpenGPU,
and is continuing to do so via
the all-new MECASIF project,
in which Silkan is the leader
and will guide model reduction
management work in various
fields of physics.
“The Systematic cluster’s major
R&D projects on simulation
(the principal thread of the
OCDS Working Group) – for
instance, the CSDL, OpenGPU
and OpenHPC projects – will
have been a precursor for the
simulation platforms of the
future. And these projects have
contributed considerably to the
structuring of our company
strategy,” explains Jacques
DUYSENS, Silkan’s COO.
CIRA I HEALTH & ICT INITIATIVE
International
Development
Scientific
Publications
Job
Creation
A Revolution
in Image Compression
If there’s any field in which image processing is of particular importance, it’s certainly medical
imagery. In medicine, the quality of an image compared with the original is an essential factor in
the diagnosis and, therefore, in the relevance of the resulting care given to the patient.
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5
5
scientific
publications,
namely an
average of 1
every 3 months:
2 clinical studies
and 3 scientific
presentations
jobs created
with 2 new
hirings planned
by September
2013
International
presence
in Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Burkina-Faso,
Hungary,
Italy, Japan,
Luxemburg and
Switzerland
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orking in close
cooperation with the
medical field, CIRA
– a company specialized in
image compression encoding
algorithms – has designed and
validated the WAAVES image
format. It’s a revolutionary
new format with the vocation
of replacing the gamut of
existing formats with one single solution that has a CE label for medical
appliances, is smaller and preserves the quality of the original image.
The WAAVES format is three to ten times more compact than existing
formats and, therefore, reduces the size of a thoracic X-ray from 10
Megabytes to 125 Kilobytes, without introducing any bias into the
diagnosis, which makes it possible to send it over mobile networks – even
low-bandwidth networks. Examinations can be displayed on tablets and
smart phones for telemedicine, notably for remote diagnoses in emergency
situations or when on the move, when speed improves the prognosis, such
as in the case of cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) and electroradiological
examinations.
In this context, the WAAVES GP project demonstrated the potential for
porting WAAVES onto electronic components, both in terms of speed
of processing and control over fidelity of rendering – aspects that are
essential in the medical world.
The project could only have existed thanks to the work carried out in close
collaboration with partners from the profession. Sylvain HOCHBERG,
General Manager of CIRA, points out the importance of being a member
of the Systematic Paris-Region cluster: “The cluster’s staff worked ceaselessly
to ensure that our R&D WAAVES GP project would happen and produce
tangible results. WAAVES benefited technically from the work done, and
commercially from its exposure through the WAAVES GP.VES project.
Systematic is a great forum for interaction that gives you access to a rich and
stimulating ecosystem. With our partners in the R&D projects in which we
were involved, we accumulated a pool of expertise in the image compression
field that is steadily growing larger and larger.”
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International
Development
New
Patents
archos I telecoms
The Precursor to the Touchscreen
Experience, at the Heart of the Paris
Region
4
8
new
product
ranges
new
patents
Archos GamePad
“Systematic ParisRegion played a
keystone role in
that it federated
the collaboration
between the
various partners
and stimulated
emulation by other
players within the
E-Compagnon
R&D Project,”
Raoul Mallart,
Innovation
Projects and
Intellectual
Property Director
at Archos.
I
n 2009, Archos rolled out the first touchscreen tablet ever sold. In
2010 and 2011, the company’s fortunes reaped the rewards of the new
tablet market, experiencing very large growth of more than 100%. But,
In 2012, the touchscreen tablet pioneer faced fierce competition. With
the tablet market expanding strongly, Archos decided to launch itself into
expanding the uptake of tablets in home usage: it targeted multiplying
the interactions between consumers’ various appliances, and accelerating
the adoption of the fourth screen-endowed device in the home after the
television, the computer and the mobile phone. So, Archos worked on
a new offering that would bring the cost of a touchscreen tablet down
to a really aggressive price that would make it affordable for the mass
consumer market while preserving the same capabilities, performances
and services.
The biggest advantage of a tablet is that you can use it for entertainment
(videos, photos, music, games, and reading), surfing the Web and doing
your email. The touchscreen tablet concept – what you might call the ‘sofa
computer’ – is an alternative to laptops and netbooks that perfectly fits the
needs of today’s families.
Two new products thus joined the Archos product range: the GamePad – a
gaming tablet with a built-in joystick – and the TV Connect – a televisionconnected device based on Android technology and incorporating a
remote control system that simulates the touchscreen capability, which hit
the market in March 2013.
