Technoport is always looking for quality projects and businesses managed by determined, proactive entrepreneurs.

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1 N 01 décembre janvier 2005 Bimonthly newsletter dedicated to innovative entrepreneurship in Luxembourg N 06 October-November 2005 Background information The high-tech business incubator Technoport provides companies with access to resources that entrepreneurs and small companies typically lack. Our objective is to provide the best conditions in Luxembourg to achieve growth & success. As an organisation within the CRP Henri Tudor, Technoport has developed services and infrastructure to accelerate the growth of promising, high potential projects and companies in Luxembourg. Technoport has a current network of 26 SMEs. Technoport News N 06 is split into four sections: Company Profile Company News Technoport Highlights Incubator Status A feature on one of the exciting companies in our network A condensed version of highlights from the companies within our Réseau d Innovation Technoport A brief overview of what has happened at Technoport over the last two months How big is Technoport? How many projects, companies and people are involved? Technoport is always looking for quality projects and businesses managed by determined, proactive entrepreneurs. For more information, visit our website at Table of contents Company Profile: LuxScan Technologies... 2 Company News... 2 DST International announces a distribution agreement with Sapiens Tech... 2 CodaSystems announces investment round with CAP DECISIF... 3 magic moving pixel: File Exchange Server as new online service... 3 SecureWave Gains DIPCOG Approval for Sanctuary Products... 4 e-xstream engineering recent developments... 4 SecureWave Partners with Integralis to deliver Sanctuary Products to UK channel years of lesfrontaliers.lu!... 5 Technoport Highlights... 5 Visit of the European Space Incubator... 5 Seminar «Entrepreneurship and company demography: success factors»... 6 Future activities... 6 Workshop in Lille on the commercialisation of life-science research... 6 Conference: Creating an innovative business in Luxembourg tools and support schemes... 6 Incubator Status: Facts & Figures of Technoport... 7 Location & development... 7 Technoport Innovation Network Development... 7 Employment... 7 Development of expertise... 7 Synergies

2 Company Profile: LuxScan Technologies LuxScan Technologies was incorporated in August 1998 with the objective of designing, developing and distributing scanners improving the quality control within the timber industry. The system detects defects (natural or not) within the timber, and with further consideration of visual criteria (control of aspect and geometric conformity of a wood part), determines the optimal use of the material, at a speed of up to 3 meters per second. To achieve this, the scanners developed by LuxScan Technologies use high-end technologies such as: color cameras, laser sensors and X ray systems. The company has become a market standard and has established partnerships with other renowned companies as Weinig, Microtec, System TM and GreCon-Dimter. LuxScan Technologies has distributed over 70 scanners throughout 16 different countries. In 2004 and 2005, about 50% of its turnover came from North American markets, which illustrates the export orientation of its business. This was also a major argument for LuxScan Technologies to incorporate an American company in 2005 to guarantee efficient on-site services to their clients. Since it s exit from the incubator the company has known a constant development of its activities and achieved several milestones to gain further market shares in an exiting niche market opportunity. Staff 30 Field of activity: Core Products Target Markets Reference customer Last accomplishment Development and distribution of industrial scanners for automatic quality control of products in the wood/furniture sector LaserScan, ColorScan, XscanCombi, ShapeScan, CombiScan North America, Scandinavia, Europe, New Zealand, Australia Velux LuxScan Technologies sold its first scanner to Chile, to company Baracas Santa Clara. This scanner will control the quality and optimize the cutting decision on Radiata Pine. Contact: LuxScan Technologies, Z.A.R.E. Ouest, L-4384 Ehlerange, phone: , fax: , info@luxscan.lu Company News 30 th September 2005, London DST International announces a distribution agreement with Sapiens Tech Sapiens Tech - a provider of pioneering opinion management solution for the asset management - and DST International (DSTi) - a leading provider of business solutions for the investment management industry - announced that they have an agreement that will allow DSTi to include Sapiens' pioneering technology as part of their Opinion Management Solutions to financial institutions worldwide. Steve Edkins, DSTi's COO, said, "We took the strategic decision to work with Sapiens Tech, because the technology gives DSTi a unique offering in an under supplied segment of the asset management software market. Opinion driven portfolio optimisation is part of DSTi's long-term vision for front office decision support. This functionality is not currently available in the market and will bring DSTi and our early adopter clients into a marketing leading position." Philippe Gonze, CEO of Sapiens Tech added: "More than a distribution agreement, the excellent synergy between Sapiens Tech and DSTi will help to deliver innovation to the financial community. DSTi's experienced sales force is now armored with a very efficient tool to propose value-added solutions to institutional asset managers. This agreement will allow more financial institutions to leverage the concepts implemented in Vestor. Our vision is that, eventually, any individual investor should benefit from the concept of Opinion Driven Individual Asset Management". For further information about Sapiens Tech: 2

