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Enabling Technologies

Prof. Dimitris Plexousakis

Department of Computer Science,

University of Crete

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University of CreteEnabling Technologies

• Definition of “Enabling Technology” (www.businessdictionary.com)

“Equipment and/or methodology that, alone or in combination with associated technologies, provides the means to generate giant leaps in performance and capabilities of the user. For example, the coming together of telecommunication technologies, internet, and groupware has leveled the field so that even smaller firms are able to compete in areas where they otherwise could not.”

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University of CreteEnabling Technologies

Enabling ICT technologies that can provide a fundamental contribution to promote growth and competition and can help boost the economy in rural areas:

• Broadband infrastructure services (Broadband development in Greek rural areas)

• Cloud Computing services

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Broadband development in Greek rural areas

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Broadband development in rural areas: Context

• Greece comprises a significant number of remote and dispersed residential departments. Most of these areas are mountainous or insular, economically disadvantaged and scarcely populated– population in such areas represents only 7,56% of the

total Greek population– about 50% of the residents over 55 years of age– these areas correspond to almost 45% of the Greek

territory, in terms of geographical coverage and number of villages

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Broadband development in rural areas: Context

• Significant broadband infrastructural gap, due to technical, geographical and socioeconomic characteristics of such rural areas (“white” areas).

• Lack of sufficient incentives for commercial operators to upgrade or expand the existing networks - lack of commercial interest in the targeted areas.

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“White” areashttp://mapsrv2.terra.gr/eettutilities/mapnew.aspx

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“White” areasin the Region of Crete

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Broadband development in rural areas: Measures

• The objective of the Greek state is to close the “broadband gap” between the white rural areas and the grey/black areas in Greece.

• Targets: areas where no broadband services are available and where operators have no incentives to provide such services on commercial terms.

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University of CreteDescription of the measure

• Goal: provide broadband infrastructure coverage to a substantial part of the white areas of the country as well as reliable and affordable connectivity services.

• Specific objectives– promoting infrastructure penetration targets of

20% in the short-term and up to 35% in the medium-term

– providing a basis for a gradual increase to 30Mbps for each prospective customer

– fostering a competitive market preventing that a single operator gains special advantages

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University of CreteDescription of the measure

• To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the Greek authorities intend to develop and operate a broadband network infrastructure which will be open to all network operators requesting access– public ownership of the infrastructure– open tender process for awarding the

construction, management and operation of the network to a winning contractor

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University of CreteDuration of the measure

• Rollout of the infrastructure: 2012 to 2015.

• The contract for management and operation of the network will have a 10-year duration.

• After that period, the Greek authorities (who retain the ownership of the network) may proceed with a new awarding procedure.

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University of CreteBudget and funding instruments

• The sources of public funding are– the Rural Development Program of Greece 2007-2013

(EARFD),– the Operational Program “Digital Convergence” (ERDF),– other national funds, to cover specific non-eligible

expenses of the above European funds.

• The maximum amount of public funding (all sources included) may come up to €250.000.000.

• Since the contract will be awarded through an open tender procedure, the final public contribution is expected to be lower.

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University of CreteTechnology

• The backhaul part of the network should be based on fiber optic technology

• Operators will use technologies of choice for the connection of the access segments to the backhaul part

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Cloud Computing services

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University of CreteWhat are Cloud Services?

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University of CreteThe types of Cloud Services

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University of CreteBenefits of virtualization

1.Cost savings –"pay as you go" / "pay per use" model

2.Scalability – access to more IT resources any time

3.Security and disaster recovery – data redundancy and rapid recovery

4.Optimum use of resources, environment-friendliness, lower energy consumption, with smaller carbon footprints

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Cost savings - Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

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Cloud Computing services in rural areas

• The cloud infrastructure will be hosted in a Data Center at an urban area; the rural areas will deploy the services without concerns about electric power and network availability in their locale

• SMEs in rural areas will be able to offer e-commerce services for their customers without need to purchase any hardware or software: particular services may be requested from cloud services providers

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Cloud Computing services in rural areas

• Local communities will increasingly offer localized content

• Entrepreneurship will be encouraged due to low entry cost

• Services will be addressed to customers beyond the local population

• Competition and competitiveness will increase

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Cloud Computing services in rural areas

• Cloud Computing can be a solution to fulfill the needs of e-Government in rural areas– Cloud computing permits to uniformly cover the

whole country with e-government solutions, independently of divergence of local administrative authorities.

– Service-oriented architecture facilitates the provision of composite services implementing entire customer processes, where a customer may be a citizen or an enterprise.

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The transformation of the tourism sector: the Tourist 3

• “Today’s tourists are geared towards the 3.0 environment; they are connected to the Net and

are highly present in social networks. Consequently, it is more important than ever for destinations and tourism enterprises to not only have an Internet presence but also to offer their

users a good experience and the necessary tools to interact with the supply side and with other

users.”

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO):Microsoft and UNWTO to drive innovation in the tourism sector,PR 12010, Madrid, 28 Feb 12

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University of CreteSummary

• Enabling technologies of strategic importance to the development of rural areas and in particular to the development of tourism services :– Broadband infrastructure services– Cloud computing

• New measures undertaken by the Greek state are expected to yield substantial benefit for the development of broadband connectivity

• Regional data centers may host value-added B2B and B2C services in an economic and scalable manner

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University of CreteDescription of the measure

• The winning contractor will only offer wholesale services and will not be able to offer retail broadband services.

• End users will be served by third party telecom operators or internet service providers, who will gain access to the new network at a fee which will be set and monitored by the Greek National Regulatory Authority EETT.

• The network will be able to offer two types of services:– "Class A" services of 30 Mbit/s - available for at least45% of the

targeted population, including all residential departments with more than 400 inhabitants

– "Class B" services of 8 Mbit/s - for the other rural areas (but is considered only an intermediate step and Class A services).

• The measure aims at achieving coverage of at least 75% of the population of the rural areas and at least 50% of the areas