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SME/Large Companies
Partnership
Job
Creation
Scientific
Publications
100GRIA I telecoms
w FINANCIAL
BENEFITS
Some Statistics
15
3
scientific
publications
(14 conference
publications and
1 publication in
Optics Express)
new products
being readied for
industrial production:
1 x 40G receiver
1 photonics
components assembly
(Egide)
1 new range of Raman
pumps (more than 100
prototypes sold) (3S
Photonics)
Welcome to the Era
of 100 Gigabits per Second
100 Gbit/s (Gigabits per second) technology is a leap forward for
operators that want to upgrade their networks to higher speed and
support the sustained growth in use. Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in 100
Gbit/s optical coherence technology that is an innovative and financiallyadvantageous solution for operators.
T
he aim of the 100GRIA R&D project, involving many players (big
corporations and companies, small and medium-sized enterprises,
and academic partners), was to enhance the technologies used in
100 Gbit/s transmission. From the technical viewpoint, they had to
develop technologies with which the capacity per transmitted channel
is 100 Gbit/s, and with which up to 88 channels can be carried, giving a
total capacity of 8.8 Tbits/s per optical fiber.
Among the major focuses of the project was the production of a morecompact photoreceptor, a more-powerful Raman laser pumping diode,
a photonics components assembly and the design new rules for 100
Gbit/s systems. The project notably allowed developing, assembly and
testing a new-generation 100 Gbit/s prototyped receiver for long-distance
transmissions.
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This collaborative project
has been an undeniable
success in several respects.
Every partner has garnered
tangible results and major
benefits. What has come
to the fore above all in the
collaboration is the close
partnership between all
those involved.
“For Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs,
a new performance prediction
model has been taken up
internally in the product
division, and that model is now
incorporated within the system
design and bid production
tool.”
Christian Simonneau,
the project representative and
a research engineer at AlcatelLucent Bell Labs.
“The 100GRIA project has
been a great success because
of the very close cooperation
between the partners. With
regard to Egide, we worked
very closely with III-V Lab
and devised a new product.
Right from the outset of the
project, we saw the advantage
of taking part in such an
initiative, because we had
received specific requests from
current and potential clients,
nationally and internationally,
for a well-designed receptor.
Concretely during the project,
we designed and developed
a fully-integrated package
collaboratively with the
people from III-V Lab. Our
product is currently being
industrialized and several tens
have already been provided to
6 customers in Europe, Asia
and the Americas. Thanks
to the 100GRIA project, we
have created 3 direct jobs and
hope to see our turnover rise
by several hundred thousand
euros.”
Michel Massiot,
R&D Director for Egide.
“The collaboration with the
partners in the 100GRIA
project, and notably with
Red-C, an Israeli enterprise
that is financed by the
Israeli government and that
is a member of the project
consortium, has proved
highly fruitful. Because of the
development of a new range of
Raman pumps that Red-C has
integrated into its amplifiers
(electronic cards), we have
seen throughput increase
significantly, and are now able
to cater to 100G and even 400G
performances over long-distance
optical links. Thanks to gain
performance and amplification
that is as constant as possible
throughout the spectral range,
we have an edge over the
competition that we need to
take advantage of. We’ve now
sold more than one hundred
prototypes to major optical
network systems manufacturers.
The Raman amplification
is currently an application
specifically dedicated to the
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overland market, but it could
potentially be particularly
advantageous for undersea
transmission, because no
repeaters would be needed.”
Patrick Garabedian,
R&D Project Lead for 3S
Photonics.
“Even though Kylia did not opt
to become a member of the
100GRIA consortium, our firm
still took part in the project as
a subcontractor of III-V Lab,
notably by developing the
hybrid mixer and integrating
it into the 100 Gbits/s receptor
modules. We then built on this
collaboration by developing
another component that
also incorporates an optical
platform developed by Kylia,
associated with high-speed
photodiodes from III-V Lab.
The product is now marketed
for a dedicated client. Kylia
plans to base itself on this
example of a link-up between
complementary expertise (freespace optical signal processing,
high-speed photo sensors and
integrated HF circuit) so as to
offer a technological solution
that is unique worldwide.”
Ludovic Fulop,
co-founder of Kylia.
SME/Major Groups
Partnership
Job
Creation
ARIANE SYSTEMS, LEMON WAY I telecoms
webdyn I telecoms
Durable Cities are No Longer
a Dream, They’re a Reality!
The introduction
of information and
communications technologies
in cities is opening the way
to new functionalities, new
ways to manage, new ways
to govern, and new ways to
experience life in the city –
we’re heading towards the
metropolises of tomorrow.
Efficient communication
about everyone’s needs and
consumption can enable better,
more-efficient and moreeconomic energy distribution.
W
ebdyn is servicing
today’s energy market
by developing remote
meter reading systems, systems
to promote energy efficiency
in conventional and smart
buildings, and systems for
solar power management.
