Digital Economy

Sector Profiles: Digital and IT
Review of key sectors in the
London Stansted Cambridge Corridor
March 2014
www.lscc.co
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Contents
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Foreword........................................................................................3
Summary..................................................................................................4
Profile of Digital and IT in the Corridor.....................................................5
Opportunities for the Corridor.................................................................12
Global Trends.........................................................................................14
Appendix: Digital and IT – major firms, centres of excellence and
assets.....................................................................................................18
IT and Digital Sector Map.......................................................................24
LSCC Members, Partners & Supporters........................................25 to 27
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Foreword
This report sets out the key features of the digital and IT sector in the London-Stansted-Cambridge
corridor. We realise that it is impossible to ever fully map an industry as dynamic and mobile as this,
but what we can do is highlight the key features in our area.
The corridor is a growing cluster to major global brands, from Microsoft’s research HQ next to
Cambridge station, to Google’s plans for 5,000 staff at their Kings Cross HQ, linked by a 45 minute
train journey. As this report shows there is a huge “ecosystem” of small, but hugely important firms,
global leaders in innovation.
Digital technology has a long history in the corridor, with highlights including the first television
broadcasts from Alexandra Palace, the invention of fibre optics in Harlow by Sir Charles Kao, to ARM
set up in 1990 in Cambridge and now responsible for designing the chip architecture on 95% of the
world’s smartphones.
From “Silicon Fen” to Tech-City this corridor has a huge potential to grow, but it also faces intense
global competition.
How do we better link the huge intellectual capital of Cambridge, with the marketing and
commercialisation skills of London? How do we best unlock the opportunity from combining IT &
digital capability and expertise with other markets, perhaps most notably the corridor’s huge life
science cluster, highlighted in our first report.
We need to promote our international links, supporting flights from Stansted Airport to destinations
like NYC, Silicon Valley, and Bangalore. Also other destinations such as Massachusetts and Texas,
significant for microprocessors and telecoms, need to be considered.
There is great brand awareness to be made from championing this sector globally. As a corridor it is
of the scale to rival NYC and Silicon Valley something that on their own Cambridge and Tech City
cannot do.
The LSCC is pleased to be working closely with four Local Enterprise Panels in the corridor,
supporting their emerging Growth Strategies. We hope that these reports are helpful to them and
others, putting their important work in a wider context.
Greg Clark
Chair
London-Stansted-Cambridge Consortium
www.lscc.co
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Summary
This review of ITC and digital industries was undertaken for the London Stansted Cambridge
Consortium by Athey Consulting Limited. The paper provides an overview of the sector in the
London Stansted Cambridge Corridor and its importance in a global context.
London-Stansted-Cambridge Corridor
The LSCC area has a significant presence in the ICT and Digital sector – comprising the most well
established centre of the UK IT and Digital industry in Cambridge, with the fastest growing ICT and
Digital Hub in London.
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There are 91,000 IT and telecommunications professionals and technicians in the LSCC area
(12.8 per cent of the total for England);

24,800 businesses in the ICT and digital sector (20.0 per cent of the England total);
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the ICT and digital sector as a whole supports 213,100 jobs in the LSCC area (24.2 per cent of
all England’s jobs in this sector).
Key locations
The corridor is host to a series of key locations.
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Techcity: Tech City is home to one of the largest concentrations of small, fast- growing digital
technology companies in Europe.
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Cambridge Cluster: 3,000 firms involved in ICT and Digital in the Cambridge Cluster. Early
successful businesses include ARM.
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I-City: The legacy of the Olympic Media Centre, this will provide 7,500 new high-tech jobs.
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Kings Cross: A growing digital cluster, cemented by Google’s multi-million pound investment.
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Harlow Enterprise Zone: The site has the potential to take major growth with a focus on hightech economies.
Harder to define are the numerous small, but global players, that often locate in more suburban
locations in the corridor, drawn by the ready access to talent and market.
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Profile of Digital and IT in
the corridor
The UK is Europe’s leading market for software
and IT services with a market value of £58
billion per annum. The UK’s success is built on
several key strengths - software development
(attracting £930 million in R&D investment
annually), and a critical mass of over 100,000
specialist software companies and all the major
global software companies such as Microsoft,
IBM and HP. The UK also has the strongest
ICT skills in Europe and the highest number of
ICT graduates in the whole of Western Europe.
Surrounding this is a network of legal, intellectual
property, financial and other business support
bespoke to the digital economy.
Enabling the Next Generation of
Innovation in the Market
Source of innovative start-up companies: Virata,
ANT, nCipher, Zeus, Amino, Bango, Cambridge
Broadband, Datanomic, Jagex, Linguamatics,
CacheLogic,
DisplayLink,
blinkx,
Camrivox,
XenSource, RealVNC, Ubisense, Dopplr, Last.fm,
Consolidated Independent, Tinker.it, TweetDeck,
Berg, Trampoline Systems, AMEE, Skimbit,
Fotango,
weartical.com,
Songkick,
Techlightenment,
Poke
London,
Kizoom,
BrightLemon, Redmonk, MOO, Believe.in, LShift,
Livemusic.
Tailored support for ICT/Digital start-ups:
FinTech Innovation Lab, Accelerator (London),
London City Incubator, Microsoft Ventures
Accelerator, Google’s Campus London, and the St.
John’s Innovation Centre.
Within the digital media sub-sector, the UK has
the highest number of game development
companies and publishers in Europe
employing 28,000 people. A high rate of earlyadopters, a deep talent pool, the world’s fourth
largest domestic games market and a
sophisticated distribution network make the UK
an effective place to bring new games to
market.
The London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor is
where the global IT cluster of Cambridge
meets Europe’s fastest growing IT hub in Tech
City in London.
World Class research and Corporate
R&D
Home of leading corporate R&D centres:
Microsoft’s European Research Lab, Cambridge
Display Technologies, Google, Citrix, Xaar, Red
Gate, Aveva, ARM, Imagination Technologies, and
ACI Global.
Globally leading academic research and spin
out companies: 188 firms founded by staff,
students and alumni of The University of
Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory.
Within the corridor there are:

91,000 IT and telecommunications
professionals and technicians (12.8 per
cent of the total for England);

24,800 businesses in the ICT and digital
sector (20.0 per cent of the England
total);
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The tech start-up capital of Europe:
3,000 technology businesses have started
up or are located in Tech City in London;
the Cambridge Cluster has 3,000 firms in
ICT and Digital.
Centres of excellence and dedicated industry
organisations: including The Cambridge Network;
Tech City Investment Organisation; the Open Data
Institute;
Cambridge
Wireless
Network;
Dell/Cambridge/Imperial
High
Performance
Computing Solution Centre and High Performance
Computing Cloud; and the Inkjet Research Centre.
