Presentation at the Workshop on Municipal Fiber Networks, October 24th 2011 in Ghent, Belgium. The workshop was organised by Ghent University - IBCN / IBBT. More information about this event can be found at http://http://events.ibbt.be/en/workshop-municipal-fiber-networks.
This document discusses opportunities for network sharing in LTE mobile networks. It describes how network sharing can help mobile service providers address challenges of rapidly increasing data usage while generating limited additional revenue. The document outlines how LTE network standards support infrastructure sharing and analyzes different sharing models used by customers, including a wholesale LTE network and a joint venture sharing multiple radio access networks. Key challenges of quality, regulation, commercial agreements, and cost sharing are also reviewed.
This article gives an overview of the Open IPTV Forum, whose aim is to
work out a future-proof standard for evolving IPTV services. The authors
summarize the main features and requirements addressed by the Open
IPTV Forum and present Ericsson’s take on how some of the challenges
raised by the forum ought to be resolved.
Porto Digital is a private association founded 2004 by the Municipality of Porto, University of Porto and the Portuguese Business Association (AEP), in cooperation with Metro do Porto, in order to promote ICT projects within the context of the city of Porto and Porto’s metropolitan area. Amongst its goals are increasing quality in education, particularly through an increased use of ICT on all levels of education; reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency of the municipality services; contribute to reducing the digital divide; and contribute to a better quality of life in the urban area for inhabitants, workers and tourists. Porto Digital implemented in 2006-2008 a fiber-optics backbone and a public access wireless mesh network. In February 2009 Porto Digital through a PPP created an open-access telecommunications operator, in which it holds a majority stake, that up to December 2013 will be deploying FTTH to the city of Porto.
SMIT is a multidisciplinary research center founded in 1990 that focuses on socio-economic, user, and policy aspects of information and communication technologies. It has over 30 researchers and research projects studying topics like social influences on technology, user practices, business models, cultural changes, health technologies, and more. SMIT works to contribute to an accessible information society through fundamental and applied research.
This document discusses the socio-economic effects of fibre-based broadband and provides calculations for Sweden and Denmark. It finds that deploying fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks can lead to increased employment, higher tax revenues, and economic activity due to new and improved internet services. Regression analysis of Swedish municipalities found that a 10% increase in FTTH penetration from 2007 to 2010 was associated with a 0.1% increase in employment during that period, representing additional annual tax revenues of 600 million euros. A Danish study also estimated that fibre investments could provide over 16 billion kroner in socioeconomic benefits such as jobs and competitiveness.
Sihem trabelsi regulatory challenges for promoting mobile applications & serv...sihem-trabelsi
The document summarizes a workshop on mobile applications and services that took place in Tunis, Tunisia on December 1, 2010. It discusses the context of increasing mobile devices and applications. It provides key statistics on mobile broadband adoption. It outlines requirements for mobile app development like technological convergence. It also discusses regulatory challenges to promoting mobile apps including the need for investment frameworks and enhanced regulation. Finally, it presents a case study on Tunisia's efforts to develop mobile infrastructure and applications.
FMC Group is a Slovenian ICT holding company established in 1998 that provides telecommunications infrastructure and broadband fiber optic network solutions. They have their own datacenter and optical network, and provide consulting, integration, and support services. FMC works with partners globally and has customers in 15 countries, focusing on solutions for complex business and government environments. They have ongoing projects involving emergency services networks, fuel cell technology, and have built out open access broadband networks in underserved areas.
The document discusses interoperability in the framework of the Digital Agenda for Europe. It outlines several key initiatives and strategies to enhance interoperability across governments in Europe, including the European Interoperability Strategy, the European Interoperability Framework, and cross-border authentication projects like STORK and ECAS. The goal is to create more open, flexible and seamless eGovernment services through increased cooperation and aligned standards between member states.
This document discusses opportunities for network sharing in LTE mobile networks. It describes how network sharing can help mobile service providers address challenges of rapidly increasing data usage while generating limited additional revenue. The document outlines how LTE network standards support infrastructure sharing and analyzes different sharing models used by customers, including a wholesale LTE network and a joint venture sharing multiple radio access networks. Key challenges of quality, regulation, commercial agreements, and cost sharing are also reviewed.
This article gives an overview of the Open IPTV Forum, whose aim is to
work out a future-proof standard for evolving IPTV services. The authors
summarize the main features and requirements addressed by the Open
IPTV Forum and present Ericsson’s take on how some of the challenges
raised by the forum ought to be resolved.
