Sapienza Technology Analysis investigates next generation, cutting edge technologies.

Sapienza is an independent provider of a full range of research, analysis and consultancy services, strategic advise, technical information, and insight into systems, technologies and markets which are crucial to current and future business endeavours.

Science and technology now make up a sizeable slice of economies, a trend that is going to continue. At Sapienza we explore the trends within this trend, which technologies in particular are gaining ground and how are these changes affecting productivity and competitiveness. And we do this with unprecedented performance.

We provide information, insight, intelligence, analysis, and expert advice on emerging topics across the fields of quantum technologies; micro and nanotechnology; photonics; microwaves & wireless; computing, including mobile and pervasive computing and grid technology; communication technologies- light wave communications and networks, wireless communications including terrestrial and satellite communications, Ultra Wide Band, Wireless Personal Area Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks; intelligent technologies and e-systems as e-commerce/B2B, e-procurement, e-government, e-learning; security; advanced materials; energy; transport; aerospace - including SatCom, GNSS/Galileo, remote sensing, small satellite technology (nano & pico satellites); and nuclear science. Delivering services and assistance on:

• Technology assessment and forecasting
• Information brokerage
• Market assessment and forecasting
• Growth strategy and business building
• Due diligence technical and financial
• Socio-economic studies
• Policy studies

Our services:

Technology assessment
Analysis of system requirements
Analysis of technology applications
Diversification
Technology transfer
Techno-economic analyses
Competitive intelligence, foresight and mapping. Future studies
Exploitation of scientific and technological research results: - taking a R &D project or technology into the marketplace
Information brokerage: researching, analyzing and delivering specific information on behalf of a client
Market studies
Feasibility studies
User requirements analysis
Strategic planning
Business development consultancy
Marketing campaign development. - raising the brand profile even higher, delivering the plan that will raise awareness, create demand and generate sales
Risk analysis
Mergers and acquisition of firm's advisory
Technical due diligence
Financial due diligence
Policy studies & analyses
Technology reports
Development of educational and promotional/marketing material
Education and Training


Think forward. Empower your business
Our methodology
Trust

Technology assessment

Analysis and evaluation of technologies - determining their value: we perform in-depth multi-disciplinary analyses of a technology or specific technology development for the industry, academia and public policy related organizations in order to provide evidence of its effectiveness including assessment of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threads, cost and cost-effectiveness, commercial logic, early indications of the probable impacts and unexpected long term consequences, comparison with alternative & competing technologies to solve the same problem, safety, ethical and legal implications.

Analysis of system requirements

Where a comprehensive description and definition of requirements in a specific technology scenario or project would be carried out as well as the assessment of existing technological solutions.

Analysis of technology applications

Exploratory work and analysis of industry applications and commercial logic for emerging technologies: marketability analysis of technology advances and research, identification of research with immediate and/or short term marketability.

Diversification

Conceiving and developing strategies of diversification into new product markets opened by technological innovations. Studies on adapting existing technology to new-including unforeseen-applications: we explore if a technology is able to penetrate other applications as well and how to enlarge the application/service horizon associated to the introduction of new technology paradigms. Exploration and assessment of new R&D applications and of their synergies & complementarities with related technologies and applications.

Technology transfer

Counsel and assistance in mediation for technology commercialisation. Research and analysis/evaluation of available and suitable technology, research and analysis/evaluation of potential commercial parties to receive the technology, nurturing relationships, assistance in negotiation agreements, analysis of trials and necessary adjustments of the technology to the commercial recipients, analysis of training needs to absorb the technology. Analysis of collaborative R&D opportunities, partners search. Information brokerage - scanning of technical information sources. Dissemination - of technology produced. Advice on spin-off creation. Counsel on licensing and patenting matters.

Techno-economic analyses

Studies to assess and optimise technology processes under techno-economic aspects with view to industrial requirements.

Competitive intelligence, foresight and mapping. Future studies

We provide accurate and timely intelligence to anticipate technical disruptions, changing customer needs, and potential competitor actions. And develop special forecasting studies - Future studies, i. e., analysis of key long-term concerns and emerging issues, development of predictive scenarios for technology, market, prices, and costs. Construction of roadmaps.

