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Saturday, November the 07th, 2009
Cédric Mangaud, CEO of Abaxia, interviewed by Journal du Net (french)
Cedric Mangaud (Abaxia):
"The Belarusian engineers stand by their resourcefulness"
What effects have your presence in Belarus on the costs of your delivery of services?
“Our services are not necessarily less expensive because we can have more people work on projects”
“International implies a reduction in costs, but not only. Because we realize 80% of our sales abroad, being able to prove to our customers that we can be present at sites located in different countries is a key element of our marketing approach. This proves that we know how to manage multisite and that we are organized.
But to answer your specific question on costs, we can reduce these two to three times on developments. But there are costs that come to add: the specifications must be more comprehensive, there are more meetings, more internal process, more trips, more telephone expenses ...
Finally, there is a real potential savings but our services are not necessarily less expensive because we can have more people on our projects, and that's what we are doing.“
Friday, November the 06th, 2009
Belarus, the Eldorado of Embedded Solutions - Cédric Mangaud, CEO, interview by 01Net.com (french)
Cédric Mangaud: «Belarus, the Eldorado of Embedded Solutions »
How many people do you employ in Minsk?
"We started with five people in early 2007, and then tripled the workforce each year. Abaxia is now the largest French computer company in Belarus with approximately sixty people, if we take into account teams of Mobile Tag, a spin-off of Abaxia. Seventy students from two universities in Minsk also collaborate with us. We have made a large classroom full of PCs and mobile available for them. This allows us to identify the best people. In Minsk, we're home in the Hi-Tech Park free zone, with our offices, our employees. Unlike the offshore mode, having a structure enables the creation of a corporate identity"
Thursday, November the 05th, 2009
Video interview of Cédric Mangaud, CEO of Abaxia (french)
Cédric Mangaud, Founder of Abaxia, goes back over his career as an entrepreneur. In this video portrait, Cedric Mangaud recalls his studies between France and Asia, the implementation of his company, which specializes in customizing mobile phones for mobile operators, but also the interest to settle in Belarus, Eastern Europe. He also mentions his activities as an investor, and provides some advice to junior Internet entrepreneurs.
Monday, October the 05th, 2009
Cédric Mangaud: "A sleeping idea is a dead idea" (french)
Cédric Mangaud: "A sleeping idea is a dead idea"
What is the impact of the current crisis on your business?
"Like all businesses, we are affected by the economic crisis, but fairly measured.
In a crisis period, companies must learn to control their costs. This is easy for us, as our company has been profitable from the start; we have never rolled in money. We therefore have always paid attention to our expenses.
Above all, we are on a growing market, the smartphones' market. Even if the overall telecom market is decreasing, as customers watch their spending, the smartphone, on the middle/high segment of the market, is relatively unaffected. This allowed us to hire two new employees in recent months. Today we employ 54 people, and half of them are based in France
What advice would you give to an entrepreneur?
I've always been surprised at the number of projects that fail. Many people think of starting a business, nurse a project but are not acting out. However, a sleeping idea is a dead idea! If I may, I would advise those who are thinking about starting a business, not merely think they have a good idea, but to chew it up and make it live."
Thursday, September the 03rd, 2009
Abaxia idle screen/search application is selected by Microsoft as a Kickapps challenge winner!
Microsoft has selected 5 applications as winners of the Windows Mobile developing challenge Kickapps.
Mobile Desktop is one of the winners.
The application offers an alternative homescreen for Windows Mobile devices with customizable shortcuts to favorite contacts, applications, bookmarks and messaging options. In addition, Mobile Desktop brings Search to the homescreen with a one-click access search box for both on-device content and internet!
Monday, August the 24th, 2009
Abaxia introduces content update and statistics to on-device Search application
Abaxia upgrades on-device Search application with content update and statistics retrieval through France and UK with a Tier1 operator.
Thanks to AOP, Abaxia Open Platform, the on-device Search is now live. New dictionaries and content can be updated over-the-air and anonymous usage statistics are retrieved.
Contact us for more information!
Thursday, June the 18th, 2009
Abaxia launches On-device Search application in France and UK
Abaxia launches On-device Search application in France and UK.
On-device and online search tool is being deployed with a Tier1 Operator. The search tool is integrated within the homescreen and offers recommendations and sponsored content inside the results.
Monday, May the 18th, 2009
Abaxia integrates Opera widgets into homescreen
Abaxia integrates Opera widgets into homescreen for Tier1 Operator on Nokia Smartphones.
Using the latest innovations from Abaxia, including idle screen content provider "UCP" technology and the server platform "AOP", Abaxia has introduced Opera widgets management within the homescreen.
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Saturday, February the 14th, 2009
Abaxia unveils AOP, the server solution that activates the idle screen
In addition to the embedded applications, Abaxia has developed a server solution, "Abaxia Open Platform" (AOP) to activate the idle screen.
AOP enables an end-to-end client server architecture between the embedded client application and the server.
This new solution allows to consider connected use-cases, bringing more value to Mobile Portal and Mobile Finder applications:
- Statistics
- Update
- Profiling
By offering new connected services and contents, Abaxia Open Platform creates value during the complete device's life.
Saturday, January the 31th, 2009
Come and visit Abaxia during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona!
Abaxia will be present at the MWC 2009 in Barcelona. (Feb. 16th to 19th).
Come and see us at the Mobile World Congress 2009!
We are located in the Hall 2, stand 2F28.
We will be pleased to show you our latest solutions in User Interface, Active Idle Screen, Content Promotion and Mobile Search!!!
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