213,100 ICT and digital sector jobs as a
whole (24.2 per cent of all England’s
jobs in this sector).
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The ICT and Digital sector in the LSCC area comprises of a wide range of activities including
communications, electronics, hardware, software, computer services, digital media and
computer games. The types of activities or sub-sectors which the Corridor has a significant
presence is illustrated in the table below:
Subsectors in ICT and Digital Media
Examples of major firms in each sub-sector
that are in or adjacent to the LSCC area
Communications: refers to all technological
advances that support communications and
includes a wide range of disciplines in wire-line
and wireless operations;
Nokia Research, Qualcomm, CSR, Connectix
Ltd, Global Marine Systems, Alcatel Lucent,
Reliance Global Com, Paradigm Services Ltd,
Facebook, Everything Everywhere, Orange
Corporate Services, T-Mobile UK, Metaswitch.
Electronics and IT Hardware: refers to the design Cambridge Display Technologies, Cambridge
and manufacturing of the electronic devices used Wireless, Plastic Logic, Xaar, Ubisense,
in numerous applications;
Microsoft, Toshiba, ARM, Plextek, Tyco, Kodak,
Paypoint, EPSON, Imagination Technologies.
Software & Computer Services: includes all the
software and related computer services,
necessary for the function of the hardware. UKTI
includes Business to Business (B2B) services but
does not include Business to Consumers (B2C)
services
Citrix, Red Gate, Autonomy, Computerlinks,
Aveva, Accelrys, Intamac, Broadcom, Access UK
Ltd, Amazon Development Centre, Steria,
Northgate,
Bull
Information
Systems,
Computacenter, Storm Technologies Ltd, Viglen,
Serverchoice.
Digital Media: combining different digital
technologies to create final goods and services
that together have transformed a plethora of
economic and social activities – including
computer games, mobile applications and
bioinformatics.
Blitz Communications, Jagex, Frontier, Sony,
Ninja Theory, Geomerics, Rising Star Games,
Acclaim, Airplay, EA, Eidos, Konami, Kuju,
Playfish, Gorilla Nation, LinkedIn, Microsoft,
Reality Digital, Rockstar, Sega, Square Enix,
Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal Games, Ask.com,
Glam Media, Linkedin, Google.
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Key features of the corridor
Tech City’s dynamism and rapid growth have
been
recognised
by
existing
global
corporations – with both Microsoft and Google
establishing incubator space and services for
small business and start-ups in the area.
Amazon have established a Digital Media
Development Centre in Tech City.
Tech City
Spanning an area in East London from
Shoreditch to Old Street to the Olympic Park,
Tech City is home to one of the largest
concentrations of small, fast- growing digital
technology companies in Europe including:
Last.fm (sold to CBS in 2007 for $280 million);
Tweetdeck (sold to Twitter in 2011 for $40
million); Songkick (the largest global database
of concerts in the world); Dopplr (sold to Nokia
for $22million); and Yammer (the leading
enterprise social network made Tech City its
European headquarters in 2011).
The UK Government has also made a number
of notable investment commitments and
support for initiatives in the area. Tech City
Investment Organisation (TCIO) is an agency
which was founded by UK Trade & Investment
to encourage the growth and development of
the Tech City cluster. The Open Data Institute
(ODI) is a not-for-profit company limited by
guarantee, which will be based in Tech City.
The ODI will be directed by Sir Tim BernersLee and Prof Nigel Shadbolt from the
University of Southampton. A total of £10m of
public funds have been pledged by the UK
Technology Strategy Board to the ODI over the
next five years.
Tech City is also home to a number of
innovative social enterprises. In 2013 the
Nominet Trust selected "5 startups making
positive social change" which included
Streetbank, Give What You’re Good At, Videre
Est Credere, Buddy App, and PaveGen.
EUROPE’S FASTESTGROWING TECH CLUSTER >
TECH CITY, LONDON
Accelerating and supporting start ups. Tech City is also
significant for its start up social media and IT firms,
including Dopplr, Last.fm, Consolidated Independent,
Tinker.it, TweetDeck, Berg, Trampoline Systems, AMEE,
Skimbit,
Fotango,
weartical.com,
Songkick,
Techlightenment, Poke London, Kizoom, BrightLemon,
Redmonk, MOO, Believe.in, LShift and Livemusic. In
September 2013, Microsoft opened a new accelerator in
the heart of Tech City to identify some of London’s most
promising early stage technology companies, with Google
following with its London Campus for start-ups in 2013.
THE WORLD’S LEADING SEMICONDUCTOR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY SUPPLIER > ARM, CAMBRIDGE
ARM Holdings is the world's leading semiconductor intellectual
property (IP) supplier and as such is at the heart of the
development of digital electronic products. Headquartered in
Cambridge, UK, and employing over 2,000 people, ARM has
offices around the world, including design centers in Taiwan,
France, India, Sweden, and the US.
Founded in 1990, ARM is the world’s leading semiconductor IP
company, with over 20 billion ARM based chips shipped to date,
and 800 processor licenses sold to more than 250 companies.
With royalties received on all ARM-based chips, and the gaining of
market share in long-term secular growth markets - ARM revenues
typically grow faster than overall semiconductor industry revenues.
The ARM partnership spans a wide and diverse set of applications
and markets. ARM has dedicated vertical marketing teams driving
strategies into four broad categories. This focus enables ARM to
fully understand the challenges faced by their customers who
design and deliver products into the Mobile, Home, Embedded and
Enterprise Segments.
With ARM's extensive experience and adoption in the mobile space
brings together the key technologies needed for application
processor, modem solutions and graphics processors. ARM based
IP is enabling the continued development of smartphones whilst
bring the smartphone experience to a wider mobile audience with
market leading energy efficiency. Drawing upon its legacy and
expertise in low power processor design, ARM can provide an
optimum solution for embedded computing applications including
automotive, digital signage, industrial automation, mass storage
networks, and mobile baseband.
A number of not-for-profit organisations have
created a sense of community in the area
including Independent Shoreditch, a business
alliance, and Digital Shoreditch, which
organises monthly meet-ups plus an annual
festival of the same name, as well as for-profit
organisations like Silicon Roundabout which is
a conduit for office space in the area.
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The Cambridge Cluster
The Cambridge Cluster (sometimes known as
Silicon Fen) is the name given to the region
around Cambridge, which is home to a large
cluster of high-tech businesses focusing on
software, electronics and biotechnology. Many
of these businesses have connections with
Cambridge University, and the area is now one
of the most important technology centres in
Europe.