Porto Digital is a private association founded 2004 by the Municipality of Porto, University of Porto and the Portuguese Business Association (AEP), in cooperation with Metro do Porto, in order to promote ICT projects within the context of the city of Porto and Porto’s metropolitan area. Amongst its goals are increasing quality in education, particularly through an increased use of ICT on all levels of education; reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency of the municipality services; contribute to reducing the digital divide; and contribute to a better quality of life in the urban area for inhabitants, workers and tourists. Porto Digital implemented in 2006-2008 a fiber-optics backbone and a public access wireless mesh network. In February 2009 Porto Digital through a PPP created an open-access telecommunications operator, in which it holds a majority stake, that up to December 2013 will be deploying FTTH to the city of Porto.
SMIT is a multidisciplinary research center founded in 1990 that focuses on socio-economic, user, and policy aspects of information and communication technologies. It has over 30 researchers and research projects studying topics like social influences on technology, user practices, business models, cultural changes, health technologies, and more. SMIT works to contribute to an accessible information society through fundamental and applied research.
This document discusses the socio-economic effects of fibre-based broadband and provides calculations for Sweden and Denmark. It finds that deploying fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks can lead to increased employment, higher tax revenues, and economic activity due to new and improved internet services. Regression analysis of Swedish municipalities found that a 10% increase in FTTH penetration from 2007 to 2010 was associated with a 0.1% increase in employment during that period, representing additional annual tax revenues of 600 million euros. A Danish study also estimated that fibre investments could provide over 16 billion kroner in socioeconomic benefits such as jobs and competitiveness.
Sihem trabelsi regulatory challenges for promoting mobile applications & serv...sihem-trabelsi
The document summarizes a workshop on mobile applications and services that took place in Tunis, Tunisia on December 1, 2010. It discusses the context of increasing mobile devices and applications. It provides key statistics on mobile broadband adoption. It outlines requirements for mobile app development like technological convergence. It also discusses regulatory challenges to promoting mobile apps including the need for investment frameworks and enhanced regulation. Finally, it presents a case study on Tunisia's efforts to develop mobile infrastructure and applications.
FMC Group is a Slovenian ICT holding company established in 1998 that provides telecommunications infrastructure and broadband fiber optic network solutions. They have their own datacenter and optical network, and provide consulting, integration, and support services. FMC works with partners globally and has customers in 15 countries, focusing on solutions for complex business and government environments. They have ongoing projects involving emergency services networks, fuel cell technology, and have built out open access broadband networks in underserved areas.
The document discusses interoperability in the framework of the Digital Agenda for Europe. It outlines several key initiatives and strategies to enhance interoperability across governments in Europe, including the European Interoperability Strategy, the European Interoperability Framework, and cross-border authentication projects like STORK and ECAS. The goal is to create more open, flexible and seamless eGovernment services through increased cooperation and aligned standards between member states.
Technology Challenges in the Networked SocietyEricsson Labs
The document discusses technology challenges in the networked society presented at Mobile World Congress 2013. It addresses challenges related to devices, data/information, services, networks, clouds, management, security, and sustainability in an increasingly connected world. Key issues include supporting a wide range of devices and connectivity methods, ensuring coverage and scalability, managing large amounts of data, and maintaining security, privacy, and trust across complex cloud and network infrastructures.
Telecommunications standards (wire and wireless) are the underlying "laws" that govern the emerging Global Information Highway and the existing telephone system. Telecommunications networks in every country in the world utilize formal telecommunications standards to physically interwork. Without public agreements and the telecommunications standards that codify such agreements, wide-area voice and data communications would not be possible.
Communications Standards Review (CSR) reports on formal telecommunications standards work-in-progress (US and International) covering multimedia and wire line access technology standards.
It is often difficult to tell whether a standards committee is a formal one. In the US, formal standards committees are accredited by American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The accreditation process is complex but offers some specific values to potential users and implementers of standards:
⦁ Standards work is coordinated to avoid two different standards committees creating different standards for the same functions.
⦁ Standards committees must maintain their standards so long as there is a minimal level of use.
⦁ The standards process is designed to prevent domination by any group and to allow all reasonable technical input to be heard.
⦁ Intellectual Property Rights (IPR, i.e., patent or pending patents) are identified (but not resolved) during the standards creating process.
Today there are some non-accredited standards groups (e.g., ATM Forum and Frame Relay Forum) that develop their work and then introduce it into formal standards groups. This can be a good balance. And very rarely, as in the case of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), informal standards work is so desirable that it becomes acknowledged as formal by force of use. However, the IETF now has ties to formal standards organizations. But the rest of the non-accredited standards groups are often attempting to drape a manufacturer's proprietary approach in finer garb. The proprietary approach may be desirable (e.g., Microsoft MAPI), but it cannot meet the four values of formal standards work outlined above.
At CSR, the term "Telecommunications Standard Body" refers to formal authorized telecommunications standardization bodies.
