ICT for Enterprise Networking
WP 2005-2006
Opportunities in the 5th Call
Alain JAUME
IST Programme. DG INFSO/ D5
ICT for Enterprise Networking
Overview
1. ICT for Enterprise Networking.
Background information related to Call 5
Cluster Technologies for Digital Ecosystems
Cluster Ambient Intelligence Technologies for
the Product Lifecycle
2. Call 5
Key Objectives
Focus
Instruments
ICT for Enterprise Networking
ICT for Enterprise Networking
Research in
« ICT for Enterprise Networking »
To perform collaborative research on
ICT breakthroughs crucial for the
delivery of distributed & collaborative
solutions for the product lifecycle and
of innovative inter- and intraorganisational systems & services in
the enterprise environment.
Future business, more
competitive, innovative, agile and
value creating, will require new
technologies, applications and
services to enable them to work
as networked knowledge-based
businesses.
Challenges
Orientation
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Stimulate targeted international
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co-operation
 R&D / Policy interactions
Strengthen co-ordination of
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Long-term + intermediate
results
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Industry-driven
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research activities
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Promote convergence
of research & innovation policies
at national, regional, EU level
ICT for Enterprise Networking
technology driven
Clusters in
ICT for Enterprise Networking
ICT for Enterprise Networking
Ambient Intelligence Technologies
for the Product Lifecycle
Objective
To improve the knowledge about the product & production processes &
contribute to the modernisation of industries (manufacturing & service
sectors), by developing:
new product concepts
related business models
Areas of research
Frameworks (Business, process & service methodologies & models)
Develop. & governance of intelligent & networked products
Agent based systems
Real-time monitoring
Smart objects identification/Wireless radio frequency technologies
Secure and trusted communication
Self-configuring networks / intelligent & reliable infrastructures
Major Projects: ILIPT (IP), SPIDER-WIN (STREP), V-CES & VERITAS
(SSA), CO-DESNET (CA) + 3 STREPs in negotiation
ICT for Enterprise Networking
ILIPT
Intelligent Logistics for
Innovative Product Technologies
 FP6 Integrated Project
 30 Partners from 12
countries
 16.2 M€ Cost / 9.0 M€
Grant
 2004 - 2008
Key Themes:
 The Modular Car (ModCar)
 Flexible Supply Network
(FlexNet)
 Integration of complex
product processes
(IntePro)
ICT for Enterprise Networking
From the "stock push" and
"mass production" thinking of
the last century, to a stockless
"build-to-order" (BTO)
production strategy
Contact: René Esser – ThyssenKrupp [email protected]
http://www.ilipt.org
Technologies for Digital Ecosystems
Objective
To provide ICT applications & services to SMEs & micro enterprises,
enabling their integration in local value chains through :
– development of new technologies, paradigms & services to improve
their efficiency,
– implementation of an infrastructure & a community of digital services
acting as digital ecosystems
– support for business integration & synergies within EU territories
Areas of research
P2P, service-oriented
Formal languages for expressing semantics & business models
Models of Systems & architectures
….
Major Projects: DBE (IP); SATINE (STREP); Legal-IST & EPRI-Start (SSA)
ICT for Enterprise Networking
DBE
Digital Business Ecosystem
 FP6 Integrated Project
 20 Partners from 9
countries
 14.2 M€ Cost / 10.5 M€
Grant
 2003 - 2006
Socio-economic context
Business
Computing
Science
Paradigms and open-source
component-based infrastructure
enabling the creation of networked
local digital ecosystems for
SMEs competitiveness and
local development
ICT for Enterprise Networking
Regional policies
Socio-economic dynamics
Value systems
Organizational forms
Open Source/Open Standards
Business modeling
Requirements gathering, User profiling
Regional Catalysts
Training & adoption
Regulatory framework
Knowledge base, Recommender
BML, SDL, Fitness Landscape
Dynamic service composition
DBE UML profile
P2P networks, Architecture
Test automation, Accounting
Evolution
Self-organisation
Organisation & Networks
Complex systems dynamics
Language & DNA
A digital ecosystem infrastructure
adopting mechanisms
from biological theories of
self-organisation and evolution
addressing networked software
solutions & business models
http://www.digital-ecosystem.org
Contact: Andrea Nicolai – T6 - [email protected]