Fujitsu has enabled the University of Bath to expand the scope of its Innovation Centre by migrating its business network system to a Cloud-based solution. This move has seen the Innovation Centre increase the number of its business networks, leading to more rapid identification of new technology start-up clients and spin-outs from University research.

With a research portfolio worth over £100 million, the University of Bath is ranked tenth in the UK in the 2012 Complete University Guide league table. Its Innovation Centre provides access to expertise, skills and quality contacts in a flexible business environment in which new ventures emanating from the University work along side privately-owned start-ups in an Entrepreneur-friendly environment. It operates a number of business networks, including SiliconSouthwest.co.uk, LowCarbonSouthWest.co.uk, OpenMIC and the Assisted Living Action Network. Over the last five years, ventures from the University of Bath’s Innovation Centre have created 160 new jobs and brought £15m into the City’s economy.