Open Data, Open Innovation and The Cloud

Mark Gayler – magayler@microsoft.com Open Software Lead – www.microsoft.com/openness

Summit of New Thinking – Berlin, Nov 2012

Expectations are ChangingPersonalized, quality services wherever they are

Engagement in issues that affect them

Their privacy and security respected

Citizens expect…

Tools that follow their work style

Workplaces that support the devices they use

Social tools to help them collaborate across boundaries

Workers expect…

The ability to consult with constituents wherever they are

Insight and performance management

Competitive environment, attracting investments

Leaders expect…

Exploiting the Latest Technology Trends

Consumerization

Cloud ComputingCloud Computing

Data Explosion

Extracting business value from technology…

Scenarios• Mash-up data to create data feeds• Publish feeds into Open Data Catalogues• Develop applications that consume data

Utilization• Reuse data internally across agencies• Stimulate public innovation• Improve citizen services

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Open Government DataShare public data for transparency, participation, and stimulate new services based on the data

Country Data Type EstimatedBusiness Value

Australia GIS/Spatial €5.2Bn

Australia Statistics €19M

Denmark Energy/Construction €540M

England/Wales Local Geospatial €400M

Ireland National €83M

Spain National €550M

UK GIS/Met/Mapping €7.5Bn

USA Meteorological €309M

LOB Apps Flat files Hierarchical oData Feeds

Civil Servant

AgencyCitizen

Developer

Open DataData Catalog

Search toolsAPI

Data feeds

Internal Data

Integration Services

Analysis Services

Reporting Services

Open Government Data Scenarios

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Performance Management

Advanced AnalyticsFor Government

Public Websites

Community DataGeographic Information

Systems

Enterprise Information

Management

Open Government Data

Government ERP

Government Data Interoperability

Cloud is Open for developers Low entry cost

Open Data and the CloudInnovationAccelerator

Build quicklyMinimal infrastructure Highly scalableData agility

*Graphic courtesy techlabs.com http://www.windowsazure.com

Eye On Earth is the outcome of a strong collaboration with Microsoft. It maps sensor water and air quality data, while allowing citizen feedback through its dynamic and user-friendly web site.

Eye On Earth is a Cloud-based service by European Environmental Agency (EEA), since 2009

Water quality measured vs. reported at Brno dam – Brněnská přehrada

www.eyeonearth.eu

Localized in 26 Languages

Open for more information

Map functions

Enquiry pushpin

Cost-Effective Infrastructure

Catalogue IntegrationSeamless Access

Cloud ScaleBig Data Analytics

http://data.gov.uk UK Weather Data Archive

FloodAlerts on Facebook

Facts and Figures• UK Met Office Weather Data on data.gov.uk

– 5,000 UK locations, – Hourly forecasts: daily + 5 days, 3hrly + 5 days– Approx 250 million rows per hour of data

• Transport for London (TfL) - London Underground Trains– #1 European popular Open Data solution by citizen usage

• average 2.3million hits per day from 80+ ISV mobile apps on iOS, Win8/WP, Android

– Major CAPEX savings (£2m+) for TfL cloud infrastructure– ‘London Tube Map’ Windows 8 app

Microsoft Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI)

The cloud: Azure

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OGDI/DataLab

Open APIs, Scale & Reliability of Windows Azure

Roll out open data portal fast and at low cost

Open Source with Community participation

European OGDI version on GOVDATA.EU

9 EU Member States already publishing

dataDataset Categories

Leveraging Windows Azure DataMarket

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DataMarket

For Citizens• Read datasets directly into Excel• User friendly mash-up by Excel PowerPivot

(free add-in, downloadable)

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https://datamarket.azure.com/

• Open standards, comfort for non-IT professionals• Both cost-free, and also for-fee datasets from

commercial providers• UN, EEA, World Bank, US Data.gov free datasets

already there, and more...

For Developers• REST based API for all datasets• Software Development Kit on github

https://github.com/openlab/DataLab/wiki

Enable new innovative applications and services(backed by SLA)

Deliver better services at lower cost (*ratio)

‘Business’ Opportunity for Open Data in the Cloud

Stimulate business and economic growth

Industry and Citizen Engagement

Enable business insight for Government workers

Enable developers and citizens to easily consume Open Data and Big Data

Produce – Upload – Consume (Open Data)

Export relational views from databases

to create data feeds

Create an Open Data Catalog by eg. OGDI Software Development

Kit (SDK)

Browse, visualize, create applications

https://github.com/openlab/DataLab/wiki

Windows Azure Developer Center

Thank You! Mark Gayler magayler@microsoft.com

www.azure.com/datamarket

https://github.com/openlab/DataLab/wiki

www.powerpivot.com

www.govdata.eu

www.microsoft.com/opengov

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