Exploitation of scientific and technological research results: - taking a R&D project or technology into the marketplace

We look at the research results and plans, work with the research team to spot opportunities for commercialization, identify the appropriate path and mobilize the support measures to make it happen. Our services include technology transfer and commercialisation of the scientific knowledge and technology produced analysis of potential markets, business plan development, analysis of training needs, intellectual property issues, and marketing through dissemination & communication activities including building key messages, flash sheets, technical reports, whitepapers, newsletters and circulating them, developing presentations, conferences and workshops organization, web-based seminars, e-briefings, and webcasts. Studies for the creation of pre-start-up/spin-offs and early stage technology companies. Studies on socio-economic aspects of technology developed/planned.

Information brokerage: researching, analyzing and delivering specific information on behalf of a client

Information brokerage is a new exciting field which arises fundamentally from the advent of the Internet as an amazing source of information. Closely related to market and strategic concerns since it deals with the vital thing of making informed decisions, information brokerage addresses the needs of obtaining factual, relevant and trusted information, tailored to specific needs and requirements, and in a short timeframe. But as wonderful as the Internet is, there is no guarantee that the facts found on the Internet are right, that the data are correct, or that the papers and reports published, cited or referenced have been reviewed for accuracy and quality. Knowing where to look for information and how to evaluate information sources are survival skills for cyberspace, and we have these skills. Furthermore, analyzing search results, extracting and compiling relevant data, making related searches, and organizing everything to deliver the real appropriate context for the topic at hand requires skills, strong professional knowledge and scientific background, and again we fulfil these conditions. At Sapienza we obtain relevant factual information on behalf of a client by scanning a variety of sources, including Internet, literature, databases, and making interviews, always carefully evaluating source trustworthiness; we perform an in-depth analysis; extract and compile relevant data; make related searches; and organize everything to produce the final written material in a clear and concise way. We perform searches of new research findings and trends in research, new developments in technologies and key findings in the underlying science, funding, new product commercialization, regulations and policies affecting the development and commercialization of emerging technologies, market issues, - and we deliver both comprehensive studies on the state of the art and sharply focused pictures of research in a field at a critical point in its development.We turn information into knowledge.

Market studies

Research and analysis of developments in the marketplace; research and analysis of emerging products, markets, technologies and applications; analysis of new suppliers and players; trends in competition, pricing, and strategic directions.

Feasibility studies

Analysis for planned products, services and projects, products and services positioning.

User requirements analysis

Understanding user requirements is critical to obtain successful systems and products. User requirements analysis can identify capabilities, content, and functionality required by prospective users of the system. The benefits include increased productivity, enhanced quality of work, reductions in support and training costs, and avoiding the increased cost of potential design alterations done late in the development process. We provide assistance in identifying and creating a system design that really reflects the needs of the end users: capturing, analysing and specifying information on user needs, using a combination of state of the art methodologies including one-to-one interviews, focus groups, surveys, scenarios and use cases, future workshops, evaluating a competitor system, among other methodologies, for user needs identification; brainstorming, prototypes, and others for envision & evaluating; prioritisation, criteria setting, etc for requirements specification.

Strategic planning

We provide support in establishing long-term goals, laying out strategies to achieve them, and identifying key intermediate objectives along the way, analyse the capabilities to reach them, and work on performance evaluation. And formulate technology strategies for product development.

Business development consultancy

We deliver advise and counsel upon critical issues to support business plans, transforming business, and to help drive the business towards a position of leadership. We investigate the business logic of high-tech/high-risk projects. And devise business plans to ensure continuity in delivering great science and technology, faster, while generating sales.

Marketing campaign development. - raising the brand profile even higher, delivering the plan that will raise awareness, create demand and generate sales

We define and execute winning technology marketing strategies, including support in ad placement efforts, positioning, messaging, conference and workshop participation, organization of workshops and industry briefings, and development of presentations. We provide the full range of dissemination & communication activities including messaging managing the delivery of marketing messages that communicate highly technical content in a concise, compelling manner, building flash sheets, technical reports, press releases, whitepapers, newsletters, and we circulate them among the target market through selected channels. It is well known that Internet is having a paramount impact on the practice of marketing in both the research and high-tech environments: we deliver innovative web-based marketing and dissemination services as e-briefings, webcasts, webminars, and B2B marketing techniques.