There are now 3,000 firms involved in ICT and
Digital in the Cambridge Cluster. Early
successful businesses include ARM
(semiconductor design and global leader in low
energy semiconductors for mobile devices) and
Cambridge Display Technologies (OLED
displays). Other notable successes include
AVEVA, Autonomy Corporation (subsequently
acquired by Hewlett Packard) and Cambridge
Silicon Radio (semiconductors, particularly for
Bluetooth devices). The Cambridge Cluster is
also home to a significant digital media and
computer gaming sector, with notable global
firms such as Frontier Developments (the Elite
series of games) and Jagex Games Studio
(responsible for the Runescape – the most
popular free to play multiplayer online game in
the world).
Cambridge also has a number of subsector
specialisms such as inkjet printing. Established
in 1978, Domino sits at the head of the
subsector linked to inkjet printing, today
employing over 2,000 people worldwide. Other
firms in the inkjet printing subsector include
Xaar (global leaders in the industrial printhead
market), Inca Digital Printers (pioneers of
digital flatbed printing), and Tonejet Ltd.
As well as large ICT firms and established
technologies, the Cambridge Cluster is a
constant source of innovative new start-ups
such as Owlstone (gas sensors on microchips),
and RealVNC, (allowing computers and
smartphones to remotely take control of
another device anywhere in the world, and now
enabling car dashboard access to apps on
devices).
COMPANIES FOUNDED BY STAFF AND STUDENTS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE’S COMPUTER LABORATORY
1968 – Media Dynamics Ltd
1974 – Shape Data Ltd
1976 – Micro Focus
1978 – Orbis Ltd
1979 – Acorn Computer Ltd; GST Technologies Ltd
1984 – Camdata
1985 – APM Ltd; First DBS Ltd; Global Software Publishing; PC
Communications Ltd; Qudos Technology Ltd; SRI Cambridge
1986 – Olivetti Research Ltd; Perihelion Software; Three-Space Ltd; Xi
Software Ltd
1987 – Equisys; Sophos Plc
1988 – Cunning Running Software Ltd; NextBase Ltd; Questionmark; Software
Integrators
1989 – JMEC Ltd; Leading Technology Inc; Rubicon Software Group plc;
Software Solutions; Yudkin Consulting AG
1990 – FORE; Iridian Technologies
1991 – Digital Mail; Perfect Image
1992 – ANT Ltd; KBW Consulting
1993 – Electronic Share Information Ltd; Jobstream Group plc; Metrica
Systems Ltd; OptionExist; Virata Ltd
1994 – Creature House; Evertrack Ltd; Nemesys; Patientline Plc; UK Online
1995 – Active Media Solutions Ltd; ART; Cedalion Ltd; Muscat Ltd; NetChannel
Ltd; SoftForum; Zeus
1996 – Digitivity (APM spin-out; Ionysys Technology Corporation; IPV Ltd;
Kavanagh; Mitcham Technologies; nCipher; Skygate; Spark! Data Systems;
Tarragon Embedded Technology
1997 – nGame; Nine Tiles Ltd; Objectronix; Operis Group plc; Simulacra;
Sintefex Audio
1998 – Adaptive Broadband Ltd; Amino Communications; Basis
Communications; Elixir Studios; Genius 2000; Midsummer House Ltd
1999 – Anondesign; Apama; Applied Generics; Bango.net; Center for Internet
Studies, University of Washington; CPLANE; Curious Software Company Ltd;
Envisional; Fecilite.com; Invention Marketing; MessageLabs; MobIsle
Communications Ltd; ObjectSecurity Ltd; PSDT; Shopfitter; Sociality; Survey
Online
2000 – Cambridge Broadband Ltd; Filonet Korea Incorporated; FiloSafe
Corporation - formerly Filonet Corporation; Metanate Ltd; Tenison Technology
EDA Ltd; Xandera; Zoonami
2001 – Blue technologies; break-step productions; Business Web Software;
Datanomic Ltd; Governor Technology Limited; Grex Games Ltd; Interactive
Digital Television Ltd; Ionsquare ; Jagex Ltd; Jawasoft; Lemur Consulting;
Linguamatics; Linguit GmbH; Micropraxis Ltd; Paradigm Design Systems
Limited
2002 – Ubisense; Azuro; Bid Management Limited; CacheLogic Ltd; Cambridge
Internetworking Ltd (Level 5 Networks); Cotares Ltd; eCosCentric Ltd; Fraser
Research Inc; Great East London Software; Invest Solutions Limited; Masabi;
Ndiyo; RealVNC Ltd; Saviso Group; Tideway; UK Broadband Ltd; Xynchron
2003 – Artimi; blinkx; Blue Compass; Censeo Systems Ltd; Codian;
DisplayLink; ELECtric SOFTware; Encoded Media; Netronome; Seventh String;
SmartInfoSearch; Trampoline Systems; VeriQual
2004 – Exbiblio; Innonation Productions; Insight Studios; Omnipotent Software;
StegoStik Ltd; Sygneca
2005 – Adventiq; Camrivox; Cronto; Packet Ship; PCF Ltd; Projected Games;
STARFISH; Trinamo Ltd; True Knowledge; Vipadia Limited; XenSource; High
Energy Magic
2006 – Global Inkjet Systems; Innovation Framework Technologies; LogicIQ;
Powerset
2007 – AQrex; Cambridge Visual Networks; Cantab Wireless; Ept Computing;
GradFutures Ltd; Hubdub; In-Silica
2008 – Embecosm; Red Beacon; Spektrix Ltd; ThatsMyFace.com; TouchType;
Transentia Ltd; Transport Telematics; Xsilon
2009 – Ashima Arts; Acunu; FusePump; Green Custard
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2010 – Eluceda; Rapportive; ePlantData Inc; Eshinui Inc
2011 – Bromium
A number of
world-renowned games
development companies (Jagex, Frontier,
Sony, Ninja Theory) and over a thousand
games industry professionals are employed in
Cambridge – representing 10 per cent of all UK
games employees.
iCITY
iCity is an £350m initiative to convert the
former Olympic media centres in Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park into a creative and
digital business hub with the capability to
generate 7,500 jobs. The project will feature
three main buildings: a 300,000 sq ft innovation
centre; a 1,000 seat auditorium; and a 850,000
sq ft building housing educational space,
broadcast studios, office space, and a state-ofthe-art data centre. iCITY builds on the
success to date in attracting and retaining a
number of digital and media-related activities,
including
BT
Sport,
Infinity
SDC,
Loughborough University, and Hackney
Community College.
The University of Cambridge’s Computer
Laboratory is the premier research department
in the UK for computing, and the source of
ideas, inspiration and entrepreneurs that have
led to the founding of 188 companies.
The University of Cambridge’s Computer
Laboratory has over 200 researchers, with
world leading research in artificial intelligence,
computer architecture, digital technology,
graphics and interaction, natural language and
information processing, programming, logic,
security and systems.
