CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°1Laure Masson Annual Project Review Newcastle, April 19, 2004 Exploitation of Rhone-Alpes pilot Secure space for SMEs partnership

CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°2Laure Masson Rhône-Alpes Exploitation Exploitation by CRCI RA would be with existing partners. –No money back but a stronger network in France and Europe and a best service to SMEs Exploitation is going to follow two directions : towards European IRC network towards French CCIs

CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°3Laure Masson Exploitation in IRC Network The first exploitation of Aesop platform will be with the Rhône-Alpes IRC network named SORAA. SORAA is a consortium composed of 4 IRC : Arist Rhône-Alpes, Anvar Rhône-Alpes, EPFL Switzerland, Arist Auvergne. –An EXTRANET : The groupeware tool solution of Aesop Software will be use to build the Extranet of the consortium. The extranet is visible on the url : (soon called After 6 month test, if ARIST Innovation Relay Centre consultants are satisfied by the tool, the service could be proposed to advanced partnership innovation projects with SMEs and be used as shared secure spaces. The solution could also be proposed to the other 68 European IRC Agencies. They could join the existing system or built their own. And they could have an internal use (extranet) or external use with their SME clients.

CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°4Laure Masson Exploitation in IRC Network 4 IRC Agencies Extranet 25 advanced Clients SME Secure Spaces Projects 300 Potential SME 68 IRC Agencies European SME CRCI pilot

CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°5Laure Masson Exploitation in CCI Network The other target of the Exploitation could be the CCI Network as internal use or external use with their client. –First, the solution could be used by to 12 Rhone-Alpes CCI Network projects. –Second, the 12 local CCI could promote Aesop as a tool to create secure share spaces to the Rhone Alpes SME companies (Rhone alpes works with more than 2000 SMEs per year) –The solution could be then labelled « CCI Pro » by French Network and could be disseminated in other French CCIs. (120 French CCIs)

CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°6Laure Masson Exploitation in IRC Network 12 Rhone Alpes CCI 2000 potential Rhone Alpes SMEs client 120 CCIs Agencies French SMEs « CCI PRO » labelled Rhone Alpes Pilot

CRCI Rhône-AlpsFrance – LYON - Slide N°7Laure Masson 2 targets in Exploitation plan Institutional organisation Exploitation –IRC agencies, CCI Network could use the solution in their network projects which need groupware solution –They can use the configured home page solution as a promoting web site SMEs Exploitation –SMEs could use the solution in shared secure spaces including institutional experts and other SMEs to built common projects.