MIT : les 50 entreprises les plus innovantes
Récemment, le - célèbre - MIT a listé les 50 entreprises les plus innovantes pour 2011 ; voici
les 21 premières :
Computing & Communications
Public Companies (sociétés cotées)
1. Apple
§ Why:The rest of the consumer electronics industry is scrambling to catch up to the iPad. The iPhone
still sets the standard for smart phones, even if its market share slips.
§ Key innovation:Its limited lineup of mobile devices all run on the same easy-to-use
software.
2. ARM Holdings
§ Why:It is redesigning smart phones and tablets so that they'll use much less power and need
recharging less often.
§ Key innovation:Developed energy-efficient customizable chips for mobile devices.
3. HTC
§ Why:Smart phones that run Android have become an alternative to Apple's mobile devices.
§ Key innovation:Designed well-crafted devices in partnerships with Google and wireless
carriers.
4. IBM
§ Why:Computing can transform infrastructure such as electric grids and traffic control
systems.
§ Key innovation:Is drawing on its research expertise and that of software companies it's acquired to
develop services for many infrastructure industries and expand the market for information technologies.
5. iRobot
§ Why:Robots can save lives by doing jobs too dangerous for people.
§ Key innovation:Its small, agile robots can detect and dispose of explosive devices for the
military.
Private Companies (Sociétés non cotées)
6. Calxeda
§ Why:Its technology can reduce the cost of computing in data centers.
§ Key innovation:Runs servers with cell-phone chips rather than processors built on
industry--standard designs, which are more power-hungry.
7. Lyric Semiconductor
§ Why: Computer chips that operate with probabilities instead of binary logic could speed
applications such as fraud analysis and machine vision.
§ Key innovation:Its microprocessor uses electronic signals to represent probabilities rather than
binary 0s and 1s.
8. PrimeSense
§ Why:User interfaces based on gesture recognition make possible new applications in gaming and
everyday computing.
§ Key innovation:Developed the 3-D sensor system that Microsoft's Kinect device uses to track
movement.
9. Square
§ Why:Expanding the use of mobile payments will help small businesses.
§ Key innovation:Built technology that lets anyone accept credit cards using smart phones.
Web & Digital Media
Public Companies (sociétés cotées)
10. Akamai
§ Why:The exponential growth in traffic on the Web is possible because of services that route data
intelligently.
§ Key innovation:Its algorithms optimize online routes for content delivery.
11. Amazon.com
§ Why:E-books are finally becoming a large, mainstream market.
§ Key innovation:Even as it seeded the e-book market with the Kindle, Amazon has made it easy for
people to read e-books on other devices, such as the iPad.
12. Google
§ Why:It still sets the agenda in Web search, even as it pushes the development of Android for mobile
devices.
§ Key innovation:Its software development process remains relatively fast even as the company has
gotten very big.
13. Netflix
§ Why:Inexpensive video on demand, delivered over the Internet, undercuts cable and points the way to
a likely future for TV.
§ Key innovation:Built demand for a streaming video service by including it free with DVD-by-mail
subscriptions.
Private Companies (sociétés non cotées)
14. Cotendo
§ Why:Web applications must get faster and feel much more responsive to users if cloud computing is
to keep growing.
§ Key innovation:Its technology efficiently routes traffic across the Internet and makes websites
faster.
15. Crowdcast
§ Why: Corporate decision-making gets smarter if it taps the insights of rank-and-file
employees.
§ Key innovation:Private prediction markets let employees forecast the results of corporate
choices.
16. Facebook
§ Why:Social networking on the Web is becoming a powerful advertising medium and a platform for
startups that offer add-on services.
§ Key innovation:Adapts quickly to shape its site into a medium that advertisers consistently want to
use.
17. Groupon
§ Why:By encouraging millions of people to sign up for quirky daily advertising e-mails, Groupon has
created one of the fastest-growing revenue generators on the Web.
§ Key innovation:Offers local businesses a way to guarantee a return on their promotional budget,
thereby tapping into a huge advertising pool that has eluded many Web companies.
18. Layar
§ Why:Augmented reality enhances the value of a mobile device, employing its camera and GPS and
displaying information about the user's surroundings.
§ Key innovation:Its development platform lets businesses and advertisers add AR functions to their
own apps.
19. Twitter
§ Why:Now that the company has begun to make money from its large user base, a service that has woven
its way into everyday life is more likely to stick around.
§ Key innovation:Its business model offers selected opportunities for advertisers while drawing
income from deals that let search engines index its content.
20. Ushahidi
§ Why:Web tools can help people respond to crises such as earthquakes and political
protests.
§ Key innovation:Its open-source crowdsourcing tool overlays field reports on maps, providing
critical and often life-saving data during emergencies.
21. Zynga
§ Why:Companies are building ¬businesses inside platforms like Facebook.
§ Key innovation:Its social games offer people a new way to interact online.
Eclairages complémentaires : un article en français (DSI) ou celui du MIT Technology Review
France