The wider corridor
188 companies have been founded by
Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
staff and graduates to date. Globally renowned
firms include Media Dynamics, Acorn
Computer Ltd, Bromium, Virata, ANT, nCipher,
Zeus, Amino, Bango, Cambridge Broadband,
Datanomic, Jagex, Linguamatics, CacheLogic,
DisplayLink, blinkx, Camrivox, XenSource,
RealVNC and Ubisense are all in the Computer
Lab’s hall of fame (see opposite for the full list).
The corridor is offers a wide variety of business
locations. Metaswitch Ltd supplying global IT
markets with cloud and other solutions is
based in Enfield town. Kelvin Hughes Ltd,
located by the M25’s junction 25, supplies a
range of cutting edge digital marine navigation
tools globally. There are key firms within the
corridor from sales and distribution, to design
and manufacturing.
Kings Cross / Euston Road
Harlow Enterprise Zone is offering simplified
planning conditions and reduced Business
Rates of up to 5 years to businesses within the
target sectors of ICT ( along with Advanced
Manufacturing and Life Science sectots). The
Harlow Enterprise Zone could create up to
5,000 jobs across the three target sectors.
Google’s new £650m headquarters in King’s
Cross is a proposal for the 950,000 square feet
development, which will house Google’s 5,000
staff. This will join a major creative hub,
including the restored granary building at the
heart of King's Cross, the brand new home of
the world famous University of the Arts
London. Further along the Euston Road is a
rapidly emerging digital cluster, with Facebook
and Tweeter both reaching agreements to
locate in Regent’s Place, a 13 acre, and fully
managed campus on the Euston Road.
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Park Plaza West (Broxbourne) is a proposed
high quality business park to be situated on the
40-hectare Park Plaza site in Broxbourne. The
development could lead to the creation of up to
4,000 high-value jobs. A recent study on
employment development on the site suggests
that it might accommodate a mix of corporate
headquarters and financial/business services
firms but also science & technology, research
& development, higher value environmental
industries and high-technology manufacturing
companies.
research and business opportunities. In
addition there is potential of Data Centres
being located in the corridor as these form part
of the infrastructure to support the sector.
Incubators and Innovation Space
Innovation Warehouse, assisted by the City
of London, brings together entrepreneurs,
investors and innovators. The Innovation
Warehouse provides co-working, shared office
space and access to start-up growth
accelerator programmes such as seed funding,
angel investing, mentoring and events.
The North London- Hertfordshire boarder is
home to some of Europe’s major film
production facilities with Warner Bros. Studios,
Elstree Studios, and BBC Elstree Studios. The
University of Hertfordshire also runs one of the
country’s leading animation courses.
London’s FinTech Innovation Lab annual
mentoring programme was launched by
Accenture in 2012, after being extended from
its foundation in New York in 2011. The Lab is
open to all types of financial technologies
inlcuding: big-data analytics and predictive
modelling; mobility; payments; risk
management; security; social media and
collaboration; and infrastructure and
operational technologies (hosting, data bases,
storage, networking, IT management). Every
year six selected finalists are given support
and introductions and access to senior finance
executives, advice, workspace, mentoring,
proposition development and leadership
coaching.
MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN COLLABORATIVE ICT
INFRASTRUCTURE >
THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE/IMPERIAL HIGH
PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) CLOUD
As part of its work to help drive economic
development, UoC has partnered with Imperial
College London to create a joint HPC cloud for use
by industry. Called CORE, this is an initiative to
make large-scale HPC resources available to all
UK businesses, helping organisations gain
competitive advantage through access to powerful
data analytics. It has already aided companies such
as Caterham F1 in designing racing cars and
Atomic Arts in producing visual effects.
The Microsoft Ventures Accelerator offers
technology founders and entrepreneurs the
opportunity to grow their businesses through
access to investors and mentors within the
tech community along with the company’s
network of contacts in the sector. The offer to
businesses consists of a 12 week programme
supported by a range of established
businesses and organisations. This includes
London Business School and experts from
financial institutions, professional services
firms and established technology companies.
Providing the environment for new
research and commercialisation
From business incubators, to specialist venture
capital and crowdsourcing funds, as well as
world leading academic research, the LSCC
area has an excellent environment for new
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Google’s Campus in London.
Campus, powered by Google, is a unique
seven-floor co-working and event space for the
startup community in East London. Seedcamp,
TechHub, Central Working, and Springboard
run their programs from the space, alongside
mentoring sessions and networking events led
by Google.
Opportunities for the
corridor
International connectivity
Supporting London Stansted Airport to grow
has been cited by business as a key
opportunity for the area. This growth should be
focused on delivering new long-haul routes,
destinations like NYC, Silicon Valley, and
Bangalore. Also other destinations such as
Massachusetts and Texas (significant for
microprocessors and telecoms) might be
important and their commercial viability needs
to be tested.
The St. John’s Innovation Centre in
Cambridge provides early stage knowledgebased companies with tailored business
services and flexible accommodation. It was
the first innovation centre of its kind in Europe
and has become widely known for its success
as a business incubator offering experience,
contacts, resources and a presence in the
community. It is located at the heart of the
Greater Cambridge technology cluster, in
which it plays a pivotal role.
This improved transatlantic and far-east
connectivity, on the door-step of Cambridge,
Essex and East Hertfordshire, would be a
major competitive asset for the area. Greater
international connectivity will enable servicebased companies to grow their export market
and support institutes and business to attract
new investment. The consortium has set out to
the Airports Commission the actions needed to
support this growth.
As a regional centre of excellence, St John’s
Innovation Centre supports high growth
businesses across the region and aims to
provide the best strategic business advice,
training and introductions for start-ups, micros
and SMEs, particularly through the present
GrowthAccelerator programme and the recent
Understanding
Finance
for
Business
programme. St John’s provides a supportive
environment for its clients, with access to
shared facilities and services that they could
not afford individually, enabling tenants to
concentrate on business development.
Internal connectivity
Internal connectivity within the corridor needs
investment. The West Anglia Rail line provides
direct links between Cambridge, Stratford (for
I-City) and Liverpool Street (for Tech-City), as
well as Stansted, Harlow and Tottenham Hale.
The line has suffered from decades of under
investment and requires a major upgrade to
improve the connectivity. Four tracking in the
Upper Lee Valley would greatly reduce longdistance travel times, while unlock the potential
for
major
growth
in
north
London.
Improvements are required to tackle the
unreliability and low frequency of CambridgePeterborough-Stansted services.
The great majority of tenants are involved in
commercializing innovation, with major sectors
in
recent
years
including
information
technology,
communications
(including
wireless), digital printing, cleantech, electronics
and design.
