Enterprise Interoperability contributing to the emergence of future business forms

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1 Enterprise Interoperability contributing to the emergence of future business forms Cristina Martinez, European Commission Opening session, i-esa 07 Madeira, 28 March

2 History of Enterprise Interoperability research in the European Commission First Workshops under FP5 Summer 2000 Autumn 2001 Initial division of playing field IDEAS project ( ) June 2002 June 2003 Future research challenges, gaps, roadmaps in interoperability Research activities in FP6 Autumn 2003 Dec 2006 A map of eight projects hosted by ICT for EN (D4) Clustering of projects Links with other domains (egovernment, web)& ETP EI Roadmap 2

3 R&D work on Enterprise Interoperability under FP7 Mission of the Networked Enterprise & Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Unit: Towards pervasive business systems Three clusters of projects ICT for collaborative ambient intelligence-based solutions (RFID) Digital business ecosystems Enterprise Interoperability Cluster profile Up to 8 FP6 projects under FP6, funding +/ M Euro 2 IP, 1 NOE, 5 STREPS, 4 new projects to come 3

4 From an EI cluster to an EI community From a group of 6 EU-funded projects (core group) to a loose Community of more than 80 experts (varying from one workshop to another) Delivering both individual and common results Enterprise Interoperability Research Roadmap Various iterations of roadmap document ( ) Input from stakeholders Industry and cluster workshops in June 2006 Outcome: a vision for the domain and research directions Final Draft (Version 3): End July 06 - Final Disposition of Comments (more than 70) Paper Publication by the European Commission for echallenges/ist2006/esiig/etc. 4

5 Originality of the roadmap' strategy for the industry Characteristics of the Research Roadmap Forward-looking, ambitious Vision, technology trajectories, from research to value Strengthen, Awareness-raising and FP7 input Roadmap is widely applicable beyond the EI cluster. Sharing ideas and knowledge Evolving document Vision Knowledge-Oriented Collaboration Web Technologies for EI Interoperability Service Utility Science Base 5

6 Anticipating the future of business Networked enterprise and RFID Facilitating emergence of future business forms through research Vision of tomorrow s businesses: more competitive, innovative, agile, and value creating but highly techno-dependent! Interoperability fulfilling this vision 6

7 The business environment today Major phenomenon impacting the way of doing business lead to New collaboration forms Synchronization of processes Sharing of knowledge necessary among other constraints In a context of convergence of technology and sciences Globalization Outsourcing Customization 7

8 Technology convergence Continuous Interneting: connected to anyone, anywhere, anytime Combination of material and immaterial set of tools Service Oriented Enterprise made of enterprise platforms built around the delivery of new services Diversity of continuously evolving ecosystems of enterprises in the future ->thanks to the new WEB 8

9 WEB2.0 and the Social Web Web 2.0 based on social networking (O Reilly) Web 2.0 applications can be characterized as: fostering the users to participate collectively to the construction of the content; exploiting the network effects created by a participative architecture; and are based on lightweight business models enabled by content and service syndication Where content is built collectively, large participation leads to high quality content Ex: in Nature magazine (Dec. 06) accuracy in articles on average 3,86 mistakes for Wikipedia against 2,92 for Britannica 9

10 Taxonomies vs. Folksonomies Taxonomies Tag labelling by the experts Controlled vocabulary Systematic Formalised Limited representation of the business Owned and protected knowledge Folksonomies Tag labelling by the folks Free vocabulary Unsystematic Open-ended Shared interpretation of the world Shared knowledge The old saying of Vox populi, vox Dei, as every philosopher knows, cannot be trusted in science CHARLES DARWIN END? 10

11 Convergence between business applications, web semantics and Web 2.0 SOCIO- ECONOMIC CONTEXT (ecosystem paradigm) Multidisciplinary vision Sharing representa tions Expressed with formal languages (web 2.0 movement) Connotative meaning (semantic web tools) INNOVATION? (semantic economy) 11

12 The evolving concept of Knowledge Both a merchandise and a commons Stemming from ambient intelligence environments Data is manipulated with extracting, reporting and statistical tools Terabytes of data acquiring meaning and new value New knowledge = new perspectives 12

13 Consequences of this convergence for society at large Different communities converging Structural coupling from material and immaterial world Radical innovation is possible but how will it transfigure? or 13

14 Impact of convergence on Enterprise Interoperability research Past FP5-6 research delivered mostly platforms and web applications Lack of scientific and technical synergy No critical mass of researchers Towards a convergence of sciences, technologies and philosophies EI research roadmap delivered a vision identifying emerging business phenomena EI Research roadmap called for a Knowledge-oriented Collaboration, an Interoperability Services Utility, Web technologies and a science base for EI EI community needs to support this shift in paradigm 14

15 EI tools adapting to ubiquitous technology To apprehend cultural diversity and knowledge created in cyberspace new technology and new concepts are needed (M.Missikof) EI tools can support convergence, continuous evolution and innovation Dynamic adjustments Knowledge management Harmonization Recommendation Negotiation 15

16 Evolutionary dimension of interoperability Technology evolution and evolving user requirements Linearity of advancement Soft aspects Sequence Meaning Form Medium Inter-enterprise enterprise co-ordination ordination Business process integration Semantical application integration Syntactical application integration Physical integration Loose coupling components Organisational level Semantic level Technical level 16

