FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities “Smart Communities” in a broader term JEUPISTE Project Innovation Workshop No.1 October 13th 2014, Brussels Jose Gonzalez
Internet: a transformation engine Navigation, Calling a taxi (Uber), Recruiting (Linkedin)… FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 2
The Internet will again transform the daily life of individuals and businesses FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 3
How can the new opportunities be captured and ultimately translated into local economy growth and creation of jobs? ecosystem openglobalsustainable Build an FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 4
The Pillars of the ecosystem October 13th FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities
FIWARE Platform What is it? Cloud hosting capabilities + rich number of added-value functions offered “as a Service” Thus, it is an open alternative to existing proprietary Internet platforms (Amazon or Google), enabling an easy development of Future Internet applications ICT Smart Communities will be able to: –Choose the provider where to deploy apps to deal with Smart City services –Obtain Open Data from such environment in a standard and easy manner FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 6
FIWARE Lab FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 7 A powerful open innovation ecosystem where key players can meet Offered to developers for free, they can experiment and deploy showcase using FIWARE technology and exploiting published open data
FIWARE Lab FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 8 17 nodes in Europe providing up to cores, 16TB+ RAM, 750TB+ HD Creation of nodes outside Europe: Mexico and Brazil (so far) Level 1 and Level 2 support for the nodes Showcases for developers, infrastructures, smart businesses
FIWARE Ops FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 9
FIWARE Accelerate A program that funds European smart communities, and ignites roll-out of the ecosystem FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 10
FI-LINKS in a nutshell FIWARE and ICT-enabled smart communities 11
Thank you for your attention! Jose Gonzalez