Over the years, numerous prominent start-ups
associated with the Cambridge Phenomenon
have started their careers at the St John’s
Innovation
Centre,
including
Autonomy
Corporation plc, Jagex Ltd, Zeus Technology
Ltd, Owlstone Ltd, Breathing Buildings Ltd,
Scientia Ltd and Datanomic Ltd, among many
others.
Improving access from Harlow to the M11, via
a new Junction 7a, would be of major benefit to
Harlow’s growth, supporting the town’s
Enterprise Zone which is targeting employment
in the ICT sector.
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Infrastructure for growth
pathways offered to both young people and
adults. For example Harlow College provides a
range of BTEC programmes focused primarily
on Software and Computer Services, as well
as, Digital technologies and Creative media.
The College also offers Media, Journalism and
Graphic Design courses at degree level that
specifically focus on developing new media
and digital skills for our changing society. Sir
Charles Kao UTC in Harlow will also have a
strong Computing focus, offering Computer
Science A level.
The Cambridge sub-region is one of the
fastest growing areas of the United Kingdom in
terms of both population and economy.
Between now and 2031, its population is
expected to grow by 23 per cent, driving a 22
per cent increase in jobs. The area has a
solid,
costed
understanding
of
the
infrastructure required to support this growth.
An innovative City Deal for Cambridge is being
progressed with HM Treasury to support the
delivery of the infrastructure required to unlock
this potential.
Access to finance
Access to skills
According to the British Venture Capital
Association the amount of venture capital
invested in London declined in 2012 to £126
million from £131 million a year earlier, while
that in the region that includes Cambridge rose
for the first time since at least 2009, to £23
million from £19 million pounds. Cambridge
Innovation Capital, a fund affiliated with the
university, has £50 million to spend in the next
three years. Accounting firm KPMG is creating
a $100 million fund for investments in data and
analytics that will have Cambridge as one of its
focus areas. Techcity UK was launched by the
UK government in November 2010 to support
this east London cluster and has been hugely
successful in drawing in international capital.
A central strength of the corridor is the
concentration of high-end skills. This reflects
international trends to centralise where there
are already such skills, e.g. Boston / MIT.
Overall 38% of the London-StanstedCambridge corridor population is educated to
degree level or higher, rising to 46% of
Cambridge residents, compared to 26%
nationally. There is a long history of highskilled employment in the digital sector,
building a huge reservoir of talent.
A new Tech City Apprenticeship programme
was launched in March 2013 by Hackney
Community
College.
Tech
City
Apprenticeships have been developed to
specifically meet the skills and employment
needs of the growing technology cluster
around the Shoreditch and Old Street area –
on the college’s doorstep. It’s thought that up
to 500 apprentice places could be created over
the next three years. Hackney University
Training College, providing education for 14 to
19 year olds has a digital focus, with lessons
on computer science and creative digital
media, including infrastructure design and
support.
Convergence
One of the huge strengths of the corridor is the
range and strength of other key sectors. The
corridor has a huge dominance in life sciences,
business support and finance. The overlap
and convergence of interests in developing
new products in accelerating, as for example
digital technology is increasingly used in
medical care, and the financial services
reliance on cutting edge technical support .
The corridor has an important role in
stimulating these discussions and innovations
across industries.
A number of other colleges provide skills
development in both the Digital and IT
industries,
primarily
through
vocational
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The UK’s success is built on several key
strengths - software development (attracting
£930 million in R&D investment annually), and
a critical mass of over 100,000 specialist
software companies and all the major global
software companies such as Microsoft, IBM
and HP. The UK also has the strongest ICT
skills in Europe and the highest number of ICT
graduates in the whole of Western Europe.
Global Trends
The ICT and Digital Media sector comprises
activities involved in the manipulation and
communication
of
information
including
hardware and software development. It
includes activities such as semiconductor
design and manufacture, software and social
media applications, computer games and
digital film and sound production. The Global IT
market is huge - and is currently worth £3.7
trillion 1 . This section looks at global trends
which will be impacting on the businesses
within the corridor.
Within the digital media sub-sector, the UK has
the highest number of game development
companies and publishers in Europe
employing 28,000 people. A high rate of earlyadopters, a deep talent pool, the fourth largest
domestic games market is in the world and a
sophisticated distribution network make the UK
an effective place to bring new games to
market. From Tomb Raider to Harry Potter to
Grand Theft Auto, UK-made games are some
of the biggest box office sensations in the
world, accounting for £1.34 billion in sales. UK
independents continue to attract international
business and major companies such as
Microsoft, Activision, Square Enix, Capcom,
Sony, Electronic Arts and Disney, all have UKbased developers.
The UK ICT and digital media sector:
European leader
The UK is Europe’s leading market for software
and IT services with a market value of £58
billion per annum2. ICT and digital media: can
be further broken down into four subsectors:




Communications:
refers
to
all
technological advances that support
communications and includes a wide range
of disciplines in wire-line and wireless
operations;
Global trends in ICT and digital
media3
Electronics and IT hardware: refers to the
design and manufacturing of the electronic
devices used in numerous applications;
There are a number of significant trends in ICT
and Digital Media which will affect the patterns
of future growth and development in the
Corridor. The main areas of change include the
following:
Software & computer services: includes
all the software and related computer
services, necessary for the function of the
hardware.
Mixed outlook for global ICT and digital
market demand
Digital media: combining different digital
technologies to create final goods and
services that together have transformed a
plethora of economic and social activities –
including
computer
games,
mobile
applications and bioinformatics.
The global ICT market is forecast to continue
to grow at 2.3 per cent in 2013 and 5.4 per
cent in 2014 (Forrester Research 4 ) – with
growth being sustained in US, Latin America,
Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and parts
of Asia-Pacific; and with market contraction in
Western and Central Europe.
Sourced from IBM Technology Outlook 2013 and World Economic Forum,
The Global Information Technology Report 2013
4 http://www.forbes.com/sites/forrester/2013/07/15/mixed-is-the-word-for-theglobal-tech-market-in-mid-2013/
3
Gartner, 2013 - http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2292815
Source: UKTI UK ICT market overview 2www.ukti.gov.uk/investintheuk/sectoropportunities/ict.html
Source: UKTI UK ICT market overview 1
2
www.ukti.gov.uk/investintheuk/sectoropportunities/ict.html
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The dominant theme for ICT markets continues
to be reduced business and government
demand due to recessions or weak growth,
and increasing demand from the attraction of
new cloud, mobile, and smart computing
technologies. Software is likely to be the
strongest category of demand, followed by
services. Hardware demand is projected to be
weak.
