2009 Wrap
December 21, 2009 by Paul M.. Filed under Site.
In what is most likely my last post of the calendar year I decided to provide a very quick summary of some of our 2009 highlights.
Actually, we did not achieve all that we wanted to this year. There were a few very significant industry engagement projects that we put a lot of effort into that did not crystallise into solid collaborations or deliverables. Some of this was certainly due to the economic slowdown. I saw a general reluctance on the part of senior business managers to make commitments to projects that could be considered innovative or outside the square. There’s no blame or excuse-making intended here – it’s just a reality that sometimes you can’t move mountains despite all the good intentions and goodwill in the world.
On the positive side, November and December have been showing signs that we’re on the leading edge of a bona fide upswing in confidence and commitment. I have fifteen project activities on my to-do list at present, ranging from contract signings through to research collaboration proposals and even marketing plans. This is both invigorating and exhausting, if such a paradoxical combination can be possible. It leaves hour-long commutes (twice a day!) the perfect situation for reflection and preparation of blog posts.
NICTA and its researchers still achieved plenty of milestones this year, which you can read up on by going to the relevant news sites (including NICTA’s own, of course). One item of note was the government announcement of the extension of NICTA’s federal funding through to 2015. Our own research team hit a few nice achievements too, including a patent application for our Adaptation Engine technology, and the development of an endorsed business plan and go-to-market strategy for ePASA . Commercialisation plans for our other technologies are also progressing well, and as mentioned above we have a few engagement contracts that are now coming to fruition.
I’m sure there are other important milestones I’m missing here, but my goal in this post is to be brief, not comprehensive. On that I’ll end by noting that it looks like a very busy and promising 2010, with some important news for our team anticipated early in the first quarter.
Until then, please have a very merry Xmas and a frictionless new year!
Tags: NICTA
Follow @gofrictionless:
Add a comment