The aim is to make buildings
smarter and their inhabitants
more responsible. With smart
power meters installed, we
could change some of our
habits, reduce power bills for
buildings, and promote respect
for the environment.
Webdyn is a French company
specialized in machineto-machine software and
equipment links, and has
developed state-of-the-art
technology using Internet
protocols to provide innovative
and cost-effective teleservices:
remote maintenance, remote
management, remote
monitoring, and remote
surveillance. Webdyn is also
one of the European leaders
in smart Internet gateways
dedicated for the onboard
Internet market, that allow
devices to communicate with
each other. The company
has two market strategies:
it manufactures off-the-shelf
products, and also produces
custom-built commodities for
major-account clients.
Apart from the energy market,
Webdyn also services the
environment market (remote
water meter reading systems)
and the transport sector
(systems for communication
between vehicles and
infrastructures), and has prized
customers such as Itron, Landis
Gyr +, SNCF and PSA Peugeot
Citroën.
Through the R&D SENSCITY
project and the MONISOL
project – which was co-labeled
with the TENERRDIS cluster
– Webdyn has expanded
considerably.
“The Systematic Paris-Region
cluster played a fundamental
role in our growth.The R&D
projects in which we took part
enabled us to develop our own
products, and the partnership
with Orange played a key part
in our business creation,” says
Philippe FAUGERAS, President
of Webdyn.
• Webdyn promoted the setting-up of the joint venture m2ocity by Orange and Veolia.
• 2 new products launched to cater to market demand: WebdynRF, a remote water meter
reading system: more than 700 sold to date; WebdynSUN, a solar energy generating unit
supervisory system: over 3,000 sold in 2012.
• Close partnership with the Orange group, a business generator.
• Webdyn has created 7 jobs, expanding from 13 to 20 employees.
• In 2012, Webdyn was the prizewinner of the PM’up 2012.
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International
Development
Development
of New Skills
Mobile Check-In and Check-Out:
Another Way to Travel
You’ve always wanted it! Ariane Systems and LemonWay have made your dream come true! To
make guests’ experience in hotels faster and simpler, the two SMEs have teamed-up to deploy a Web
and mobile electronic check-in and check-out system.
T
hanks to Ariane Systems’
platform provided in
SaaS mode (Software
as a Service) and using their
smart phones, hotel guests
can now check in and check
out online, without having to
go via the reception. Ariane
Systems is a specialist in
dematerialized self-check
systems for the hotel sector,
and its Allegro solution lets
guests complete their arrival
and departure formalities
independently. The Allegro
software suite incorporates a
Lemon Way system for making
secure payments from any
mobile device connected to the
Internet.
Market Leader
In the framework of the KIVI
project, Ariane Systems – the
European leader in checkin/check-out machines for
the business hotel industry,
working in close cooperation
with Lemon Way, a specialist
in innovative payment
solutions via mobiles – has
developed a Web application
hosted on Microsoft’s Cloud
that optimizes the process of
registering at a hotel.
Ariane Systems has targeted the
dematerialization of checkingin and checking-out at a hotel
ever since it was originally
Michel Lavandier
et Sébastien Burlet
founded. Its first solutions only
worked on terminals installed
outside the establishment (in
low-cost hotels) or in the foyer
(in business hotels) but, with
the advent of tablets, smart
phones and cloud computing, it
has now developed a full Web
and mobile system.
“Our innovative, durable and
secure mobile payment system
simplifies the life of end clients
with a service that frees them
from constraints (carrying a
bank card, check or cash with
them) when paying for their
purchases, wherever they are,
with total simplicity,” says
Sébastien BURLET, Managing
Director of Lemon Way.
“Our mobile check-in and
check-out system is new and
unique on the market, and its
association with a revolutionary
payment system will allow every
hotel chain to boast an offering
that is dually innovative. That’s
what’s going to drive its uptake,”
explains Michel LAVANDIER,
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President and CEO of Ariane
Systems. “This new hotel
self-check product has gigantic
potential, and considerable
future development possibilities
in terms of services you could
offer customers.”
Short-Term Prospects
Today, Ariane Systems is
just starting to market its
system. But, with nearly
500 deployment contracts
concluded with several hotel
chains (Louvre Hotel, Première
Classe, Campanile, and
Kyriad), roll-outs at European
scale are also planned: the
Scandic, Radisson Blu, Park-Inn
and Mövenpick hotel chains
have also signed deployment
contracts for 2013. The target is
then to expand from European
scale to international reach,
with the USA in the crosshairs.
