Enterprise Interoperability and ICT: An EU Perspective Gérald SANTUCCI Directorate General Information Society and Media D5 – ICT for Enterprise Networking

EU Enlargement Dublin, 1 May 2004 New Commission Brussels, 1 November EU Constitutional Treaty Rome, 29 October 2004 IST Work Programme Investing 2 B € Orientations for FP7 INTEROP-ESA ’05: A Milestone in a Time of Change

 Rationale –Lisbon Strategy and ICT –Trends for the application of ICT in Business –Towards Service Oriented Enterprises  The Current Situation –Barriers to Networked Business –Role of Standardisation and Research  Vision and Strategy of INFSO/D5 Unit –From eBusiness to “ICT for Business” –From “ICT for Business” to “ICT for Enterprise Networking” –The position and role of Interoperability  Enterprise Interoperability “Cluster”  New Directions for IST in FP7  Conclusion and Outlook Overview

Lisbon Objective & ICT  Large consensus on the significant contribution which ICTs make to productivity and growth  ICTs play a role directly through the contribution of the ICT sector to GDP, and indirectly as other sectors throughout the economy take up and exploit ICTs  ICTs also improve the quality of life of citizens, e.g. by promoting improved access to existing services or by providing completely new services  ICT is one of the key ingredients of sustainable development  The Lisbon targets cannot be met without a pro-active policy on ICT as a key component

Business and ICT Transformations throughout History Mainframes Mini-computers PC client-server Internet Convergence Company level information & automation Automated support Departmental Empowerment Speed, logistics Personal freedom BPR Pervasive global & integrated groups Supply chains Anytime, anywhere; platforms and ecosystems Towards “Service Oriented Enterprises” Globalisation, customisation, outsourcing

Towards Service Oriented Enterprises and Ecosystems Service-oriented Enterprise –ERP systems found to be costly to implement, have high learning curves and serious scalability issues –Today Web Services make SOA practical for knitting diverse applications and communities –SOAs are essential to make business processes better, easier to change, cheaper to create –Organisational issues and governance issues Digital Ecosystems for Businesses –Consequence of consolidation of ICT industry –A few software suppliers define frameworks, standards, and infrastructures for Service Oriented Architecture –Other software suppliers will hook up to that basis –Enterprises will maintain relationships with an ecosystem instead of with individual suppliers (danger of vendor lock-in)

The Current Situation (source: Gartner)

Standardisation and Individualisation Collaborating enterprises want local solutions suiting better their unique local conditions Tensions between: –the needs for co-operation among organisations (standardisation), and –the suitability of proprietary solutions that can more readily meet local conditions (individualisation)

Enterprise Networking Addressing the Barriers Standardisation –consensus building - neutral recognition –role of standardisation bodies CEN/ISSS, ISO, OASIS, OMG –EC actor: DG Enterprise Research –new scientific foundations –role of researchers –EC actor: DG Information Society and Media –for DG INFSO ‘ICT for Enterprise Networking’ Unit: Enterprise Interoperability is a priority!

From “eBusiness” to “ICT for Enterprise Networking” To facilitate the emergence of future business forms designed to exploit the opportunities and manage the challenges posed by the socio-economic and technical revolutions of the 21st century more competitive, innovative, agile and value creating work as networked knowledge-based businesses Future business, more competitive, innovative, agile and value creating, will require new technologies, applications and services to enable them to work as networked knowledge-based businesses Challenges stimulate collaboration manage complexity innovate togetherOrientations technology-driven industry-driven Mid- to long-term structuring a fragmented area platforms for future business

Enterprise Interoperability “Cluster” Objective –Enabling networked business by giving European enterprises the means to seamlessly and securely interoperate with each other Areas of research –Frameworks, reference architectures –Interoperability Infrastructure –Enterprise Modelling –Service-oriented architecture –Trust management –Contract management Projects in the Cluster (as of IST Call 1) –2 Integrated Projects: ATHENA, TRUSTCOM –1 Network of Excellence: INTEROP –1 Specific Targeted Research Project: NO-REST

Projects and Clusters ATHENA INTEROP VE-FORUM No-Rest DBE Legal-IST CrossWork ECOLEAD Mosquito MyCarEvent MyTreasury Co-DesNet ILIPT Spider-Win TrustCoM V-CES VERITASXBRL in Europe SATINE

Projects and Clusters ATHENA INTEROP VE-FORUM No-Rest DBE Legal-IST CrossWork ECOLEAD Mosquito MyCarEvent MyTreasury Co-DesNet ILIPT Spider-Win TrustCoM V-CES VERITASXBRL in Europe SATINE

Projects and Clusters ATHENA INTEROP VE-FORUM No-Rest DBE Legal-IST CrossWork ECOLEAD Mosquito MyCarEvent MyTreasury Co-DesNet ILIPT Spider-Win TrustCoM V-CES VERITASXBRL in Europe SATINE Enterprise Interoperability Frameworks, reference architectures Interoperability Infrastructure Enterprise Modelling Service-oriented architecture Trust management Contract management Digital Ecosystems Complex systems theory Formal languages Business models Policy and growth models Knowledge Sharing Business Networking Reference models Knowledge Management Multi-agent systems Virtual Organisations & Breeding Environments Support technologies Product Lifecycle Business models Smart objects identification Wireless RF technologies Real-time monitoring Middleware interfacing Agent-based systems Knowledge discovery Self-configuring networks Operations research

So What Now? FP6 –Calls 4 and 5 of the IST Thematic PriorityFP7 –Preparatory Phase on-going –Thematic Domains under construction –Industrial Initiatives welcome –Strategic Research Agendas in demand –Articulation with Policy objectives is key eTEN programme –WP2005 –Opportunities for validation and deployment Adapt to change where needed, create change where possible

IST in FP7 – Important Aspects Context: Launching the new initiative “i2010” –Information space –Innovation and investment in ICT –Inclusion and a better quality of life Challenge: Balancing “old” and “new” elements –Core of FP7: Collaborative research –Continuity: Thematic priorities, co-ordination of national research programmes (ERA-NETs, Art. 169), international co-operation, instruments –New elements: Frontier Research, Joint Technology Initiatives (European Technology Platforms) Means: Boosting the budget –A doubling of the current EU resources for RTD by 2013 without offsetting national contributions?

IST in FP7 – Management  In line with the “Marimon report” (June 2004) and the “Gago report” (January 2005)  Continuity, stability and predictability are valued highly by our “customers”   Changes limited to address shortcomings: –Simplify Commission decision procedure and reduce time to contract (comitology) –Cut the bureaucratic “red tape” (superfluous work and reporting requirements) –Streamline the instruments –Use one financial model for all instruments –Premium for SME participation in research –Hierarchy of participants (principal contractors, associated contractors)

IST in FP7 – Themes and Activities Technology Pillars e.g. Software, Grids, trust and dependability, Knowledge, learning and cognitive systems Multi-technology, Multi-disciplinary Integration e.g. Personal environments, Robotic systems, Home environments Application Poles e.g. ICT for organisations and work, ICT for manufacturing

Conclusion and Outlook  Future interoperability research in IST-FP6 and beyond will be based around the ongoing work within the Enterprise Interoperability Cluster  Projects in the Cluster are open in nature to –integrate all stakeholders –get recognition both in industry and research –improve interaction with standardisation bodies  Other RTD projects will be built upon (Call 5)  The “i2010” initiative may provide further opportunities to enhance enterprise interoperability by creating “leadership platforms” and developing EU wide strategies in key areas

For more information FP6/ERA: IST/eEurope: ICT for Business Enterprise Interoperability projects:

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