The Future Network: Users will own the access in a collaborative radio enviro...Josef Noll
The challenge of providing enough capacity for mobile users in future networks asks for innovative networks. The paper presents home base stations owned by the user as an alternative to femtocells owned by the network operators.
Coverage aspects are linked to business perspectives, and show that network costs can be reduced by more than 70% through the introduction of prosumer base stations.
Fiber to the home – Situation und Entwicklung in EuropaFrederic Sidler
FTTH Council Europe advocates for accelerating FTTH adoption to enhance quality of life, contribute to environmental sustainability, and increase economic competitiveness. The document discusses the state of FTTH deployment in Europe, noting varying approaches across countries. It also highlights case studies where FTTH deployment led to increased business activity, population growth, and new innovative services. The presentation argues that FTTH is critical infrastructure for the 21st century that can support economic leadership and socioeconomic benefits for communities.
1) The ADDRESS project aims to activate demand and enhance flexibility by developing technical solutions to enable active demand participation at the consumer and grid levels.
2) Distributed intelligence and load flexibility will help achieve secure grid operation while reducing energy bills and supporting sustainable growth.
3) The proposed solutions will be validated in test sites in Spain, Italy, and France and aim to remove barriers to active demand development through new markets and contracts.
This document discusses reforms needed to promote digital content. It notes that while digitization has transformed many industries, deliberate limited availability of digital content facilitated by copyright has led to a market supply failure of lawful digital options. Key reform objectives proposed include promoting open markets, increasing availability of legitimate digital content at consumer-appealing prices, decreasing the technology specificity of copyright, and reducing transaction costs. Reforms should deliver citizens more lawful digital choice and end the "analog cultural exclusion" by closing the first release window. This would increase digital content consumption.
The document summarizes a pilot project in the Valli Orco & Soana region of Italy that aimed to test a complete digitalization process. The project created an open wireless broadband network across 11 municipalities to provide internet and innovative services. Local stakeholders were involved in developing content for TV, radio and blogs. The network and services are now managed by a local operator to ensure sustainability.
While most analysts call for speeds of 100 Mbps to enable multiple streams of HDTV, Wayne says that's shortsighted. This 2006 presentation helps justify fiber-to-the-home and gigabit speeds with examples of applications that need that performance.
This document is the annual report for euNetworks Group Limited for 2012. It includes sections on the company's operational overview, business model, network assets, product portfolio, and key trends driving demand for bandwidth. The company owns and operates fiber networks in 13 major European cities and provides wholesale and enterprise customers with bandwidth infrastructure products like dark fiber, wavelengths, ethernet, and colocation to satisfy growing demand for connectivity. EuNetworks aims to leverage its unique metropolitan fiber assets to scale its business and become a €1 billion company by focusing on growth, margins, and shareholder value.
Kelvin Cantafio, Vice Chair of NetHope, will be delivering a keynote address on the Power of Innovation, using information technology as a lever for social change. He will share both innovative organizational models as well as case examples of technology benefiting humanity, based on his global experience with within the ngo sector. He will also describe the partnerships and relationships, facilitated by technology, that have been central to NetHope’s success. NetHope is a new-generation information technology collaboration of 29 leading international nongovernmental organizations (ngo's) representing more than $30 billion of humanitarian development, emergency relief, healthcare, micro-finance and conservation programs serving tens of millions of beneficiaries in more than 180 countries. For more information, visit
www.nethope.org.
20090616 Investing in Software & Services ResearchArian Zwegers
Presentation about why the European Community funds research in ICT and about the opportunities for funding in Software and Services in the FP7 ICT Work Programme, for the SSAIE Summer School, Heraklion (Greece), 16 June 2009
Vesa terava net neutrality in europe - seserv se workshop june 2012ictseserv
This document summarizes the current state of net neutrality in Europe. It discusses the goals of net neutrality, definitions of net neutrality, and what has been done in Europe so far, including regulations in the 2009 Electronic Communications Framework. It also outlines the reasons the Commission has waited to take action and presents facts from BEREC's traffic management investigation. The document concludes by explaining why the Commission should take action now and outlines a proposed recommendation to provide guidance on transparency, traffic management, switching, and responsible use of traffic management tools.
The document summarizes an upcoming conference on fiber optic technology called FTTx Summit Europe. The conference will be held from April 11-14, 2011 in London and will bring together operators, regulators, and communities to discuss:
1) Justifying the business case for deploying fiber networks and optimizing roll-out of next generation access (NGA) technologies while complying with regulatory frameworks.
2) Learning from case studies of fiber deployments by operators like Swisscom, Openreach, TeliaSonera, and OTE about building the business case.
