Enterprise Interoperability Enterprise Interoperability and ICT: and ICT:

An EU PerspectiveAn EU Perspective

Gérald SANTUCCIGérald SANTUCCIDirectorate General

Information Society and MediaD5 – ICT for Enterprise Networking

EU EnlargementDublin, 1 May 2004

New CommissionBrussels, 1 November

EU Constitutional TreatyRome, 29 October 2004

IST Work Programme 2005-2006Investing 2 B €

Orientations for FP7

INTEROP-ESA ’05: INTEROP-ESA ’05: A Milestone in a Time of ChangeA 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

OverviewOverview

Lisbon Objective & ICTLisbon 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 Business and ICT Transformations throughout Historythroughout History

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010Mainframes Mini-computers PC client-server Internet Convergence

Company levelinformation& automation

Automated support

DepartmentalEmpowerment

Speed,logistics

Personalfreedom

BPR

Pervasive global& integrated groups

Supplychains

Anytime, anywhere;platforms and ecosystems

Towards “Service Oriented Enterprises”

Globalisation, customisation, outsourcing

Towards Service Oriented Towards Service Oriented Enterprises and EcosystemsEnterprises 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 SituationThe Current Situation

E-marketplacesLegacy

ApplicationsPurchasedPackages

AutonomousDivisions

Outsourced andASP

ApplicationsApplications FromMergers andAcquisitions

End-UserDevelopment

Applicationsin TradingPartners

Down-load file

HTTP/XML

FTP

Message queue

CICS gateway

Gateway

Trans-action

fileBrowser

MessageDown-

load file APPC

CICS gateway

SMTP

Trans-action

file

Down-load file

Sockets

Screen scrape

Trans-action

fileRPC ORB

Screen scrape

Message queue

XML/HTTP

Trans-action

file

Message queue

E-mail

(source: Gartner)

Standardisation and Standardisation and IndividualisationIndividualisation

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 NetworkingEnterprise NetworkingAddressing the BarriersAddressing 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 From “eBusiness” to “ICT for Enterprise Networking”“ICT for Enterprise Networking”

To facilitate the emergence offuture business forms designed to exploit the opportunities and manage the challenges posed by the socio-economic and technical revolutions of the 21st century

Future business, more more competitive, innovative, agile competitive, innovative, agile and value creatingand value creating, will require new technologies, applications and services to enable them to work as networked knowledge-work as networked knowledge-based businesses based businesses

ChallengesChallengesstimulate collaboration

manage complexity

innovate together

OrientationsOrientationstechnology-driven

industry-drivenMid- to long-term

structuring a fragmented areaplatforms for future business

Enterprise Interoperability “Cluster”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 ClustersProjects and Clusters

ATHENA

INTE

RO

P

VE-FORUM

No-Rest

DBE

Legal-IST

CrossWork

ECOLEAD

Mosquito

MyCarEvent

MyTreasury

Co-DesNet

ILIPT

Spider-WinTrustCoM

V-CES

VERITASXBRL in EuropeSATINE

Projects and ClustersProjects and Clusters

ATHENA

INTE

RO

P

VE-FORUM

No-Rest

DBE

Legal-IST

CrossWork

ECOLEAD

Mosquito

MyCarEvent

MyTreasury

Co-DesNet

ILIPT

Spider-WinTrustCoM

V-CES

VERITASXBRL in EuropeSATINE

Projects and ClustersProjects and Clusters

ATHENA

INTE

RO

P

VE-FORUM

No-Rest

DBE

Legal-IST

CrossWork

ECOLEAD

Mosquito

MyCarEvent

MyTreasury

Co-DesNet

ILIPT

Spider-WinTrustCoM

V-CES

VERITASXBRL in EuropeSATINE

Enterprise InteroperabilityFrameworks, reference architectures

Interoperability InfrastructureEnterprise Modelling

Service-oriented architectureTrust management

Contract management

Digital EcosystemsComplex 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 LifecycleBusiness models

Smart objects identificationWireless RF technologies

Real-time monitoringMiddleware interfacingAgent-based systemsKnowledge discovery

Self-configuring networks

Operations research

So What Now?So What Now?

FP6FP6 – Calls 4 and 5 of the IST Thematic Priority

FP7FP7 – Preparatory Phase on-going– Thematic Domains under construction– Industrial Initiatives welcome– Strategic Research Agendas in demand– Articulation with Policy objectives is key

eTEN programmeeTEN programme– WP2005 – Opportunities for validation and deployment

Adapt to change where needed, create change where possible

IST in FP7 – Important AspectsIST in FP7 – Important AspectsContext: 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 – ManagementIST 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 ActivitiesIST in FP7 – Themes and Activities

Technology Pillarse.g. Software, Grids, trust and dependability,

Knowledge, learning and cognitive systems

Multi-technology, Multi-disciplinary Integratione.g. Personal environments, Robotic systems,

Home environments

Application Polese.g. ICT for organisations and work, ICT for

manufacturing

Conclusion and OutlookConclusion 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 informationFor more informationFP6/ERA:http://www.cordis.lu/era/home.htmlhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html

IST/eEurope:http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeuropehttp://www.cordis.lu/ist

ICT for Business Enterprise Interoperability projects:http://www.athena-ip.orghttp://www.interop-noe.orghttp://www.no-rest.orghttp://www.eu-trustcom.com

E-mail: gerald.santucci@cec.eu.intE-mail: arian.zwegers@cec.eu.int

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