Growing scale / Lower barrier of entry
The massive expansion in the numbers of
smart devices, sensors, transactions and end
users of digital technologies has created huge
demand for data, whilst an increase in the
availability and affordability of programming
interfaces has simultaneously lowered the
barrier of entry for companies seeking to create
applications and services.
This is an
enormous stimulus to the market and allows
the growth of a diverse range of small and
medium size businesses.
Over the next five years, video games sales
are projected to grow at 6.5 per cent per
annum to reach US$86.9bn in 2017, up from
US$63.4bn in 2012 5 . Mobile is likely be the
fastest-growing video games sector over the
next five years, followed by consumer spend
on console games. The games market, in
particular for PCs, is increasingly shifting from
pay to own models to pay to play. Online
spending is forecast to increase by an average
of 8 per cent per year over the next five years.
Increasing complexity / Consumables
The volume, variety, velocity, and veracity of
data is contributing to the increasing
complexity of data management and workloads
— creating a greater need for advanced
analytics to discover insights. Mobile devices
have made technology more consumable,
creating user demand for interactive tools for
visual analytics. The importance of Big Data
and data analytics and the role the corridor is
supporting this is also important.
Mobile First
In the fourth quarter of 2010, global shipments
of smart phones surpassed desktop computers
and notebooks for the first time. In a significant
turning point for the ICT industries, mobile
devices have emerged as the new primary
design point for end user access to IT. Mobile
first is about considering business around
constantly
connected
employees
and
customers and creating new ways to deliver
value. These trends are being witnessed in the
consumer market, with applications such as
Instagram which radically simplify the process
for processing and sharing pictures. Mobile first
is also accelerating the integration of cloud,
social and analytics.
Fast pace of Change
Change is coming faster than ever —
disruptive models for the development and
consumption of technology are emerging,
resulting in rapid innovation and decreased
time-to-market. Open online courses are
experiencing exponential growth making
education and training more accessible.
Contextual overload
The proliferation of sensors and devices and
the explosive growth in structured and
unstructured data are causing information and
contextual overload. With the increasing
affordability and sophistication of smart
devices, new opportunities exist to provide
contextually aware and personalized services
based on user views, desires, preferences and
location, delivered just-in-time.
Success in the new era of mobile first will
depend on the ability to differentiate in the
marketplace and the blending of software,
hardware and services in novel ways. Success
will also require solutions that can handle large
scale requirements in terms of security,
development and transactions.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/07/18/new-reportsforecasts-global-video-game-industry-will-reach-82-billion-by-2017/
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Scalable Services Ecosystems (SSE)
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This is characterized by a focus on DevOps,
mobile and web-centric platforms, and as-aservice business models. Open standards are
the path to achieving the benefits of these new
environments.
SSEs are open clusters of enterprises,
including partners and value-added firms,
where business functions are based on freely
available application programming interfaces
(APIs), openly available data, and willingness
to experiment with non-traditional business
models. They enable businesses to quickly cocreate customer value. Scalable Services
Ecosystems will have profound effects on
many industries including retail, travel and
transportation,
telecommunications
and
banking. Using location and context-enabled
social media, organizations will be able to
target specific individuals with custom-tailored
offers, often involving partnerships with other
firms in retail and consumer goods. Through
open APIs available to affiliate networks and
developers, firms will enable relationships to be
forged through in-market experimentation. The
popular APIs and capabilities will be hardened
and have the potential to provide both
increased revenue and transactions along with
new innovative business models.
They create a level playing field, prevent
vendor lock-in, and lead to modular and flexible
approaches to extending system capabilities
and capacities
Multimedia and visual analytics
In recent years, there has been an explosion of
multimedia data, accounting for 70 per cent of
available unstructured data. This data comes
from sources as varied as security cameras,
medical image applications and individuals
uploading media to social networks. In the
past, computers weren’t able to make sense of
this data, but now, using multimedia analytics,
companies can make sense of this data in an
automated way. Multimedia analytics and
visual analytics address two emerging needs in
analysing data.
Multimedia analytics is about computers
making sense of images and videos, and being
able to extract information and insights from
those sources, whereas visual analytics is
about humans using visual interfaces to
consume and make sense of complex data and
analytics. Multimedia analytics has a wide
range of potential in industries ranging from
insurance to transportation. Home, auto and
marine insurance providers, for example, can
improve their processes by using video from
policy holders to document their insured items
and then automatically turns those videos into
the basis for appraisals and claims. In
transportation and manufacturing, suspicious
activity can be detected and safety concerns
can be identified in real-time using security
cameras. This allows companies to have an
integrated view of their operations and perform
complex behaviour analysis that has the ability
better manage crowd conditions and potentially
save lives.
Software defined environments (SDE)
When the entire infrastructure including
computers, storage and network becomes
software defined and programmable in the
cloud, a new unified control plane emerges
which is highly configurable and fully
programmable with the workloads being
compiled onto it. This is the foundation of
Software Defined Environments (SDE). Two
simultaneous activities are driving this new
environment. First, enterprises are moving both
their mission critical Systems of Record and
performance sensitive applications to the
cloud. This is creating the requirement that
cloud infrastructures have the same robust
system attributes traditionally associated with
enterprise-grade IT: reliability, availability,
scalability and so on. Second, many new
mobile, social and analytics applications —
referred to collectively as Systems of
Engagement and driven by the trend toward
digitization of the front office — are being
directly developed on the cloud, leveraging the
agility that has become the hallmark of cloudbased environments.
The ability for business users to make sense of
complex analytics through visual interfaces is
revolutionizing how decisions are made in a
variety of industries.
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Oil and gas companies, for example, are using
geographical visualizations to increase the
success rate of their drilling and optimize their
reservoir production.
For example, the government of Brazil is
already funding students to go abroad because
of a shortage of education infrastructure and
quality educators.
Doctors are using visual analytics to analyze
patient records to gain insight into treatments
plans and understand the progress of a
disease. Innovation in four key areas is needed
to address visual analytics requirements: visual
comprehension, visualizing aspects of time,
visual analytics at scale, and visualizing
uncertainty and predictions.
If growth continues to follow the existing
trajectory, India will need about 800 more
traditional universities than current levels today
of about 350 universities.
The most talked about application of
technology to address these gaps is the advent
of Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOC,
which are growing rapidly. Several startups
have emerged including Udacity, Khan
Academy and Coursera, with millions of
students enrolled across hundreds of
countries. Large amounts of new data are
being created, which thus far is untapped for its
potential.
Contextual enterprise
Contextual
computing
is
about
the
relationships between the data, and how
different processes operate on that data and
with each other. The smart devices in use
today are at the centre of the social, mobile
and cloud confluence. They carry personal
context in form of our interests, calendars,
contacts, history, preferences and location. As
natural aggregators of this data, such devices
could well be used to deliver information to
create context applied to broader applications.