3) Hearing from speakers like France Telecom on optimizing deployment of Gigabit PON (G-PON
This document discusses the smart home ecosystem and outlines challenges and opportunities. It analyzes key trends, including increasing adoption of monitoring services and smart appliances. It identifies unmet consumer needs like support services and integrated solutions. The document evaluates two business model options from companies like Verizon and Comcast and argues network operators must develop complete solutions through partnerships. Finally, it recommends network operators, home companies, and content providers collaborate to offer comprehensive smart home packages.
In short there is a missing piece in the innovation process …where can technology companies conduct large scale trials/PoCs with real customer feedback? The pace of worldwide innovation now requires a scalable live production lab where technology, products and services can be tested prior to global expansion. JT Labs is offering a solution to solve this major innovation dilemma; JT is the only tier-one quad-play carrier in the world that is offing it’s networks and customer base for companies to trial their technology, products and services before launching worldwide.
JT Lab is in the island nation of Jersey, located in the English Channel; 100,000 person population, 42,000 households, 4000 businesses and Government offices, Island size 9 miles x 5 miles. Jersey is a self-governing, British Crown Dependency, English speaking & uses Jersey Pound Sterling currency, yet is outside the EU & UK. Sixth highest GDP per capita in the world and broadest demographic spread in Europe. Highly educated tech-savvy population with 80+% smartphone penetration and connected to some of the fastest networks in the world (Wireless, 1Gps FTTP, VoIP NGN Landline) all provided to them by JT Global.
We are offing technology companies and their strategic partners an opportunity to test and launch products and services on a REAL infrastructure, with REAL customers, in REAL time, with REAL customer feedback using JT Lab.
I Minds2009 Future Networks Prof Piet Demeester (Ibbt Ibcn U Gent)imec.archive
1) Future networks will see a massive increase in traffic driven primarily by video streaming and sharing.
2) This traffic will require new network architectures and technologies to efficiently store, distribute, and deliver large amounts of video and multimedia content to users.
3) The number of connected devices and users worldwide will also continue to grow rapidly, creating new challenges around access technologies, energy efficiency, and managing vast
Free Software in the Catalonia Telecentre Networkframbla
Presentation about Free Software in the Catalonia Telecentre Network offered during the OpenOffice.org Conference 2007 in Barcelona.
Video available at: http://ooocon-kiberpipa.kiberpipa.org//media/Free_software_telecentres_in_Catalonia/play.html
System Support for Integrated Desktop Video ConferencingVideoguy
This document discusses the system requirements for integrated desktop video conferencing on networked workstations. It identifies key requirements such as:
1) Media-intensive applications need to be able to distribute parts of themselves across multiple devices.
2) Applications need support for locating and referencing people, media devices, and conferences by name on the network.
3) Applications that allow remote access, like video conferencing, require security services to protect live communication streams.
The document discusses the integration of IT and telecommunications. It notes that the telecommunications market is evolving from buying connectivity to buying access to multiple networks and service platforms. Integrating IT and telecommunications can increase service levels, efficiency, availability, and flexibility while reducing costs. Opportunities include higher customer satisfaction through faster response times, constant access to updated data, ability to connect anytime anywhere, geographic independence, smaller and cheaper devices, and cost savings through paperless processes and error minimization.
Architecture and security - Gauthier Van Damme (IBBT-COSIC- K.U.Leuven) & Kri...imec.archive
The document describes an NFC voucher system that aims to provide secure offline payments. It discusses the key components of the user-side system including a MIDlet running on the phone's OS and a secure element (SE) for secure voucher storage and manipulation. The SE uses public key infrastructure and cryptography to securely store, receive, and manage vouchers in order to prevent theft, duplication, and counterfeiting of vouchers during offline transactions. While the system solves many security issues, it has some remaining challenges around transaction completion and speed improvements.
Break out: Incubation and Venturing - Felix Van Maeleimec.archive
The document discusses entrepreneurship and provides details about the speaker's background as the co-founder and CEO of Collibra, a data governance software company. It outlines Collibra's growth over time from preparing with an idea and seed funding to currently proving themselves with international customers and market recognition. The document also offers tips for international sales, noting the importance of finding sales channels to target markets beyond one's home country. It closes with a brief discussion of open source business models.
Technology Challenges in the Networked SocietyEricsson Labs
The document discusses technology challenges in the networked society presented at Mobile World Congress 2013. It addresses challenges related to devices, data/information, services, networks, clouds, management, security, and sustainability in an increasingly connected world. Key issues include supporting a wide range of devices and connectivity methods, ensuring coverage and scalability, managing large amounts of data, and maintaining security, privacy, and trust across complex cloud and network infrastructures.
Telecommunications standards (wire and wireless) are the underlying "laws" that govern the emerging Global Information Highway and the existing telephone system. Telecommunications networks in every country in the world utilize formal telecommunications standards to physically interwork. Without public agreements and the telecommunications standards that codify such agreements, wide-area voice and data communications would not be possible.
