Monday, 10 December 2007

The 451 Group


Company name: The 451 Group
Address: 37-41 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HH
Country: England


Contact person: John Barr
Position: Head of EU Research
Department: Research
Phone number: +44 7988 764900
Email address: john.barr@the451group.com

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 80


TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES AND SERVICES:
Others: The 451 Group is an independent technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation.


BUSINESS AREA / INDUSTRIAL SECTOR:
IT
Financial


IF MEMBER OF AN ASSOCIATION OR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM, WHICH ONE?
NESSI



PARTICIPATION IN EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PROPOSALS:
GridEcon. 2 350 000 €. 5%. http://www.gridecon.eu/


PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN FP7:
Yes, more.
SmartLM

PARTICIPATION IN RTD PROJECTS FUNDED BY OTHERS THAN FP6:
No


DO YOU AGREE ON PUBLISHING YOUR CONTACT EMAIL ON THE NESSI SME WEB SITE SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT?
Yes
ANSWARE Technologies S.L.


Company name: ANSWARE Technologies S.L. (ANSWARE)
Address: c/Tablas de Damiel 2, P2, 1ºB – 28.925 Alcorcón (Madrid)
Country: Spain

Contact person: Tonny Velin
Position: Director
Department: Research & Development
Phone number: +34 661 727 951
Email address: tvelin@answare-tech.com


NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 15


TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES AND SERVICES:
Enterprise SW
SW Engineering
Modelling
Middleware
Planning
Control
Others: Open source, Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), Man Machine Interface (MMI), mobility

BUSINESS AREA / INDUSTRIAL SECTOR:
Aerospace
eHealth
Others (specify which one): Defense, Security, e-Administration, Energy


IF MEMBER OF AN ASSOCIATION OR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM, WHICH ONE?
CENTIC (Centre of TIC companies of Murcia)
Spanish Technological Plataforms:
- INES (software)
- Seguridad y Confianza (eSEC)
- Comunicaciones vía satélites (ISI)

Answare is member of NESSI (Software & Servicios).

PARTICIPATION IN EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PROPOSALS:
(project acronym, optional website, approx project size/share)
FP6 – IST4 call
HERMES (Human Expressive Representations of Motion and their Evaluation in sequences) - http://www.hermes-project.eu/
Role: Mainly in charge of project administration, dissemination and exploitation


PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN FP7:
Yes, more.
First call for ICT (ICT-1): 6 proposals presented (all approved, none funded)
First call for Security: 4 proposals presented (one approved but not funded)
First call for Aeronautics: 1 proposal presented (not approved by 0,5 point)
Second call for ICT (ICT-2): 2 proposals presented (waiting for results)
Joint call for ICT-Security: we intend to submit one proposal


PARTICIPATION IN RTD PROJECTS FUNDED BY OTHERS THAN FP6:
EUREKA/ ITEA
GGCC (Global Gnu Compiler Collection) - www.ggcc.info
FLEXI (Flexible Global Product Development and Integration “ from idea to product in 6 months)

EUREKA/CELTIC:
MyMobileWeb - www.morfeo-project.org

R&D at national level:
MORFEO (open source community): www.morfeo-project.org
eSEG (Edificio seguro) – www.edificioseguro.com
SIASAD – Integrated System for High Surveillance and Security in Delimited Areas

R&D at local level:
GEM (Google earth in Mobility)PLANOPS (Generic system for Planning and Operations)


DO YOU AGREE ON PUBLISHING YOUR CONTACT EMAIL ON THE NESSI SME WEB SITE SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT?
Yes