European Technology Platforms and European Software Industry José M. Cavanillas International...

European Technology Platforms

and European Software Industry

José M. Cavanillas

International Activities Director

Turning Client Vision into Results2

Agenda

• Atos Origin

• Global strategy on ETPs

• ETP: simple approach and deeper view

• ETP on software and services

• S3 short history

• Baltic presence in ETPs


An International Player

A leading IT services company providing business consulting, systems integration and managed operations that improve the effectiveness of its clients’ businesses

• 5th largest worldwide IT Consulting company, 1st European

• Annual revenues over € 5 bn

• 48,000 employees

• In 50 countries

• R&D mainly in Spain


Worldwide Presence

Total Employees 48,000

North America 1,000

Spain5,000

Benelux9,300

France12,400

Italy3,100

Asia/Pacific2,000

UK 6,500

Nordic1,500

South America 1,300

Middle East & Africa

500

Central Europe2,600


Global strategy on ETPs

• ETP is an important asset & challenge (+)

• ETP requires investment (-)

• Atos is cautious where to intervene:• Nanotech (ENIAC)

• Embedded (ARTEMIS)

• Mobile (eMobility)

• NEM [under consolidation process]

• Software ETP (S3 + SCOUT) [under consolidation process]

• Other options, always under the light of coherence, clear definition of role for Atos, and impact in Europe and business -> Not “any good idea” is an ETP


ETP – simple approach

IP IP IP

NoENoE NoE

IP IP IP

NoEETP ETP

FP5 FP6 FP7


ETP – simple approach

• Lentius, Altius, Fortius• Vacuius

IP IP IP

NoENoE NoE

IP IP IP

NoEETP ETP

FP5 FP6 FP7


ETP – deeper view (1)

• ETP is– is *NOT* an instrument of the European Commission,– *NOR* an Member State project, – *NOR* a private bank’s project

• An ETP exists because companies get together and decide to join forces

• Several contributors may support the existence of platforms: (EC, MS, private banks, companies)

• Ways of contribution by EC:– For the moment, room & coffee– Joint undertaking (art. 171)– Assisted presence in IP, NoEs, STREPs

• Ways of contribution by MS:– National research programmes– Art 169 (uncertainty)


ETP – deeper view (2)

• When is an ETP created?– An ETP (industry-driven) is created when industry observes:

• (+) an industry need/challenge

• (-) an industry concern

• ETP is an autonomous entity, industry-led, and industry-driven. Contribution from public partners and academia are welcome

• ETP is made for agreeing on research agenda that will drive to business (company’s target) and EU target (growth, jobs, competitiveness)


Candidates to ETP

2004 2005

DecNovOctSep AprMarFebJan

SCOUT:Atos OriginBTHPIBMSAPTelefónica

S3:Atos Origin NokiaEngineering SiemensSoftware AG SymbianThales Telecom ItaliaTelefónica ObjectWeb

Jointinitiative


S3 and SCOUT merged Two merging teams were created:

Governance team (Atos, SAP, BT, Engineering) Vision Document team (Atos, SAP, Engineering, HP, Thales)

S3 + SCOUT is a 14 company-wide platform

ETP on Software (17)


Technological Initiative ID Card

• Preliminary works since July 2004• First Plenary Meeting: 12-October-2004• Outcome: vision document and initiative launch (FP7)• Organisation and roadmap:

• Weekly conference calls (Core Group)• 14-Dec-2004, Second Plenary Meeting• 15-Dec-2004, Discussion with Member States (Mtries of S&T)• 22-Dec-2004, Rome• 12-Jan-2005, Brussels• ...

S3 short history (1)


Who is there? Participants (open):

Software System Development: 14 Software Product: 5 Industrial Users: 3 Telecom: 3 Mobile: 2 Research: 8

Core Group: Atos Origin Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA Nokia ObjectWeb Siemens Software AG Symbian Telecom Italia Telefónica Thales



Who is there? Participants (open):

ABB Alcatel Archimedia ATC Atos Origin BAE Systems CEA City University Engineering I.I. SpA European Dynamics European Software Institute EuroTEX FIAT Ibermática ILog INRIA Interactive Object Software MySQL

Nokia ObjectWeb Politecnico di Milano SAP Semantic Systems Siemens SINTEF Società Generale d’Informatica Software AG Symbian T-Systems Telecom Italia Telefónica Telelogic Telvent Thales TSSG Universidad Carlos III



Integration and cohesion in research activities in the European Software Industry is progressing from being “a good idea” to “a real need”

Why?: New technological waves require a common perspective:

Service engineering Ambient intelligence Semantic interoperability …

Large investments in research call for joining forces Specific concerns (e.g. global threats) for European

Software Industry should be tackled together



Global Threats: U.S. domination in packed consumer software and operating

systems: Few room/development for European companies

Offshore software factories in Third Countries Globalisation effect Economic factors we cannot modify Unlikely other markets, software does not imply

transport costs The effect of software BPO will only grow (prices will

remain low, quality will remain high or get higher) Long-term industry-scape:

European IT companies as “sales agents” for European customers of the Asian companies devoted to software production



Consequences: European software companies have to rethink the way they

do business Investigate the points where we can act Act !!