Communications Standards Review (CSR) reports on formal telecommunications standards work-in-progress (US and International) covering multimedia and wire line access technology standards.
It is often difficult to tell whether a standards committee is a formal one. In the US, formal standards committees are accredited by American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The accreditation process is complex but offers some specific values to potential users and implementers of standards:
⦁ Standards work is coordinated to avoid two different standards committees creating different standards for the same functions.
⦁ Standards committees must maintain their standards so long as there is a minimal level of use.
⦁ The standards process is designed to prevent domination by any group and to allow all reasonable technical input to be heard.
⦁ Intellectual Property Rights (IPR, i.e., patent or pending patents) are identified (but not resolved) during the standards creating process.
Today there are some non-accredited standards groups (e.g., ATM Forum and Frame Relay Forum) that develop their work and then introduce it into formal standards groups. This can be a good balance. And very rarely, as in the case of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), informal standards work is so desirable that it becomes acknowledged as formal by force of use. However, the IETF now has ties to formal standards organizations. But the rest of the non-accredited standards groups are often attempting to drape a manufacturer's proprietary approach in finer garb. The proprietary approach may be desirable (e.g., Microsoft MAPI), but it cannot meet the four values of formal standards work outlined above.
At CSR, the term "Telecommunications Standard Body" refers to formal authorized telecommunications standardization bodies.
The Future Network: Users will own the access in a collaborative radio enviro...Josef Noll
The challenge of providing enough capacity for mobile users in future networks asks for innovative networks. The paper presents home base stations owned by the user as an alternative to femtocells owned by the network operators.
Coverage aspects are linked to business perspectives, and show that network costs can be reduced by more than 70% through the introduction of prosumer base stations.
Fiber to the home – Situation und Entwicklung in EuropaFrederic Sidler
FTTH Council Europe advocates for accelerating FTTH adoption to enhance quality of life, contribute to environmental sustainability, and increase economic competitiveness. The document discusses the state of FTTH deployment in Europe, noting varying approaches across countries. It also highlights case studies where FTTH deployment led to increased business activity, population growth, and new innovative services. The presentation argues that FTTH is critical infrastructure for the 21st century that can support economic leadership and socioeconomic benefits for communities.
1) The ADDRESS project aims to activate demand and enhance flexibility by developing technical solutions to enable active demand participation at the consumer and grid levels.
2) Distributed intelligence and load flexibility will help achieve secure grid operation while reducing energy bills and supporting sustainable growth.
3) The proposed solutions will be validated in test sites in Spain, Italy, and France and aim to remove barriers to active demand development through new markets and contracts.
This document discusses reforms needed to promote digital content. It notes that while digitization has transformed many industries, deliberate limited availability of digital content facilitated by copyright has led to a market supply failure of lawful digital options. Key reform objectives proposed include promoting open markets, increasing availability of legitimate digital content at consumer-appealing prices, decreasing the technology specificity of copyright, and reducing transaction costs. Reforms should deliver citizens more lawful digital choice and end the "analog cultural exclusion" by closing the first release window. This would increase digital content consumption.
The document summarizes a pilot project in the Valli Orco & Soana region of Italy that aimed to test a complete digitalization process. The project created an open wireless broadband network across 11 municipalities to provide internet and innovative services. Local stakeholders were involved in developing content for TV, radio and blogs. The network and services are now managed by a local operator to ensure sustainability.
While most analysts call for speeds of 100 Mbps to enable multiple streams of HDTV, Wayne says that's shortsighted. This 2006 presentation helps justify fiber-to-the-home and gigabit speeds with examples of applications that need that performance.
This document is the annual report for euNetworks Group Limited for 2012. It includes sections on the company's operational overview, business model, network assets, product portfolio, and key trends driving demand for bandwidth. The company owns and operates fiber networks in 13 major European cities and provides wholesale and enterprise customers with bandwidth infrastructure products like dark fiber, wavelengths, ethernet, and colocation to satisfy growing demand for connectivity. EuNetworks aims to leverage its unique metropolitan fiber assets to scale its business and become a €1 billion company by focusing on growth, margins, and shareholder value.
Kelvin Cantafio, Vice Chair of NetHope, will be delivering a keynote address on the Power of Innovation, using information technology as a lever for social change. He will share both innovative organizational models as well as case examples of technology benefiting humanity, based on his global experience with within the ngo sector. He will also describe the partnerships and relationships, facilitated by technology, that have been central to NetHope’s success. NetHope is a new-generation information technology collaboration of 29 leading international nongovernmental organizations (ngo's) representing more than $30 billion of humanitarian development, emergency relief, healthcare, micro-finance and conservation programs serving tens of millions of beneficiaries in more than 180 countries. For more information, visit
www.nethope.org.
