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Knowledge Plaza: European Venture Contest semifinal winner

e.benitoruiz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:05 +0000

We are thrilled to tell you Knowledge Plaza is the winner of the European Venture Contest semifinal on ICT companies.

The European Venture Contest (EVC), which took place in Reims from March 2-3 2010, is specifically targeted at early stage hi-tech companies in ICT, CleantTech and Life Sciences that offer innovative processes that can have a huge impact on their market and industry, increasing European competitiveness and growth.

Competition was tough in this panel, for there were more than 15 companies presenting focusing on very diverse fields of ICT applications.

The evaluation criteria:

Business Potential: The potential market of customers for the presented product is attractive and the business model is strong.
Team experience: Company team has skills and experience to grow the business and is able/willing to work with industry & research.
Product / Technology merit: Technology or product solutions developed are state-of-the-art and well advanced compared to the competitors.
Competitive position: The company is well positioned in the market in comparison with its competitors.
Investment or partnering interest: The demand/offer to invest in or partner with the company is well defined and potentially attractive for partners.
Company profile quality: Information available from company profile sheet is complete, clear, balanced and convincing.
Company Presentation quality: Presentation is complete, clear, balanced and convincing.

Thus, Knowledge Plaza made it to the final, which will take place in November, where we’ll compete for a 90,000€ prize.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our partners, investors and our clients, knowledge heroes, for their confidence and support on our flagship project.

Knowledge Plaza demo, captured by Veille.ma, during last Rencontres ICC in Paris

Thomas Moreau — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:54:38 +0000

Fabienne Vandekerkove, CKO at Whatever, shows a live demo of Knowledge Plaza (in French), filmed by Veille.ma, a very interesting Morrocan website initiative that aims at providing press articles documents, analyses, etc around a central topic: market intelligence.

via Partage et gestion de l’information : l’outil Knowledge Plaza

Search 2010, February, 19th in Paris : Best practices in strategic information search

f.vandekerkove — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:00:36 +0000

The 3rd edition of Search will be held in Paris next February 19.

This day of workshops and discussions aims to identify and analyse best practices in strategic information search.

Each session will begin with a state of the art, presented by an independent expert who will lead the discussions:

How to choose a search engine? by Gilles Balmisse, Knowledge Consult
Competitive intelligence: what are the strategies of the solution providers? by Frederic Martinet, Actulligence
What are the impacts of social networks on our search practices? by Arnaud Rayrole, Useo
Search in 2010: overview and trends, by Marianne Dabbadie, Eval

Knowledge Plaza has been invited by Arnaud Rayrole to take part in discussions on the impact of social networks on organisations, their way of operating, and their practices.

We will be glad to share our testimony and experiences, including that from Entreprise et Personnel, one of our customers. To learn more about the program and get your free access badge, see www.search2010.org.