Education today is mainly delivered on a one
size fits all basis. The technology exists extend
the personalised services found in areas such
as health, to education, with the formulation of
digital student records helping to inform and
provide personalized learning pathways based
on the capabilities of the learner and the
desired outcomes.
The education industry is ripe for innovation, as
new business models are developed using
emerging new sources of data, in particular the
longitudinal learning data (tracking student
information over multiple years in multiple
schools). Predictive and prescriptive analytics
can be applied to improve outcomes and
efficiency such as clustering learners into
groups and identifying personalized learning
pathways, tracking progress, and provide
feedback to improve graduations and
employability.
Personalized education
At the brink of an IT-enabled transformation,
the education industry is about to undergo a
transformation driven by a demand for quality
education that outstrips supply especially in the
growth markets, misalignment between
education and employment needs, and
impatience with inefficiencies of education
systems.
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Appendix: IT, Telecoms and Digital Media – major
firms, institutions, and assets
These tables detail most of the major firms, centres of excellence and assets which have been report to
UKTI as part of the marketing collateral for international inward investment activities.
FIRMS
Firm
Subsector
Accelrys
Software
Number of
employees
at site only:
100
Main activity
on site
Postcode
Area
CB40WN
GCGPEP
353
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
EHQ & R&D
Access UK Ltd
IT Services
CO7 6LZ
SELEP/
Essex
Acer Group
Electronic products
-
-
UB7 0DQ
London
ACI Global Limited
Electronic products
309
EHQ & R&D
WD17 1FQ
Hertfordshire
Alcatel Lucent UK Ltd
Communications
160
-
SE10 0AG
London
Amazon Development
Centre London
IT Services
200
-
EC1A 4JU
London
Anglia Components
Electronic products
125
Distribution
PE132PS
GCGPEP
ANNODATA Limited
Communications
212
HQs
WD4 8SE
Hertfordshire
Apple Computers
Electronic products
1000
-
W1S 1YZ
London
ARM
Electronic products
400
HQs
CB19NJ
GCGPEP
Atos Origin UK Ltd
IT Services
1000
-
NW1 3HG
London
Autonomy
Software
200
EHQ & R&D
CB40WZ
GCGPEP
AVAYA ECS Limited
Communications
106
HQs
AL7 1LZ
Hertfordshire
AVC Wireless Networks
Ltd
IT Services
422
HQs
SG1 2DT
Hertfordshire
Aveva
Software
300
CB30HB
GCGPEP
AVNET EMG LTD
Electronic products
150
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
Sales
SG1 2EF
Hertfordshire
Blitz Communications
Screen (film, TV, radio,
animation)
84
HQs
WD6 3SA
Hertfordshire
Boston Limited
Cloud computing
45
HQs
AL2 2DD
Hertfordshire
Broadcom
Electronic products
120
R&D
CB40WW
GCGPEP
Broadcom
IT Services
125
CB40WW
GCGPEP
Bull Information Systems
Cloud computing
120
Manufacturing
and R&D
HQs
HP2 7DZ
Hertfordshire
18
CAE Technology Holdings
IT Services
186
HQs
WD24 4PT
Hertfordshire
Cambridge Display
Technologies
Electronic products
160
EHQ & R&D
CB236DW
GCGPEP
Cambridge Wireless
Electronic products
CB40WS
GCGPEP
China Mobile
Communications
Corporation
Citrix
Communications
100
EHQ, R&D,
Design
-
SE1 2RE
London
Software
160
R&D
CB236DW
GCGPEP
Computacenter PLC
Software
1130
HQs
AL10 9TW
Hertfordshire
Computerlinks UK Ltd
Software
200
EHQ & R&D
CB87AA
GCGPEP
Connectix Ltd
Communications
80
CM77 7AA
CSR
Communications
800
CB40WZ
SELEP/
Essex
GCGPEP
Deutsche Telekom (UK)
Ltd
Communications
254
AL10 9BW
Hertfordshire
Domino Printing
Electronic products
600
CB238TU
GCGPEP
ebay U K Ltd
IT Services
350
Manufacturing
and R&D
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
Shared
Service
Centre
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
-
TW9 1EJ
London
EMC Computer Systems
Cloud computing
600
-
TW8 9AN
London
EPSON
ElectronStic products
285
HQs
HP2 7TJ
Hertfordshire
Everything Everywhere
Electronic products
300
-
W2 1AG
London
Everything Everywhere
Communications
3000
HQs
AL10 9BW
Hertfordshire
Facebook
Communications
145
-
WC2H 9LA
London
Freedom
Communications
Fujitsu Services
Communications
88
HQs
WD18 9RX
Hertfordshire
IT Services
-
-
W1U 3BW
London
Global Marine Systems
Communications
189
EHQ & R&D
CM2 5PD
SELEP/
Essex
Google
Software
2000
-
SW1W 9TQ
London
Harvard International Ltd
Electronic products
30
HQs
WD6 3BS
Hertfordshire
Hitachi Europe
IT Services
-
-
EC1N 2PB
London
Huawei Technologies
(UK) Co. Ltd.