20090616 Investing in Software & Services ResearchArian Zwegers
Presentation about why the European Community funds research in ICT and about the opportunities for funding in Software and Services in the FP7 ICT Work Programme, for the SSAIE Summer School, Heraklion (Greece), 16 June 2009
Vesa terava net neutrality in europe - seserv se workshop june 2012ictseserv
This document summarizes the current state of net neutrality in Europe. It discusses the goals of net neutrality, definitions of net neutrality, and what has been done in Europe so far, including regulations in the 2009 Electronic Communications Framework. It also outlines the reasons the Commission has waited to take action and presents facts from BEREC's traffic management investigation. The document concludes by explaining why the Commission should take action now and outlines a proposed recommendation to provide guidance on transparency, traffic management, switching, and responsible use of traffic management tools.
The document summarizes an upcoming conference on fiber optic technology called FTTx Summit Europe. The conference will be held from April 11-14, 2011 in London and will bring together operators, regulators, and communities to discuss:
1) Justifying the business case for deploying fiber networks and optimizing roll-out of next generation access (NGA) technologies while complying with regulatory frameworks.
2) Learning from case studies of fiber deployments by operators like Swisscom, Openreach, TeliaSonera, and OTE about building the business case.
3) Hearing from speakers like France Telecom on optimizing deployment of Gigabit PON (G-PON
This document discusses the smart home ecosystem and outlines challenges and opportunities. It analyzes key trends, including increasing adoption of monitoring services and smart appliances. It identifies unmet consumer needs like support services and integrated solutions. The document evaluates two business model options from companies like Verizon and Comcast and argues network operators must develop complete solutions through partnerships. Finally, it recommends network operators, home companies, and content providers collaborate to offer comprehensive smart home packages.
In short there is a missing piece in the innovation process …where can technology companies conduct large scale trials/PoCs with real customer feedback? The pace of worldwide innovation now requires a scalable live production lab where technology, products and services can be tested prior to global expansion. JT Labs is offering a solution to solve this major innovation dilemma; JT is the only tier-one quad-play carrier in the world that is offing it’s networks and customer base for companies to trial their technology, products and services before launching worldwide.
JT Lab is in the island nation of Jersey, located in the English Channel; 100,000 person population, 42,000 households, 4000 businesses and Government offices, Island size 9 miles x 5 miles. Jersey is a self-governing, British Crown Dependency, English speaking & uses Jersey Pound Sterling currency, yet is outside the EU & UK. Sixth highest GDP per capita in the world and broadest demographic spread in Europe. Highly educated tech-savvy population with 80+% smartphone penetration and connected to some of the fastest networks in the world (Wireless, 1Gps FTTP, VoIP NGN Landline) all provided to them by JT Global.
We are offing technology companies and their strategic partners an opportunity to test and launch products and services on a REAL infrastructure, with REAL customers, in REAL time, with REAL customer feedback using JT Lab.
I Minds2009 Future Networks Prof Piet Demeester (Ibbt Ibcn U Gent)imec.archive
1) Future networks will see a massive increase in traffic driven primarily by video streaming and sharing.
2) This traffic will require new network architectures and technologies to efficiently store, distribute, and deliver large amounts of video and multimedia content to users.
3) The number of connected devices and users worldwide will also continue to grow rapidly, creating new challenges around access technologies, energy efficiency, and managing vast
Free Software in the Catalonia Telecentre Networkframbla
Presentation about Free Software in the Catalonia Telecentre Network offered during the OpenOffice.org Conference 2007 in Barcelona.
Video available at: http://ooocon-kiberpipa.kiberpipa.org//media/Free_software_telecentres_in_Catalonia/play.html
System Support for Integrated Desktop Video ConferencingVideoguy
This document discusses the system requirements for integrated desktop video conferencing on networked workstations. It identifies key requirements such as:
1) Media-intensive applications need to be able to distribute parts of themselves across multiple devices.
2) Applications need support for locating and referencing people, media devices, and conferences by name on the network.
3) Applications that allow remote access, like video conferencing, require security services to protect live communication streams.
The document discusses the integration of IT and telecommunications. It notes that the telecommunications market is evolving from buying connectivity to buying access to multiple networks and service platforms. Integrating IT and telecommunications can increase service levels, efficiency, availability, and flexibility while reducing costs. Opportunities include higher customer satisfaction through faster response times, constant access to updated data, ability to connect anytime anywhere, geographic independence, smaller and cheaper devices, and cost savings through paperless processes and error minimization.
Architecture and security - Gauthier Van Damme (IBBT-COSIC- K.U.Leuven) & Kri...imec.archive
The document describes an NFC voucher system that aims to provide secure offline payments. It discusses the key components of the user-side system including a MIDlet running on the phone's OS and a secure element (SE) for secure voucher storage and manipulation. The SE uses public key infrastructure and cryptography to securely store, receive, and manage vouchers in order to prevent theft, duplication, and counterfeiting of vouchers during offline transactions. While the system solves many security issues, it has some remaining challenges around transaction completion and speed improvements.
