1. DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS Some Possible Actions
Stavros Christodoulakis
MUSIC
Technical University of Crete

2. BASIC RESEARCH ISSUES
.Creating Predictable and Trustable Components (Self-tuning, self-reorganization, balancing of work, performance prediction)
.Fast finding components that offer “appropriate” services, and integration of services in heterogeneous environments
.Synthesizing transactions. Transactional models are still based on serialization… at a time of mobile and ambient business computing.
.Designing for multiple delivery platforms
.Synthesis of heterogeneous workflows
.Integrating community structures with processes, knowledge and services

3. HORISONTAL ACTIONS
For impact it is crucial to have EU level actions with a long term view
Critical mass and trust are still very important problems for SME’s
Examples: EU Agrofood and Tourism horizontal Actions
Successful application could be followed by National activities