IT Services
-
-
SW1H 9HP
London
Hutchison Whampoa
(Europe) Ltd
Communications
-
-
SW11 4AN
London
IBM UK Ltd
IT Services
-
-
SE1 9JH
London
19
Imagination Technologies
Electronics and IT Hardware
500
WD4 8LZ
Hertfordshire
600
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
-
Infosys Technologies Ltd
Communications
E14 5NP
London
Intamac
Cloud computing
30
EHQ & R&D
NN47YD
GCGPEP
Iron Mountain UK Ltd
IT Services
-
-
SE1 2TT
London
Kodak Limited
Electronic products
250
HQs
HP2 7YU
Hertfordshire
M K EleActric / Honeywell
Electronic products
300
Manufacturing
SS14 3EA
SELEP/
Essex
Metaswitch
-
EHQ
EN2 6BQ
London
Microsoft
Communications networks
and cloud storage
Electronic products
200
EHQ & R&D
CB12FB
GCGPEP
Microsoft Ltd
Software
800
-
SW1E 5JL
London
Mitsubishi Corporation
International (UK)
IT Services
400
-
WC1V 6BA
London
Mitsubishi Electric Europe
BV UK Branch
Electronic products
-
-
E16 4ES
London
NCR Ltd
Software
-
-
NW1 6LY
London
NEC Europe Ltd
IT Services
365
-
W3 6BL
London
Nikon UK Ltd
Electronic products
150
-
KT2 5PR
London
Nokia Research
Communications
17
R&D
CB3OFA
GCGPEP
Northgate Information
Solutions
IT Services
300
HQs
HP2 4NW
Hertfordshire
NTL Cablecomms Sussex
IT Services
131
Services
WD18 8UA
Hertfordshire
NTT Data Corporation
IT Services
-
-
EC3V 3DG
London
Optoma Uk Limited
Electronic products
152
Services
WD18 8QZ
Hertfordshire
Oracle Corporation UK
Ltd
Orange Corporate
Services Ltd
Software
-
-
EC2M 2RB
London
Communications
230
SG13 7NN
Hertfordshire
Paradigm
Communications
215
Shared
Service
Centre
Manufacturing
and R&D
SG1 2AS
Hertfordshire
PayPoint
Electronic products
330
HQs
AL7 1EL
Hertfordshire
Pitney Bowes
Communications
1000
Services
CM19 5BD
Plastic Logic
Electronic products
250
EHQ & R&D
CB4OFX
SELEP/
Essex
GCGPEP
Plextek
Electronic products
117
EHQ & R&D
CB10 1NY
SELEP/
Essex
PX Cables
Electronic products
60
Manufacturing
and R&D
PE150AZ
GCGPEP
20
Qualcomm
Communications
35
R&D
CB40WN
GCGPEP
Qualcomm
IT Services
85
-
W4 5YE
London
Rackspace Managed
Hosting
Rapid Electronics Ltd
IT Services
600
-
UB11 1ET
London
Electronic products
142
EHQ & R&D
CO4 5JS
Raytheon Systems Ltd
IT Services
200
-
UB8 1QQ
SELEP/
Essex
London
RDC Trading
Electronic products
207
CM7 2YN
SELEP/
Essex
RealD Europe Limited
Electronic products
20
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
EHQ
HP2 4TZ
Hertfordshire
Red Gate
Software
200
EHQ & R&D
CB40WZ
GCGPEP
Reliance Global Com Uk
Ltd
Communications
200
-
UB7 0JE
London
Ricoh UK Ltd
Electronic products
600
-
W1U 4AG
London
Salesforce
Software
100
-
TW18 3AG
London
SAP UK Ltd
Software
600
-
TW14 8HD
London
Serverchoice Ltd
Cloud computing
100
HQs
SG1 2FP
Hertfordshire
Skype
Communications
250
-
W1T 1AN
London
SOPRA Group
Software
490
HQs
SG1 2EF
Hertfordshire
Steria UK
IT Services
900
HQs
HP2 7AH
Hertfordshire
Storm Technologies
Limited
IT Services
70
HQs
WD18 8YD
Hertfordshire
Telefonica Digital
Communications
400
-
W1B 5AN
London
The UK Interactive
Entertainment Association
Ltd (UKIE)
Thunderhead Limited
Trade association
-
HQ
WC1N 3BD
London
Cloud computing
188
Services and
R&D
WD6 3SY
Hertfordshire
T-MOBILE UK
Communications
500
HQs
AL10 9BW
Hertfordshire
Toshiba
Electronic products
75
R&D
CB40GZ
GCGPEP
Transaction Network
Services
Tyco Electronics Uk Ltd
IT Services
50
AL7 1HH
Hertfordshire
Electronic products
250
Services and
R&D
Manufacturing
CM8 3AH
Ubisense
Electronic products
29
Manufacturing
and R&D
CB41DL
SELEP/
Essex
GCGPEP
Viglen
IT Services
500
HQs
AL2 2DQ
Hertfordshire
VOCALINK
Electronic products
500
Services and
R&D
WD3 1FX
Hertfordshire
21
VTESSE Networks
Limited
Cloud computing
42
HQs
SG13 7DT
Hertfordshire
Xaar
Electronic products
200
CB40XR
GCGPEP
Xennia Technology Ltd
Electronic products
75
EHQ, R&D
and
Manufacturing
HQs
SG6 1LN
Hertfordshire
XEROX
IT Services
500
AL7 1BU
Hertfordshire
Yelp
Communications
145
Shared
Service
Centre
-
W1U 8AN
London
Zeus Technology
IT Services
40
CB40WS
GCGPEP
ZTE
Communications
85
Manufacturing
and R&D
-
TW8 9ES
London
-
Indicates that records were absent from UKTI Subnational Offer submissions
CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
Centre of Excellence
Subsector
Main activity
on site
Postcode
Area
Computer Laboratory, University of
Cambridge
Research
Research:
wireless,
security, search
CB3 0FD
Cambridge Network
Business network
Tech City Investment Organisation
Finance
Investment
SW1H 0ET
London
FinTech Innovation Lab
Finance, IT
Mentoring
programme
E14 4QT
London
Open Data Institute
Nonprofit research/industry
association
EC2A 4JE
London
Cambridge Wireless Network
Wireless
CB40WS
GCGP
Dell/Cambridge High Performance
Computing Solution Centre
High performance
computing
CB2 1RP
GCGP
University of Cambridge/Imperial/Dell
High Performance Computing cloud
(CORE)
Inkjet Research Centre (University of
Cambridge)
High performance
computing
Trade
association
Supercomputer
access (part
owned by Dell)
Cloud
supercomputer
CB2 1RP
GCGP
Research
Research
CB3 0FS
GCGP
Energy@Cambridge, University of
Cambridge
Research
Research (low
energy
computing)
CB2 1TN
GCGP
GCGPEP
22
ASSETS
Asset
Description
Activities on/
near site
Postcode
Area
Cambridge Science Park
Business/science park with
significant ICT/digital
presence
Development site
Development
land/
accommodation
Development
land/
accommodation
Development
land/
accommodation
Incubator
/workspace
CB4 0FZ
GCGP
CM17 9NL
Essex
PE28 4WX
GCGP
CB4 0WS
GCGP
Part of London
Metropolitan
University
Part of City
University
E2 8AA
London
EC1V 0HB
London
Harlow Enterprise Zone
Alconbury Enterprise Campus
(Enterprise Zone)
Development site
St Johns Innovation Centre
Science and technology
start-ups and SMEs
Accelerator
ICT and digital media
incubator
London City Incubator
Digital media incubator
Digital Enterprise Greenwich
Managed workspace /
office space
Digital business
SE10 0ER
London
Google Campus
Co-working space,
incubation, start-up support
ICT/Digital
EC2A 4BX
London
Microsoft Ventures Accelerator
Co-working space,
incubation, start-up support
Co-working space,
incubation, start-up support
ICT/Digital
EC2A 4BX
London
ICT/Digital
EC1A 9PT
London
Innovation Warehouse
Further Information
IBM (2013) Global Technology Outlook
World Economic Forum, The Global Information Technology Report 2013
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IT and Digital Sector Map
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LSCC Members
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LSCC Partners
LSCC Supporters
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www.lscc.co
info@lscc.co.uk
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