Break out: Incubation and Venturing - Felix Van Maeleimec.archive
The document discusses entrepreneurship and provides details about the speaker's background as the co-founder and CEO of Collibra, a data governance software company. It outlines Collibra's growth over time from preparing with an idea and seed funding to currently proving themselves with international customers and market recognition. The document also offers tips for international sales, noting the importance of finding sales channels to target markets beyond one's home country. It closes with a brief discussion of open source business models.
This article discusses how 2005 marked a turning point where people began uploading more content to the internet than they were downloading, shifting from primarily passive consumers of content to more active contributors and creators online. It suggests this signaled a social transformation with individuals becoming less focused on just taking content and more interested in sharing what they create with others on the internet.
Charles Watt - The argument for supporting Open Access to incumbent shareholdersimec.archive
Presentation at the Workshop on Municipal Fiber Networks, October 24th 2011 in Ghent, Belgium. The workshop was organised by Ghent University - IBCN / IBBT. More information about this event can be found at http://http://events.ibbt.be/en/workshop-municipal-fiber-networks.
Gerlas van den Hoven - Technical view upon open accessimec.archive
This document discusses open access networks and the roles of different players in fiber infrastructure. It argues that traditional vertically integrated models are giving way to more specialized open models, with different players focusing on specific roles like infrastructure investment, network operations, or retail services. The document presents a "partnership model" as a pragmatic approach, with one player investing in fiber infrastructure, another operating the active network, and service providers renting connectivity. This allows different players to focus on their areas of expertise.
Break out: Project Communication and Dissemination - Koen De Vosimec.archive
This document discusses best practices for disseminating project information to target audiences. It advises selecting the right dissemination tools and channels based on the audience, such as using social media, websites, newsletters, and publishing tools. A case study of the Apollon project shows what dissemination methods worked well, such as an open living labs website and newsletter, and what did not, like LinkedIn and Twitter. The document stresses publishing results at the right time, to the right audience, using existing channels, with simple explanations and an enticing manner.
Version Control and Issue Tracking
This document discusses version control and issue tracking systems. Version control allows document changes to be saved without overwriting previous versions and enables features like rollback, branching, and collaboration between distributed teams. Issue tracking systems manage bug reports and customer support tickets with information like descriptions, priorities, statuses, and assignees. The document considers integrating these tools with the myBBT project management platform for benefits like single sign-on but also notes advantages to separate specialized tools connected through shared ticketing.
Modal verbs are used to change or complete the meaning of the main verb. They express concepts like ability, possibility, deduction, obligation, prohibition, and advice. Modal verbs don't use third person singular 's' and are followed by the basic form of another verb. They don't change spelling or have infinitives or participles. Negation uses 'not' rather than a form change. Examples are given for ability (can, could, be able to), possibility (may, might, could), deduction (must, can't), obligation (have to, must), prohibition (must not), and advice (should, ought to).
Tools are being developed to create a more user-friendly digital world. Researchers are working on software that makes technology more accessible and helps users overcome barriers. The goal is to develop solutions that empower everyone to participate and benefit from new technologies.
This document summarizes the Digital Society department at IBBT. It has over 90 researchers across various disciplines studying topics related to future internet, future media, and digital arts. The department aims to:
1) Provide social, economic, and policy insights to tackle grand challenges.
2) Stimulate open innovation in Flanders.
3) Develop user-centric ICT based on user needs.
4) Contribute to IBBT's interdisciplinary work.
5) Conduct high-quality fundamental and applied research through strategic partnerships.
The department takes three research approaches: market innovation studies, user empowerment studies, and ICT policy research related to content, access, and competition. The overall goal is
G-Flux creates smartphone applications that combine outdoor activities, GPS, and fun. They have developed a prototype Android app called BikeFlux that tracks cycling routes and activities. Going forward, they plan to continue developing new apps, find customers, and release beta versions on a monthly basis through their student-entrepreneurship venture.
Break out: Participation in European projects - Wendy Ruysimec.archive
The document discusses European funding opportunities for research and innovation projects, including the main funding channels of the 7th Framework Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, and Cohesion Policy funds. It provides an overview of the different programmes and funding schemes available, as well as statistics on participation of Flemish organizations in past and current Framework Programmes.
Qo E E2 E4 Net Neutrality Leo Van Audenhoveimec.archive
The document discusses developing an analytical framework for understanding how content is distributed on the internet. It examines how technologies, industry practices, and regulation can be used to control various dimensions of content distribution such as time, space, speed, quality, access, and attention. A multi-layer model is proposed to analyze actors, technologies of control, and forms of regulation across the distribution chain from servers to end users. Key issues discussed include geo-blocking, network management, and graduated response copyright enforcement policies.
