Established in Brittany in the Rennes Agrocampus since 2005, the Valorial agrifood competitiveness cluster is today deploying its third territorial delegation (following the Pays de la Loire in 2007 and Western Brittany in 2008).
Forty-five year-old Paul Faivre Pierret is the new director of the Secure Electronic Transactions (TES) Competitiveness cluster since September 2009. He takes over from Daniel Lengrand who had occupied the position since October 2006.
The organisation of the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy should generate a major knock-on effect throughout the industry. And although a precise assessment of the extent of such an effect is, as yet, premature, the following insight is already promising.
Having backed away from a potential acquisition of Telcordia Technologies Inc. a few years back, SAP AG (NYSE/Frankfurt: SAP) has, at last, opened its purse and acquired some telecom back-office software expertise, in a deal to buy rating and charging specialist Highdeal Inc. (See SAP Snaps Up Highdeal and SAP’s Rising in OSS.) And according to industry sources, SAP wasn’t the only large company courting Highdeal, with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), Oracle Corp.
For a few years now, apprentices have been offered access to higher education. ENSICAEN was among the first to show the way with its monetics courses. And at the start of the next academic year, the Material Mechanics and Engineering course will also be available through apprenticeship.
In Saint-Lô and the surrounding conurbation, CEV is developing and experimenting a citizen card. From the swimming pool to the cafeteria, the card opens many doors.
EQUINOx and RENOTER. The Lower Normandy Regional Council is offering support for new projects certified by Mov’eo within the context of its “energy and environment” activities. Introduction.
Oscia for “integration of social and technical intelligence in the control of the global logistics chain”. The Lower Normandy Regional Council is offering support for regional partners involved in OSCIA via the Nov@log competitiveness cluster.