3 4 th October 2005 CodaSystems announces investment round with CAP DECISIF CodaSystem announces a 1 st successful investment round with the technological investment fund CAP DECISIF (Paris, Ile-de-France; Created by Claude Poletti and Frédéric Levaux, CodaSystem has developed and commercializes software capturing and certifying digital pictures. An extensive portfolio of worldwide intellectual property rights protects the technology of CodaSystem. The recent digitalization and exchange of documents brought several advantages like rapidity, ease of diffusion, archiving and retrieving of information. The CodaSystem solution allows to exploit these advantages but also to avoid risks like divulgation of information to non-authorised third parties, modification of the content and the problem of the nonexistence of an original in the digital world (no negative). The pictures are geo-localized (via satellite), time and date stamped, tattooed and signed by the authors. Service providers can use such pictures to have a legal justification of their services or as control mechanism for outsourcing activities. These pictures are the only alternative to heavy and costly certified or official statements or reports. The incriminating evidence of the pictures has been certified by several legal and technical audits and is based on (1) the control of the production, the encrypting process, the archiving and the diffusion to the final customer and (2) thanks to the conformity of rules and norms concerning the signature, the exchange and the electronic storage of information. CodaSystem uses only existing professional standards like jpeg for photos and IP for data transmission. Clients in the security, media, building, engineering and local public sectors have already trusted CodaSystem technology by experiencing time, financial, productivity and quality returns (GSE, BETC, Graniou, AREA, Groupe Bellin, Aquila, Dynaxium, Agence Area PACA, Citadis). For further information about CodaSystem: 4 th October 2005 magic moving pixel: File Exchange Server as new online service magic moving pixel released their new File Exchange Server targeting organizations that need to exchange files with their customers or business partners. It is also addressed to teams or work groups that have a need for common and personal storage areas on the Internet. The file exchange service is your file server on the Internet, providing you with full administrative control over users, access permissions, files and folders. The configuration possibilities allow you to create a multitude of application scenarios. Access via Web and FTP & Full Server Administration The server comes with a Web interface allowing full server management using a Web browser. No specific client software is required to upload or download files. Furthermore the server fully supports the FTP protocol. Thus any standard FTP client software can be used for managing files and folders on the server. The file server is delivered with an administrator account for managing users and disc space. With the Web interface the administrator can create new users, change passwords, delete users, create home directories, assign access permissions and manage files and folders. Common Address Book & Personal and shared Notepads The server also includes an address directory that can be maintained by the administrator. All users have read access to this directory. This is useful, for example, for customers or business partners that are looking for support contacts. All users can maintain their personal and shared notepads. This allows, for instance, the administrator to publish notes (such as support information) accessible for all users. For details about server packaging and pricing see the mmpftp specification, which is part of our collaborative solutions on the web server For more information contact Mr. Werner Eiden, phone: , fax: , info@mmp.lu 3