Risk analysis

Technology/business risk assessment: we identify technology/business risks associated with concept scope, estimate their probability of occurrence, estimate the project impact of each risk, and create a risk mitigation, monitoring and management plan RM3. Our consulting services are addressed to ensure that risk factors that are significant to a decision or a project are captured, systemized and synthesized.

Mergers and acquisition of firms advisory

Partner search and attraction, negotiations brokering, analysis/creation of technical, cultural and management balance, partnership/merger of equals creation.

Technical due diligence

Measurement of value and performance of science & technology associated with a firm. We gather and analyze information to provide a thorough understanding of a firms technological & scientific value - the full ensemble of technical and knowledge assets that account for a part of a firms value. Analysis of drivers & performance and identification of the critical information to manage a company and value its shares: assessment of the underlying science and technology and its potential, intellectual property issues; market potential; strategy; risks; intangible assets; analysis of the hidden value of firms people, products, ideas, reputation and research; and any other information needed to provide a corporate performance measurement.

Financial due diligence

Analysis and assessment of the financial, management and operational conditions of a firm, organisation or project.

Policy studies & analyses

Analysis of public policy issues related to scientific and technological change.

Technology reports

Studies providing all relevant and powerful information about a specific technology topic, as well as its business and management aspects surrounding it. The reports can contain technology tutorials, in-depth technology status information, application analysis, commercial logic analysis, marketability prospects, analysis of players and their strategies, facts and figures, worldwide context examination, forecasts, opportunities, weaknesses, risks, regulatory issues, and all the specific information required to gain a thorough understanding of the technology value, invest, make strategic decisions and ensure productivity gains.

Development of educational and promotional/marketing material

Development of technical information documents, tutorials on latest advances and rapidly breaking areas of research and development, communication/documentation, presentations, publications, search of reference material, editorial/publishing work, Web-based activities to disseminate knowledge/technology produced. Development of supplements and whitepapers for use as internal sales tools and for distribution to the broader market for education and product positioning purposes. Seminar and conference development.

Education and Training

Training courses for research managers, investors, industrial executives and potential users of advanced technology; delivered to the desktop through e-learning on-line tools, and CDs.

Think forward. Empower your business

Our studies provide benchmark research, insightful analysis, forecast, incisive advice, and all the required key information to invest, make strategic decisions that create long-term value, and ensure productivity gains. You get thorough understanding of market applications and its viability, of technology developments, industry participants and government policies. We convert information into usable knowledge. And excel at delivering analyses and advisory.

Our methodology

We are committed to provide clients with cost effective, high standards, unrivalled studies. Market, technology, and any other specific requirement are analysed rigorously, accessing and efficiently analysing all critical sources and players involved, making intelligent interviews, and applying specific methodologies for each case using a rigorous approach. Forecasts are derived from state of the art rigorous forecasting techniques. We combine demonstrated scientific and technology strengths with those of strategic thinking, management, business, and social sciences to develop a new spectrum of solutions for contemporary engineering, technology, and business problems. And we are able to assess and analyze the multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary aspects of a problem. That is why our studies are unrivalled.

Research findings are presented in a clear way, providing clients with well documented analyses and underlying assumptions ensuring that integrity and high standards are maintained in every study.

Trust

With innovative and aggressive programmes, we are uniquely positioned to provide solutions performing at peak. Here are only a few reasons that set our performance ahead of the competition:

One - True scientific and technology knowledge: Sapienza is formed by outstanding scientists and technologists with a proven track record of both research and industry achievement; more than 150 scientific publications, around 350 articles published in professional magazines, active participation in important international projects, are some of our credentials. And we are continuously exploring new directions and the latest thinking in our areas of expertise. And we are part of this latest thinking.

Two - At Sapienza we have strong management skills and are business savvy drawing from a significant consulting experience in business analysis and technology strategy. And again we are always pushing our limits to monitor and analyse the state of the art in strategy, management, and business science. We come to the table with solutions that work.

Three - You can trust that you actually benefit from our wealth of knowledge, expertise and intelligence. We are a team always involved in every project and in every stage of it. In an environment that is hard-working and technically superlative. Our support is world-class. You can trust us on that.

Fourth - We have shaped a highly innovative organisational and management structure for our firm using advanced organisational strategies which we are constantly improving as the state of the art advances: as a result, we can cut the costs of our operations. This is why we can offer prices which are highly competitive. You pay just for what is really important to you: consistent, high quality results. and solutions that work, on time and on budget