The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
November 2012
FI-WARE – Overview
Jose Jimenez (Director international programmes)
http://www.fi-ware.eu Future Internet for new Century Cities
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Future Internet PPP
The FI-PPP follows an industry-driven approach aiming to develop a Core
Platform that enables development of smart applications in the Future Internet
It promotes experimentation and validation in real application contexts,
bringing together demand and supply and involving users.
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The objective is to build the common
elements of the FI From a traditional vertical solution…
One ICT (device-network-IT) solution for each service
No synergies
Non re-usable or scalable solutions
Traditional ICT business model
…to holistic horizontal solutions: the smart city
Service N Service 1 Service 2
Network N Network 1 Network 2
Intelligence
layer 1
Intelligence
layer 2
Intelligence
layer N
Device N Device 1 Device 2
Open participation to new services and users
New ICT business model enabled
New services based on synergies
Scalable, normalized and modular technological model
Smart Devices
Smart Connectivity
Smart City Platform
Service N Service 1 Service 2
Enabled horizontal services
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
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A Colaborative programme
An open platform, and an example realization, for service creation, in different areas
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Focused on the needs of Application
Developers and Providers
People Businesses
Consumers
Open APIs
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Apps/Services Provider
Apps/Services Developer
Platform Provider
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
What are the needs of developers ?
Connect apps to the physical world
Manage data at large scale and transform it
into knowledge
Reach target users, monetize
Benefit from other users. Open systems,
cocreationt
Keep investment in infrastructures lower
and under control
Ensuring Privacy, Security and trust
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
FI Core Platform Architecture: The elements
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Developer tools
Service delivery Cloud Hosting Internet
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Interface to the Network and devices
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
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With a modular design
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Each Architecture Chapter in FI-
WARE will lead to definition of a set of
GEs
GE specifications are open (public and royalty-free)
There might be multiple compliant implementations
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Those elements can be replicated according
to your needs
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Fiware: A sound and trustworthy design
• A portable solution
• Made of independent but interdependent modules
Standardized
• All APIs and a great number of elements will be open Software Open
• Supported by major vendors and Telco providers Future
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Innovation requires much more than
research
Telefónica Global investment
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Future Internet PPP – Programme Architecture
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The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
FI-WARE Test-bed
The FI-WARE Testbed will be a case example of a FI-WARE
Instance. It:
• will allow Use Case projects and third parties to run and test Future
Internet Applications based on FI-WARE GEs, validating them.
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The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
FI-WARE Open Innovation Lab
FI-WARE will work towards building an Open Innovation Lab which combines:
• The FI-WARE Testbed
• The FI-WARE Development Support Infrastructure (forge + additional community tools)
It is intended that this Open Innovation Lab be available to third parties
(specially SMEs) after the second year
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The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Some figures and data about FI-WARE
26 partners
5 Universities
4248 Person Months (exc open calls)
Total Funding 41 M€
Open calls 12,3 M€
Total budget 66,4 M€
Three years duration
Main data
The FI-WARE Project – Core Platform for
the Future Internet
Thanks !!
Creating a solid basis for the
Internet of the Future
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