Innovation
Innovation is generally understood as “the successful introduction of a new thing or method”. It is “the embodiment, combination, or synthesis of knowledge in original, relevant, valued new products, processes, or services”. An important distinction is normally made between invention and innovation. Invention is the first occurrence of an idea for a new product or process, while innovation is the first attempt to carry it out into practice. Innovation in TIE means innovation to our products and thus our customers.
Importance to TIE and Our Customers
Innovation, conducted through research and development, is at the heart of any forward looking ICT organization. This is certainly true at TIE where, despite being a SME, its Research, Development, Innovation and technical strategy unit is at the forefront of many initiatives. Only through new ideas, new concepts, new technologies and methodologies, and essentially different ways of thinking can companies say ahead of the game. Just as this is true for TIE, it is true of our customers, since they also innovate in many different fields and know how important it is to be linked with a company which is not stagnating but always looking one step beyond. Some of the technologies we are familiar with can be found here.
Track Record
TIE is particularly close to next generation technologies. One of the ways we promote our skills and acquire new skills is through multi-partner cooperative European and National research projects. In this context TIE is particularly active in the European Commission framework innovation programs (e.g. FP7) which in the next 7 years will spend about 50 Billion Euros in important fields such as ICT, Energy and Health. To this end TIE has led or partnered in several projects such as NetChallenge , SOA4ll, NEXOF-RA, NESSI2010, STASIS, SEAMLESS ,Omelette and eGovShare.
TIE is an excellent partner in terms of cooperation, thought leadership and operation. Our RDI team has worked in key topical areas such as SaaS, Semantics, Federation, Future Internet, Interoperability, Content Syndication… as well as vital technologies such as RDF, OWL, SparQL, SOA etc. As testimony to our excellence in this area, the STASIS proposal was the top-ranked proposal in the Software and Service call with an unprecedented score of 29/30. Further information on our expertise is in our downloadable Research Profile and project activity is identified below.
Advantage
Participation in both European, Regional and National innovation initiatives has many advantages to TIE, its personnel and thus its customers. From being at the forefront of technology knowledge, to influencing technical direction, through to using the tangible results in our products… participation in such initiatives enables a full range of possibilities. TIE has been active in this field since 2004 with a specific strategy designed to contribute our vision and our experience and also extract knowledge and insight into our solutions. We are a highly sought after partner with names from AtosOrigin to SAP inviting us into their Research Proposals…and TIE inviting them to share our ideas.
Community
To help achieve this, TIE has always been active in EDI and ebXML community efforts such as the United Nations CEFACT organisation and the European Standards Institute (CEN). More recently TIE has been involved in NESSI (www.nessi-europe.eu) which is the European Commission supported Technology Platform for Software and Services representing 350 members, 12 working groups and a 1.7 million strong workforce with an annual turnover of 490 Billion Euros. TIE is one of the 25 formal partners, along with the likes of HP, IBM, Thales, Siemens, Logica, BT etc and where it is represented by its CEO Jan Sundelin in the Board and its CTO Stuart Campbell who is also one of the Steering Committees Vice Chairs and chair of the NESSI SME group.
Another important community which TIE has instigated from its work with the SMEs of NESSI, is ISR.eu. ICT SME Research Europe (ISR.eu) is an open non-profit legal association chaired by TIEs CTO and whose aim is in “Providing a platform for research orientated SMEs in the ICT field so networking their vision, knowledge, expertise and experience”.
Partnership and Contact
If you are interested in TIEs activities or have an idea and wish to partner with us in this context please contact TIEs CTO Stuart Campbell. TIEs RDI team is very knowledgeable in the area of Research funding and activity and has defined methodologies for constructing successful and creative proposals and also, where applicable, coordinating them to success. However, don’t just believe what we say... check-out our testimonials or download our TIE RDI Brochure.
