I. Their flagship product, called SuperPBX is, in fact, named after a real one, which can be found here. It's being developed and owned by a totally different company, called Supertec. I believe a trademark infringement lawsuit is in order.
II. Their logos imitate well known ones. For instance, the Foundry logo is very much alike Google's. The SigEx is very close to FedEx's. Could these be sane business practices?
III. They create ghost companies and names around themselves to give the illusion of a great conglomerate of IT&C business, supposedly top notch in the branch, thus aiming to achieve better public looks and credibility. Quoting from Frédéric Artru's LinkedIn profile:
"SigEx has developped and deployed a parrallel communications network for streaming applications, video, phone, cellphone and other servers globally.
[...]
Our major client and business partner, TechSource International, provides the professional services for our clients which include global recruiting, major real-estate markets, insurance networks, semiconductor clients such as Toshiba Electronics Worldwide as well as major development projects such as the World Trade Center Association or, closer to you, the Bahrein Technology Park"
Phew. Let's read again: "...parrallel communications network for streaming applications, video, phone, cellphone and other servers..." Hm. How on earth do you stream an application? Or a server, for that matter? Also, using "other" implies that applications, videos, phones and cellphones are all servers. While that may, after some considerable logic stretch, hold true in the case of applications, phones and cellphones, I really don't see how videos would pass as servers. Doesn't this look like pure buzzword puke to you?
Next on the list: "...Our major client and business partner, TechSource International...". Hm. Let's see who TechSource International is:
Registrant:
SigEx
4915 Primrose Path
Sarasota, Florida 34242
US
Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: TECHSOURCEINTERNATIONAL.COM
Created on: 04-SEP-03
Expires on: 04-SEP-07
Last Updated on: 12-SEP-06
Administrative, Technical Contact:
Artru, Frederic mis@sigex.com
SigEx
4915 Primrose Path
Sarasota, Florida 34242
US
(941) 349 1219
(941) 349 7488
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.SIGEX.COM
NS2.SIGEX.COM
NS.NETGATE.NET
This looks strangely familliar, doesn't it? Ah, yes. It's owned by the same company, uses the same nameservers and last, but not the least, resolves to the same IP.
Registrant:
SigEx
4915 Primrose Path
Sarasota, Florida 34242
US
Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: SIGEX.COM
Created on: 23-DEC-99
Expires on: 23-DEC-10
Last Updated on: 12-SEP-06
Administrative, Technical Contact:
Artru, Frederic mis@sigex.com
SigEx
4915 Primrose Path
Sarasota, Florida 34242
US
(941) 349 1219
(941) 349 7488
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.SIGEX.COM
NS2.SIGEX.COM
NS.NETGATE.NET
One may ask: "So what exactly is this partnership? Are they partners with themselves?" Seems so...
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