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The Thales Secure Information & Communication Systems (SIX) in the UK has successfully achieved the Investor in Innovations Standard and Award. SIX supplies defence and security customers with network and infrastructure systems, radio communication products, information technology security systems, protection systems, critical information systems and cyber security solutions. The key technology domains that SIX focuses on include Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Connectivity and Cyber Security.
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Gareth Williams, Vice-President of Thales UK’s Secure Communications and Information Systems said:
“We are delighted to have received formal accreditation as an Investor in Innovation from the IKE Institute - the UK's professional body for innovators. In an ever-changing, digitally transforming world, reliance on evolution and innovation is key. Receiving this accreditation from the IKE Institute validates the investments we have made, and continue to make, both independently, and alongside our trusted partners from academia and industry.” |
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Investor in Innovations is an integrated, leading-edge standard that offers a practical way to validate and benchmark an organisation’s innovation capability. Thales UK SIX was benchmarked in six categories: Strategy & Alignment
- Organisational Readiness
- Core Capabilities, Technologies & IP
- Industry Foresight
- Customer Awareness
- Impact and Value
Achieving the Investor in Innovations Award means that an organisation:
- can demonstrate a constructive alignment between its purpose and the innovation drive
- can take an active role in undertaking industry insights and market intelligence to support and invigorate its business model
- celebrates its distinctive offerings in innovation thereby, delivering value to your customers, partners and stakeholders.
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Roger Ingle, Technical Director of Thales UK’s SIX said:
“Thales Secure Communications and Information Systems UK is delighted to have been conferred with the Investors in Innovation Standard by the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange. Working with the IKE Institute has helped us to advance our innovation capability, culture and practices as a foundation for growth. We look forward to working together to consolidate and further develop excellence in innovation in the future.” |
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Achieving the Investor in Innovations status also promotes a strategic commitment to delivering performance excellence that has been benchmarked and validated independently.
The resulting impact is a stronger innovative culture, opportunities for performance improvement and a visible market differentiation as an innovative business leader.
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Matthew Guy – HR Director of Thales UK’s SIX said:
“Within the Thales Secure Communications and Information Systems Country Business Unit we innovate - it’s what we do on a daily basis across all areas of the business. Receiving the Investor in Innovation accreditation from the IKE Institute is testament to the great work that everyone does in our business -innovating to add value to our customers, deliver solutions to their complex challenges and make the world safer and more secure.” |
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The Validation Panel outlined in its report future actions for Thales and also included recommendations from the Innovation Council, all of which aimed at driving continual improvement and performance excellence in innovation development and practice.
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Prof Sa’ad Sam Medhat, Chief Executive of the IKE Institute said:
“It is well recognised that the pace and convergence of digital technologies is disrupting many organisations in different sectors. Agile businesses such as Thales are using such disruptions as stimuli for invigorating their teams and reconfiguring their business models to enable them drive value for their customers. SIX has also kept a keen eye on creating a sustainable talent pipeline in digital capability. For example, their collaborative development of the National Digital Exploitation Centre in Wales is a testament of such a commitment. It is pleasing to say that all the Thales business units in the UK have now been through the Investor in Innovations standard and achieved their accreditations and awards.” |
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