20140514 Innovation in a Box_Barry Downes

INNOVATION IN A BOX

Barry Downes CEO, TSSG

OUR WORK OVERVIEW

INTERNATIONAL

INDUSTRY

is one of Ireland’s leaders in the EU collaborative R&D programmes (FP7 / Horizon 2020) and has worked with over 450 companies on these programmes.

completed over 110 direct industry projects in Ireland over the past 5 years and has spun out a number of leading international start-ups such as FeedHenry Ltd.

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EI Mobile Services Technology Gateway Focused on engaging with industry in Ireland to leverage TSSG expertise in mobile, communications and data services through EI programmes such as Innovation Vouchers and Innovation Partners.

TSSG INNOVATION MODEL

• Knowledge  and  IP  • Publications in Leading Journals!• PhD  Students  and  Graduates  • Academic  Network  around  the  World  

• Solving Industry Problems!• Identification of Future Problems!• Linking with Industry’s R&D Centres!

• Establishing Technology Roadmaps!• Providing Innovative Solutions. !• Driving EU Research Networks!

• Defining European R&D Agenda.!• Living at the Heart of Europe!

• Building Innovative start-ups.!• Supporting Irish SME’s!• Suppor=ng  the  ICT  Ecosystem!

RESEARCH & INNOVATION @ TSSG

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Networks

Network Virtualization Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Mobile

Mobile Cloud Platforms (PaaS) and advanced

mobile applications

Communications Services

Communication Services Platforms (PaaS) and

applications e.g. Web RTC

CORE FOCUS AREAS

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Cloud

Software Platform and Infrastructure as a Service

Security

Securing Business Assets Trustworthiness Evaluation

Data Mining

Predictive Analytics Social Network Analysis

Real-time & Batch

CORE FOCUS AREAS

•  TSSG Spin-out in 2011. •  Employs 82 people and plans to grow to 120 by the end of the year. •  One of the top mobile cloud companies world-wide: Oracle, Redhat,

VMWare, HP.

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•  We are currently working together to mobilise a major international BPO."

•  Together we can help with:"–  Your mobile strategy"–  Application design and

development"–  Roll-out on an industry

leading platform."

•  TSSG can also separately develop high-risk / high return innovations through the EI Innovation Partners programme. "

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Disclosure:  Founder  is  Barry  Downes,  CEO,  TSSG  8"

FEEDHENRY AND TSSG

•  A new HTML5 technology that enables voice, video and collaboration to be done over the web."

•  Very disruptive for example for call centres or contact centres as part of their offering."

•  Enables multiple media streams to be integrated into a session such as voice, web context, SN data."

•  Supporting two start-ups:"–  AltoCloud"–  Kodacall (TSSG spin-out)."

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COMMUNICATION SERVICES WEB RTC

•  We are currently working together to help a number of companies leverage Kodacall’s PaaS Web RTC offering."

•  Together we can help with:"–  Your RTC strategy"–  Application ideation "–  Design and development"–  Roll-out and support. "

•  TSSG can also separately develop high-risk / high return innovations through the EI Innovation Partners programme. "

h+p://www.kodacall.com/  Disclosure:  Founder  is  Miguel  Ponce  de  Leon,  Chief  Technologist,  TSSG  

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KODACALL AND TSSG

RESEARCH   INNOVATION   COMMERCIALISATION  

TSSG has expertise in networking and QoS measurements "

We developed new IP and prototyped new software together with IBM in order to provide a solution."

A solution to measuring QoE and QoS that became integrated into their UC product portfolio. "

TSSG are leaders in telecoms service platforms and services."

Leveraging this developed a cloud platform for enterprise mobile applications."

Took the technology to market, and spun it off as a new company FeedHenry, a leader in its space."

TSSG are experts in data mining and social network analysis (SNA)."

DFI are leaders in mining public databases for criminal intelligence. Partnered with TSSG for SNA."

Resulting in a new SNA product for DFI which uses the Internet to model the network and relationships of persons of “interest”. "

INNOVATION IN A BOX

Worth €5,000, vouchers assist a company or companies to explore a business opportunity or problem with a registered knowledge transfer provider such as TSSG.

Implementation The Innovation Partnership Programme can provide up to 80% of the cost of research work to develop new and improved product, process or services, or generate knowledge and know how.

Impact

(TTO) licenses the EI-IP’s to the partner companies. Through the EI Commercialization fund and the European Commission Framework Programme, TSSG work hand-in-hand with TTO to identify opportunities for licensing agreements for Irish Business and Irish Entrepreneurs.

Investigation Attend a Innovation Forum and learn about areas of research that will impact directly on your business

Engage with TSSG

Innovation Forum Phase I

Innovation Vouchers Phase II

Innovation PartnershipsPhase III

Technology LicensingPhase IV

Insight into Innovation TSSG hosts tailored workshops to meet your business needs. Site Visit and Tailored Report

assessment unique to your business or industry.

Concept to Market Maturity Engage with TSSG on collaborative research, to bring your idea to market. Market Impact

Work with TSSG & TTO to license your idea.

Innovation Highway

Connect, Create, Grow

WORKING WITH TSSG