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Compare KarlstadFour steps in cluster development

• Summer of -99• Hype in ICT• Need for cooperation

-Recruiting-Marketing

Compare KarlstadJan 2011

• 95 ICT companies• 2600 employees• Turnover 4,5 Billion SKR• 58 < 10 employees• 6 > 100 employees

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Infrastructure11 companies

Projekt Management.11 companies

Technical info5 companies

Other6 companies

Education5 companies

Media and webb9 companies

Sales4 companies

Ind-IT12 companiesIT

26 companies

Telecom6 companies

• Assignment: Create growth for participating companies

• Strategy: Cooperation:

• Focus:– Business– Establishment– Supply of competence

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Companies

University

ClustersCommunity

Four steps

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1. Getting to know each other2. Can we do something together? 3. Cross Clustering4. International cooperation

First step, first four years

• Press releases

• Breakfast meetings

• Seminars

• Recruiting

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• Sports and Leisure club – Compis

• All kinds of networking activities

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Step 2, Business projects• Independent Software TestLab • Disaster & Recovery• Arenas of the Future• Energy saving in server centers• Karlstad international TIME school

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Third step, Cross Clustering

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The Paper Province

The Packaging Arena

Steel & EngineeringRemote electronic monito

ring

Strategic kompetence supplyAfter work

Forth step, International cooperation

• Lillestrom Norway• Kolding Denmark• EU-project, six countries

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Financing

• Member fees• Public sector. Local and National authorities• EU• Turnover (2010) 1,5 million EURO• 50% Privat and 50% Public

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It’s all about trust

Thank you

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Lessons learned…

• Create mutual trust• Arrange meetingplaces• Business focus• Have patience

Remote Electronic Monitoring

Strategic kompetence supply

• Industry driven

• An independent player providing– test infrastructure– test processes and methods– test competence– test services

• A common arena for – companies– university– public players

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Independent Software Test Lab

Disaster & Recovery

• Simulate ICT enviroment• Practice recovery

Data centers consumes enormous amount of energy

Energy saving

Arenas of The Future

• Active consumers• Digital technique• Interactivity• Virtual arenas• Some 30 companies involved• Rally, Horse racing, Ishockey,

Sailing, Skiing

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Konceptet

• Video-clip med välkomsthälsning

• Video-clip med viktiga

matchhändelser/repriser

• Mål från andra matcher

• Rabattkupong (e-tag)

• Interaktivt matchprogram

• Enkla SMS med information

Ice Hockey