EGYLIS I telecoms
Job
Creation
6WIND I Telecoms
Effective Mobile Solutions
for Real-Time Event Control
The recent
developments in
Internet and mobiles
have radically
changed the way in
which information
technology can benefit
companies: it’s the
technology that’s
adapting to the user,
and not the other way
around.
w Key
Statistics
After Egylis’ involvement in the AG@PE collaborative project, it accelerated
its R&D and developed two new solutions that enable you quickly build
genuinely operational information systems that are personalized to each
client’s line-of-business processes.
Systematic Paris
Region 2012
“Thanks to our involvement in the Systematic Paris-Region cluster, we’ve
been able to associate with other SMEs to do R&D and develop two new
product lines,” says Tanguy DE POMMEREAU, founding associate and
Development Director at Egylis.
+ 95 %
Champion
of turnover earned
from exports
w Economic
Spin-Offs
Jobs: Egylis now
employs 15 people
and has recruited
7 new talents.
2 new innovative
product lines:
• MoveOnSite
• MoveOnAccess
Turnover has
risen by 30%,
having increased from
€700,000 in 2011 to
€1M in 2012
Key clients: Salon
du Bourget, Systematic
Paris-Region (OWF 2012),
RedBull (Cliff Diving at La
Rochelle 2013, and Caisse à
Savons de Saint Cloud 2013)
Mobile World Congress: The Place To Be!
Once again, the 2013 edition of the show kept its promises with more than 70,000 entries
in 3 days. This year, there was a change of location to Gran Fira, a few kilometers from the Barcelona city center –
an even bigger site able to accommodate nearly 1,500 exhibitors, of which 150 were French this year.
The French wing, organized by UBIFRANCE, was one of the biggest national sections. This year, it played host to
70 companies, of which 8 were supported by the Systematic Paris-Region cluster (ActivNetwork, CaptainDash,
Arkamis, Deveryware, and Trusted Labs). Our cluster was represented at the event through around twenty of our
members (Wisips/SunPartner, Oledcomm, NeoSesame, Red Technologies, 6Wind, Altis, Ercom, Sequans, Orange,
Gemalto, Morpho, Alcatel-Lucent, Thalès). It was also noteworthy that EIT ICT Labs had its own booth.
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New Market
Penetration
International
Development
6WINDGate™, or How
to Dope the Performances
of Mobile Network
Infrastructures
F
or Egylis, a software company that markets a platform of
customizable mobile applications, technology is meant to be at the
customer’s service: you start with the firm’s business processes, not
to change them but to inject a new dynamic into them with flexible and
efficient mobile tools. Egylis has developed a service platform called ‘MoveOn’, together with associated innovative technologies that let you quickly
deploy fully-personalized solutions that are simple to use because they
are dedicated to your company’s particular processes. Thanks to the ongoing R&D work Egylis does, its technologies give you adaptable products
that can fit any need via an off-the-shelf approach rather than custom
development.
SME/Large Companies
Partnership
12
jobs created
(mainly engineers)
A new
generation
of products
A close
partnership
with Intel
The use of mobile appliances for services that are ever-more
bandwidth-hungry, such as Internet video, will grow exponentially.
With the arrival of 4G, all the telecommunication equipment
makers are hard at work on offering performances capable of
satisfying these new needs.
6
WIND, a specialist in
the provision of network
software for doping
the performances of network
infrastructures, has become
a key supplier for the big
telecoms systems vendors on
the international market. The
6WINDGate software platform
is optimized to get the best out
of multicore processors. 6WIND
has thus become a prime partner
for major manufacturers such as
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Hitachi,
LG-Ericsson, NEC, Nokia-Siemens
Networks and others.
6WIND Conquers the Cloud
Computing Market
The need for high-performance
networks is also becoming
more and more acute for cloud
computing. It’s a highly-promising
market in which 6WIND has
positioned itself, with the aim
of offering a generic software
platform optimized for SDNs
(Software-Defined Networks) that
can be integrated into network
devices and datacenter servers.
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“We have established a close
partnership with Intel to develop
an optimized solution based on
the SDN concept. 6WINDGate
allows the deployment of virtual
network infrastructures on
standard hardware platforms so
as to very significantly reduce the
costs of investing in and operating
datacenter networks,” explains Eric
CARMÈS, CEO and founder of
6WIND.
An Innovative SME at the
Heart of the Greater Parisian
Ecosystem
With a subsidiary in the United
States and an office in China,
6WIND currently employs 65
people, of whom 35 are at
the Paris-region head office.
This innovative SME has been
expanding constantly for the last
5 years, and earns more than 95%
of its turnover from exports. Its
know-how and expertise in the
supply of middleware onboard
telecommunications hardware
gives it an undeniable advantage
on the mobile network and
datacenter infrastructures market.

Success Stories 2013

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