The Foundry projects for SigEx will support numerous technology leaders including : SAP, Vivendi, SONY, AOL Time Warner, eBay, Cisco, IBM, Sun, Apple, Nokia, Siemens, Alcatel and international carriers. The mandate to build the new communications industry and support existing telecommunications infrastructures will be deployed with Fortune 1000 strategic customers.
The Foundry is much more than a think tank where great ideas get nurtured. The Foundry is a concentrate of "real life" so that not only the ideas, but also the teams, the technology, the revenue models and the culture are tested against real live situations to see whether they have the right to succeed in the outside world. Validation includes publications and patents, strategic customers as well as financial modeling and analysis. A short intense process creates the right competitive environment to breed excellence.
The training also includes new advanced technology methodologies such as extreme programming or user profiling and business methodologies like Real Options, Fifth Discipline and Strategic Marketing. And, let us not forget Enhanced Communications training at all layers of technologies from chips to applications. Thus, the Foundry’s re-training and job creation delivers excellence and positions the new Enhanced Communications industry on a successful path.
