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

Turning Client Vision into Results 2 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

Turning Client Vision into Results 3 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

Turning Client Vision into Results 4 Worldwide Presence

Turning Client Vision into Results 5 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

Turning Client Vision into Results 6 ETP – simple approach IP NoE IP NoE ETP FP5 FP6 FP7

Turning Client Vision into Results 7 ETP – simple approach Lentius, Altius, Fortius Vacuius IP NoE IP NoE ETP FP5 FP6 FP7

Turning Client Vision into Results 8 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)

Turning Client Vision into Results 9 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)

Turning Client Vision into Results 10 Candidates to ETP DecNovOctSepAprMarFebJan SCOUT: Atos Origin BT HP IBM SAP Telefónica S3: Atos OriginNokia EngineeringSiemens Software AGSymbian ThalesTelecom Italia TelefónicaObjectWeb Joint initiative

Turning Client Vision into Results 11  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)

Turning Client Vision into Results 12 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)

Turning Client Vision into Results 13 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 S3 short history (2)

Turning Client Vision into Results 14 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 S3 short history (3)

Turning Client Vision into Results 15  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 S3 short history (4)

Turning Client Vision into Results 16  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 S3 short history (5)

Turning Client Vision into Results 17  Consequences:  European software companies have to rethink the way they do business  Investigate the points where we can act  Act !! S3 short history (6)

Turning Client Vision into Results 18  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 3 rd 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 S3 short history (7)

Turning Client Vision into Results 19  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! S3 short history (8)

Turning Client Vision into Results 20 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 vision 2.Identify the KEE 3.Apply the KEE 4.Evaluate and measure actions and effects, modifying 1, 2, and 3 S3 short history (9)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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 S 3  Economic vision: last years and coming years, in relation with those technologies S3 short history (10)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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 S3 short history (11)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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). S3 short history (12)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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. S3 short history (13)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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 , “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 ), that is capable to carry out small-scale, medium- scale and large-scale RTD actions that do apply the identified Key Evolution Elements. S3 short history (14)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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. S3 short history (15)

Turning Client Vision into Results 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 S3 short history (16)

Turning Client Vision into Results 28 Operating Systems Packed software USA, Others Application- Specific Software Europe Low-price Software Factories user Aware Third countries Trusting Ubiquitous 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

Turning Client Vision into Results 29 Approaches on governance being discussed Joint S3+SCOUT initiative European Software Industry Forum Executive Board SecretariatMirror Group (member states) Scientific Committee SME Committee Strategic Board App Domain Committee Tech Committee Working Groups

Turning Client Vision into Results 30 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