17 Impact for organizations Interoperability is required to achieve seamless operation among and within networked organisations At technical, semantic and organisation level Concepts used to describe interoperability issues needs to be re-vamped Service Oriented Architectures are only the first attempt to ease collaboration along the network ? 17

18 How is the New 7th FP addressing this convergence? ICT in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Time for re-orientation, re-thinking, re-consideration Applications Research aligning its priorities to user needs ICT supporting large businesses and SMEs Enterprise Interoperability in ICT-FP7 Identifying and addressing new issues and challenges (> the internet of the future) Defining requirements and options for collaborative RTD in a different way (new concepts, new theories) Broadening the research base and the research constituency Exchanging with/learning from other parts of the world New Ideas and New Research: Not replacing or re-inventing what is already ongoing 18

19 What does the ICT Work Programme contain? The following Challenge 1 Objectives are open at Call 1, and potentially subject to proposals cutting across several Objectives: 1.1: The Network of the Future (3 Sub Obj) 1.2: Service and Software Architectures, Infrastructures and Engineering (4 Sub Obj) 1.3: ICT in support of the networked enterprise (3 Sub Obj) ICT : Secure, dependable and trusted Infrastructures (4 Sub Obj) ICT : Networked Media (2 Sub Obj) Any subset is possible. Subsets also possible at Sub Objectives level 19

20 Objective ICT : ICT in support of the networked enterprise Three ICT challenges to master for the Networked Enterprise: Solutions for EI and collaboration Tools and technologies for K-oriented enterprise collaboration Architecture and platforms for network devices (like RFID) Research results should support highly distributed operations, reduced life-cycle cost, and integration with legacy systems. SMEs: The work should in particular support business networks addressing the specific needs of SMEs. SMEs are also an important part of the consortia 20

21 Target Outcome (I): the ISU (1/2) Generic integrated solutions for interenterprise interoperability and collaboration in the context of the networked enterprise An Interoperability Service Utility Built around an open architecture supporting heterogeneity, flexibility, usability, and continuous evolution Provides individual services enabling information exchange between diverse sources of knowledge, software applications, and Web services Requires collaborative and sustainable business models as well as good governance models 21

22 Target Outcome (I): a science base for EI (2/2) A science base A challenge for the Enterprise Interoperability research field to become an enabler for innovation and value creation Research decoupled from particular technologies/products A new set of concepts, theories and principles Associated methods, techniques and practices 22

23 Target Outcome II: Knowledgeoriented collaboration Tools and technologies for collaboration across multiple domains Knowledge-oriented collaboration Tools and methodologies enhancing knowledge for collaboration Tools for knowledge management/ collaboration/ generation to support enterprise interoperability Collaboration knowledge bases Knowledge representation tools in VO 23

24 Budget & Call Information 1st Call WP : FP7-ICT Opening: 22/12/ Closing: 08/05/2007 Indicative budget allocation per funding scheme 1 CA for co-ordination of EU activities on RFID 1 SA for global RFID related standardisation activities IP STREP SA CA Enterprise interoperability X X Distributed Networked devices (RFID) > 11 million X X >11 million X 1 million X Intra-enterprise collaboration X 24

25 What can we expect for the future? 16th of March 2007: the People's Republic of China has adopted its first law regulating property ownership in an attempt to adapt to new "economic and social realities" in China. 25

26 References Concepts for European SMEs Competitiveness, Report on the Workshop, 11 may 2006 "ebusiness ROADMAP, addressing key ebusiness standards issues ", CEN ebif ISSS European Competitiveness Report 2003 Future markets for Enterprise Interoperability: Some issues for consideration, Man- Sze Li, 2006 H. He, What Is Service-Oriented Architecture? In: O Reilly s Webservices.xml.com, 30 September Available from IDABC Work Programme, Third Revision, European Commission Interoperability Study, version 3, egovernment Unit, European Commission ITU, ITU 2005 Internet Report The Internet of Things, November Available from: pub/ist/docs/grids/ngg3_eg_final.pdf New trends in Technologies and Enablers for applications for the future Government in 2020, for the European Commission, DG JRC - IPTS, Michele Missikof, CSSC & LEKS, IASI-CNR, draft v.0.5 Report on "Business relations in European industry: trends, visions, future scenarios and key issues for ebusiness«(ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/ist/docs/directorate_d/ebusiness/ws report_en.pdf Study on Interoperability at Local and Regional Level. White Paper, European Interoperability Framework, - ICT Industry Recommendations -, COmpTia,

27 Thank you for your attention ebusiness (ICT for Enterprise Networking) web site on Cordis (EU research Portal): ebusiness portal on Europa: ebusiness activities of Enterprise Directorate-General: I2010 web site: ebusiness Watch: Research Framework Programme 6 & FP7: The IST programme: European Commission, The 2005 Report on ICT for Enterprise Networking. ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/ist/docs/directorate_d/ebusiness/2005-ict-report_en.pdf Enterprise Interoperability Research Roadmap ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/ist/docs/directorate_d/ebusiness/2005-ict-ent-net/ei.htm mailto:cristina.martinez@ec.europa.eu 27