Keep the European software industry competitive advantage (BUILD ON KNOWLEDGE):

Find the path ahead of European industry for the coming years (Key Evolution Elements that will allow European software to evolve above 3rd countries’ software factories)

Tackle European software industry needs: Avoid shortage of professionals in the KEE Resiliency to external attacks Keep/Care European users through user-centred

engineering Attack other markets



Our sector: > 1 million workers in Europe Roughly 0,5 % of labour force 205,000,000,000 Euros sector turnover in 2004 Expected growth of 4,4% for 2005 Roughly 2% of European GDP

Is it worth it to help it prevent threats? Hence... let’s do it!



Main Goal and Actions

The main goal of this initiative is to consolidate the creation of a joint undertaking of companies, research centres and institutions that, counting on resources of their own and from external donors, and in line with regulatory authorities in Europe, carry out the following actions:

1. Establish a vision2. Identify the KEE3. Apply the KEE4. Evaluate and measure actions and effects, modifying 1, 2,

and 3



1. Establish a vision

Establish a clear vision of the situation of the market of Software, Services, and Systems in Europe, its evolution in the last years, and its forecasts for the coming years, concerning

Existing technical trends Thorough analysis of the most important technologies for the evolution of S3

Economic vision: last years and coming years, in relation with those technologies



2. Identify the KEE

Identify the Key Evolution Elements (KEE) that may drive up the forecasts for the coming years, in a way that both national economies, Europe continental economy and, if applicable, worldwide economy, result in clear profit. This information will also be provided to the European Commission and National Authorities as input for deciding future research trends



2. Identify the KEE (cont’d)

Key Evolution Elements preliminarily identified: The aware computer: comprising the basics of semantics and the

awareness of concepts (ontologies), self-awareness and awareness of its own resources (tackling semantic grid), and awareness of physical locations (advanced GIS, based on different sources, like GPS, Galileo, using connectivity standards, architectures and infrastructures like INSPIRE).

The trusting computer: advanced PKI mechanisms for secure identification of source and destination of information, as well as all possible ways of assuring the communication path for avoiding tapping or fraudulent emission.

Total ubiquitous computing, including computing based on wireless usage, RFID, support for ambient intelligence, mobile applications, satellite connections, wireless internet, autonomous sensors and actuators (pervasiveness).



2. Identify the KEE (cont’d)

Key Evolution Elements preliminarily identified: Advanced technologies paving the way for the “alive software”: shared

Free/Open Source Software, adaptative algorithms, reconfiguration, web services as a tool for run-time service aggregation and the complex application of aggregation to solving complex problems, process composition, component engineering and component interaction up to full-fledged fourth level component interaction, MDA, and dynamic grid applications.

Advanced technologies paving the way to let the user harness the power of IT to its maximum extent: requirement engineering, and service engineering as a superset of that, usability techniques, complex legacy evolution algorithms in order to incorporate new systems to users depending on old systems, vertical downstreaming on user markets with specific needs, like eGov, or eHealth.



3. Apply the KEE

Apply the identified Key Evolution Elements in the contents of the coming Framework Programme(s) by supporting research and development activities in Europe using the methods of implementation described in chapter 5 of “Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research” from 16-06-2004, “Doing better to do more”

Actions enabling Implementation methods: Establish a management structure in order to develop Article

171 of “Treaty Establishing the European Community” (OJEC 12-12-2004), that is capable to carry out small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale RTD actions that do apply the identified Key Evolution Elements.



3. Apply the KEE (cont’d)

Actions enabling Implementation methods (cont’d): Pave the way, in line with Article 169 of Treaty, and as explicitly

mentioned in chapter 5 of “Guidelines”, for incorporating national research programmes and inter-national research co-ordination to the fulfilment of the KEE’s, and define clearly the communication matrix with the different national authorities in a way that all companies, research institutions, European Commission and national authorities work towards the same goal and in a co-ordinated way.

Foster, with the support of the management structure, the creation of specific TEN’s (Trans-European Networks) with concrete sub-objectives, which comply with the KEE’s.

Convert the mgt structure into a transparent, private-run, solid, economic and management platform that can be used used by the European Commission for implementing Externalised Management as mentioned in Articles 47 and 48 of “Guidelines”, concerning specific research fields or sub-fields.



4. Evaluate and measure actions and effects

Evaluate in a continuous way the procedures of application of KEE in the contents, measuring the effects and impact of every single RTD action in the European market, at micro-scale, medium-scale and large scale results. Results of this continuous evaluation will be used to modify periodically the vision established in 1, update the KEEs identified in 2, and correct the actions developed in 3.

Highlight on IMPACT



Operating

Systems

Packed

software

USA, Others

Application-

Specific

Software

Europe

Low-price

Software

Factories

user

Aware

Third countries

TrustingUbiquitous

alive

In the past, RTD to high-added value IT

Technologies was a good factor to GROW

Currently, RTD to high added value IT

Technologies is a NEED

National Research Programmes and FP7

should be built taking these elements into account


Approaches on governance being discussed

Joint S3+SCOUT initiative

European Software Industry Forum

Executive Board

Secretariat Mirror Group (member states)

Scientific Committee

SME Committee

Strategic Board

App Domain Committee

Tec

h C

omm

ittee

WorkingGroups


Baltic presence in ETPs under construction (to my knowledge)

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Ministries of S & T

Partners in ETPs

Paldies! - Uzredzēšanos

José M. Cavanillas

International Activities Director

[email protected]

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