4 18 th October 2005 SecureWave Gains DIPCOG Approval for Sanctuary Products Following closely on the announcement that its IT security products were the first to gain the Government's Central Sponsor for Information Assurance Claims Tested Mark (CCTM). SecureWave, a leader in endpoint security software, announced that it has received DIPCOG approval for its Sanctuary Device Control and Sanctuary products. The Defence Infosec Product Co operation Group (DIPCOG) is a MoD forum, which also provides an interface between the MoD and vendors of IT security products and services. SecureWave has received approval for its Sanctuary Device Control product to be included in the Security Section of the MoD's DCSA ICS Catalogue. This product enforces policy on the use of removable storage media, such as USB memory sticks and ipods, by only allowing specifically authorised devices to connect to machines at specified times. Where use is permitted, Device Shadowing enables companies to create an audit trail of all data downloaded to that device. The DIPCOG has also approved Sanctuary, a software product that secures IT networks by only permitting specifically authorised files and applications to execute on company desktops, laptops and servers. This enforces IT policy by only allowing authorised software to be used and prevents any malware such as spyware, or Trojan files from running on the corporate network. DIPCOG holds regular events enabling vendors to meet with Government Information Assurance policy makers and practitioners and to provide technical briefings to government representatives responsible for advising on InfoSec issues and requirements. At these meetings, the MoD also advises security product vendors on current strategy, policy and requirements. The events are held free of charge for anyone with responsibility for and active involvement in information security and Information Assurance work, such as IT Security Officers, System Architects and IT Procurement Officers. Louis Oley, UK managing director of SecureWave, a regular participant in the DIPCOG events commented, "We are delighted to receive DIPCOG approval for SecureWave Sanctuary products. This is an excellent initiative to ensure that government policy makers and those with active involvement in IA decision making are able to maintain links with the IT security industry so both sides are kept informed of current issues, solutions and best practice in infosecurity." For further details visit: 30 th October 2005 e-xstream engineering recent developments e-xstream engineering is a software and engineering consulting service company focused 100% on advanced micromechanical material modeling of composite materials and structures. To meet the increasing demand and in-line with its growth plans, e-xstream engineering (L) SARL is happy to welcome two new engineers Thibault Villette and Jean-Sébastien Gérard who started to work in Foetz respectively in the beginning of September and October. e-xstream engineering participated also to the 168th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Nov. 1-3, 2005, Pittsburgh PA. R. Assaker presented a paper entitled Multi-Scale Modeling of Rubber Matrix Composite Materials & Structures. This paper summarizes part of the research performed in the frame of the R&D project in collaboration with Goodyear and supported by the Ministry of Economy. More information on 4

5 14 th November 2005 SecureWave Partners with Integralis to deliver Sanctuary Products to UK channel SecureWave, a leader in end point security software, has announced that it has entered into a reseller partnership with infosecurity systems integrator Integralis. Integralis will resell SecureWave Sanctuary Device Control and Sanctuary Standard and Custom Edition application security products in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Integralis is the leading security systems integrator in the UK, providing a portfolio of IT security solutions to more than 800 UK companies and 3,000 companies in Europe. The company was the first to gain BS7799 security certificate status and its consultants are CHECK approved and listed on the CESG listed advisor scheme. Integralis consultants will be provided with thorough training on SecureWave Sanctuary products to enable them to provide pre and post sales support to customers in UK and Europe. "The growing threats posed to business networks by malware such as Trojans and spyware and the risk to information security posed by the ubiquitous use of removable storage media are driving an enormous demand for solutions that operate on a Default/Deny basis" said Louis Oley, UK managing director of SecureWave. "This relationship with the leading infosecurity systems integrator in Europe will ensure that our customers are properly supported within their territories at a time of exceptional growth". Graham Jones, UK managing director of Integralis said, "The need to manage devices and executables simply, is a message that is really permeating throughout both the public and private sectors. We are delighted to welcome SecureWave into our stable of respected world leading vendors". For further details visit: 30 th November years of lesfrontaliers.lu! Created end 2000 by NEOFACTO, a company hosted since 2001 at Technoport, the Internet portal offers since 5 years a set of services and information for cross-boarder workers but also for all greater region habitants seeking for example a job, advice or ideas for leisure time. All this is possible thanks to the numerous sections (news, forum, small-announcements, onlineshop, info-traffic, agenda). This site is since July 2002 run by NEONLINE, a company of NEOFACTO, which edits also the German version namely During the summer of 2005 the team of lesfrontaliers.lu has launched a new job site which offers a simplified interface for candidates as well as for recruiters. All the job announcements are published on both portals under their specific section. A selection of announcements is also regularly published in the newsletters of these sites. As of today has a monthly average score of visits for visited pages. More than persons have subscribed to the site and receive the bimonthly newsletter. In 2005 around 90% of the revenues of the company were based on add-selling. / contact@lesfrontaliers.lu Technoport Highlights 3 rd and 4 th October 2005 Visit of the European Space Incubator This visit in Noordwijk, the Netherlands was part of a larger visit organised by the Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research and Luxinnovation the Luxembourg national contact point of ESA. The Luxembourg delegation was made up of civil servants, entrepreneurs and researchers interested in future space-related activities. During the bilateral meetings organised on the second day Technoport met the managers of the European Space Incubator (ESI) and visited the infrastructure they offer to start-ups. To bridge the gap between idea and actual business, the European Space Incubator (ESI) and its associated network, ESINET (European Space Incubators NETwork), are designed to get space to non-space projects off the ground and help them develop into viable businesses. 5

