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Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence Context Worldwide impacts on lives & businesses from extreme weather events and climate change are increasing … yet weather & climate information is [becoming] commoditised Governments mandate that publically funded data must be made easily accessibly UK Government vision includes ‘cloud’ based approaches to sharing public data Regulation and policy compound the drive to share information & increase transparency © Crown copyright Met Office

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence Something to start with … Sellers I’ve got something to sell I want to buy something Consumers ebay is the on-line auction website that connects sellers and consumers ebay’s success derives from being a trusted intermediary, providing a new distribution channel for sellers to reach an untapped market of hungry consumers each transaction brokered earns ebay a proportion of the sale price … resulting in a net income of $2.4 billion (2009) ebay is the on-line auction website that connects sellers and consumers ebay’s success derives from being a trusted intermediary, providing a new distribution channel for sellers to reach an untapped market of hungry consumers each transaction brokered earns ebay a proportion of the sale price … resulting in a net income of $2.4 billion (2009)

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence © Crown copyright Met Office a marketplace for buying and selling standards compliant data, applications and value-added services, each ranked according to provenance and scientifically credible quality indicators a discovery portal allowing consumers to find and subsequently process, visualize or download trusted content tailored to their needs an open, collaborative forum that brokers the controlled transfer of digital intellectual property between globally distributed communities interested in understanding the past, present and future impacts of the environment on humanity a management portal enabling data, application and service providers to administer free and premium content that is available through the open platform cloud-based compute services enabling execution of scientific applications and processing algorithms co-located with the data cloud-based storage that provides facilities to host content published to the open platform

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence © Crown copyright Met Office digital intellectual property broker cloud-based storage cloud-based compute management portal discovery portal marketplace

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence Open Platform broad appeal? © Crown copyright Met Office Casual user – participants expected to undertake zero- or low- value transactions; general public, schools and students, enthusiasts etc. Actuary – business professionals who deal with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty Risk manager – the global Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) community seeking to manage and mitigate risk to life and critical infrastructure Professional researcher / analyst – seeks to commercialise or freely publish intellectual property from data collection, analysis, research or modelling activities Value-added services provider – enhances the value-offering of the open platform by providing complimentary services Re-seller – packages offerings from the platform to meet the needs of specific (niche) markets or industry sectors

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence Differentiation How is Open Platform different? search, science & sentiment; combine scientific accreditation, community rating and clear provenance to rank content by merit that is trusted by suppliers and consumers alike the Virtual Workshop; ‘mash-up’ BIG data & algorithms for scientific exploration to socio-economic benefit in a cost-effective, collaborative, cloud-based environment that respects digital intellectual property rights © Crown copyright Met Office

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence© Crown copyright Met Office Technology Strategy Board themes People To establish trusted relationships between consumers and providers of digital content the Open Platform will rank the content listed in search results according to the compound influence of peer feedback and transparent assessment against quality criteria. This allows high quality content to differentiate, and ensure relevance of the content to users. Content & Services The Open Platform creates a sustainable marketplace for exchange and licensed usage of digital intellectual property from industry, government, academia and individuals, including weather and climate forecasts, environmental observations, exposure data, risk models and more. Users [will be] engaged through the provision of open-source, mainstream programming tools and highly accessible visual mashups. Networks The marketplace supported by the Open Platform will require very large-scale storage and powerful scientific compute infrastructure delivered through the cloud with a high- level of service quality required to support business operations. As the market evolves, the demand for business-focused cloud-offerings will drive commercially viable investment in networks and infrastructure as part of the open platform's overall value chain.

Met Office & IBM: commercial in confidence ACRE The 130+ year, 56 Ensemble member 20th Century Reanalysis is expected to © Crown copyright Met Office

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