6 ESI is an initiative of the ESA Technology Transfer and Promotion Office and its Technology Transfer Programme. The ESA Technology Transfer Programme is offering space-developed technologies to non-space companies, expanding business for space industry and creating new business and jobs for non-space companies. ESI will provide selected start-up companies with operational services and know-how in a state-of-the-art technical environment, including some or all of the following: office space and shared facilities; provision of "hands-on" assistance and business development support; access to finance; access to strategic partnership and networking; access to engineering support and expertise from ESA experts and resources; access to international markets and partners through ESINET. Technoport is member of ESINET and invites you to read the next Technoport News in January 2006 for the official presentation of a success story of one of our start-ups in relation to ESI. Contact: diego.debiasio@tudor.lu 15 th November 2005 Seminar «Entrepreneurship and company demography: success factors» Under the patronage of the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, STATEC (Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies), the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor and the Observatory of Competitiveness have organized the first scientific seminar on Entrepreneurship and company demography: success factors. The aim of this seminar was to present the results of ongoing studies in Luxembourg, to discuss and compare them with studies and experiences realized in foreign countries or European regions. The seminar allowed also to open the field of the study to complementary approaches like case studies or other disciplines: management, sociology and psychology. Technoport presented to the audience the results and lessons learned over the last own seven years of activity in supporting innovative technology-oriented companies within the incubator. Based on quantitative and qualitative indicators and analysis it was showed how such a structure can support entrepreneurs and what needs to be done for achieving an effective national innovation system. The seminar ended by a round table discussing the added value that all these studies can bring to the entrepreneurial policy of the government, in particular to the National Council for the Promotion of the Entrepreneurial Spirit. To get Technoport s presentation or for further details on general Luxembourg s indicators contact either diego.debiasio@tudor.lu or visit the site Future activities 1 st -3 rd December 2005 Workshop in Lille on the commercialisation of life-science research Technoport will attend a 3-day European workshop organised by Eurobiobiz on setting-up a life-science company. Topics like strategies for spin-off or licensing-out activities will be discussed in a hands-on approach between professional coaches, advisors and entrepreneurs. For further information: catherine.delevoye@tudor.lu 13 th December 2005 Conference: Creating an innovative business in Luxembourg tools and support schemes Technoport will participate as speaker to this joint event co-organised with several partners at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday 13th December at The aim of this conference is to inform potential high-tech entrepreneurs from research and university labs about the services and structures available to support them in validating their idea, settingup a business plan and creating their company. For further information: catherine.delevoye@tudor.lu 6

7 Incubator Status: Facts & Figures of Technoport Location & development Available space for high-tech companies m 2 Occupation rate 71 % Actual average tenancy period 3.7 Companies accepted in Files stopped in Number of companies accepted by the board of directors since Technoport Innovation Network Development Number of companies within the Technoport Innovation Network 26 Hosted companies 14 Success stories 6 External companies 6 Employment Total positions within the Technoport Innovation Network 191 Positions created during Development of expertise University internship positions during first semester PhD thesis during first semester Synergies Co-operation with CRP Henri Tudor (R&D projects or other) 10 Inter-company synergies created 12 Impressum Publication: 6 times per annum, end of odd months Editing Closure: the 25 th of odd months Public Research Centre Henri Tudor Distribution: electronic subscription, PDF file and archives on subscription on Contributions: non-formatted, maximum length per information unit: 1000 characters Contact: diego.debiasio@tudor.lu Subscription for Tudor News (newsletter dedicated to Research and Innovation), Tudorama (monthly agenda of the Centre), Newsletter SPIRAL (thematic newsletter on information technologies) and EcosanLux (thematic newsletter on water management): 7