Keynote - OSGi Service Enabler - Peter Möckel, Managing Director T-Labs, Deu...mfrancis
This document discusses the potential for OSGi technology to play a role in facilitating new operator-enabled services, delivering consistent user experiences, and managing complexity across hardware platforms and services. It provides examples of Deutsche Telekom projects utilizing OSGi technology for residential gateways, automotive platforms, and enterprise services.
Supelec m2 m - iot - course 1 - update 2015 - part 1 - warming - v(0.1)Thierry Lestable
Internet of things (IoT) & Machine-to-Machine (M2M) course from Supélec - Warming phase / Q1'2015 session. Introduction of New alliances : HomeKit, Nest, Allseen, OIC
This document summarizes a funding opportunity for research into networked media and 3D internet technologies. The objective is to develop content-aware networks and network-aware applications, 3D media internet capabilities, and technologies for networked search and retrieval of multimedia content. Funding of up to €70 million euros will be provided for collaborative research projects focusing on these areas. Additional funding of €6 million and €4 million is available for Networks of Excellence and support measures respectively. The expected impact is strengthening European industry in these fields and enabling wider adoption and market opportunities for innovative applications.
CSP-Innovazione nelle ICT is a non-profit research organization based in Turin, Italy that is focused on experimental development and industrial research. It has partnerships with local universities and works on projects related to emerging technologies. CSP provides technology assets to enterprises free of charge to help bring prototypes to market. It has been involved in 18 EU funded projects and has offices in Turin that employ around 50 full-time researchers.
The document describes the evolution of models for the ICT ecosystem from a six-layer model to a new four-layer model. The six-layer model included layers for networked elements, network operating, connectivity, middleware/navigation/search, content/applications/services, and final consumption. The new four-layer model aggregated some of these layers due to convergence of technologies and activities. Specifically, it merged connectivity with network operating, and merged middleware/navigation/search with content/applications/services. This new four-layer model includes layers for networked elements, converged networks, content/applications/platforms, and final consumers.
A Czech, private research centre settled in Liberec city is mainly focusing on applied research in ICT sector, technology transfer and fund raising for research and innovation activities.
2008 Brokerage 02 Test Beds And Living Labs [Compatibility Mode]imec.archive
This document describes several test beds and living labs operated by IBBT. It summarizes:
1) IBBT operates three main test beds - iLab.o focuses on open innovation and policy experimentation using a wireless campus network. iLab.u evaluates user experiences of new technologies. iLab.t provides infrastructure to test network performance and service quality.
2) Examples of projects using these facilities include development of interactive TV in Flanders and a trial of a digital newspaper on an e-reader.
3) IBBT aims to support research and innovation through multi-stakeholder collaboration in these test beds and living labs.
2008 brokerage 02 test beds and living labs [compatibility mode]imec.archive
This document describes several test beds and living labs operated by IBBT. It summarizes:
1) IBBT operates three main test beds - iLab.o focuses on open innovation and policy experimentation using a wireless campus network. iLab.u evaluates user experiences of new technologies. iLab.t provides infrastructure to test network performance and service quality.
2) Examples of projects using these facilities include development of interactive TV in Flanders and a trial of a digital newspaper on an e-reader.
3) IBBT aims to support research and innovation through multi-stakeholder collaboration in these test beds and living labs.
Data Innovation Spaces are identified by BDVA as a key instrument to foster the Data-Driven Innovation in Europe. They provide innovation and experimentation environments where companies in their respective ecosystems could have their data-driven and AI-related products and solutions piloted, tested, and exploited before going to the market. BDVA launches every year a process to identify and recognize relevant initiatives in Europe that meet specific quality criteria in infrastructures, services, projects, and sectors of application, ecosystem and sustainability (BDVA i-Spaces call for labels).
During this session, we will present the concept of BDVA i-Spaces (as it is reflected in the BDVA SRIA), the process and steps of i-Spaces labeling, the value proposition of being an i-Space and activities and examples of collaboration. The session will also include examples of first-hand experience from three recognized i-Spaces: ITAINNOVA (DIH Aragon), UPM, and Demokritos NCSR (aheed DIH).
Data Innovation Spaces are identified by BDVA as a key instrument to foster the Data-Driven Innovation in Europe. They provide innovation and experimentation environments where companies in their respective ecosystems could have their data-driven and AI-related products and solutions piloted, tested, and exploited before going to the market. BDVA launches every year a process to identify and recognize relevant initiatives in Europe that meet specific quality criteria in infrastructures, services, projects, and sectors of application, ecosystem and sustainability (BDVA i-Spaces call for labels).
During this session, we will present the concept of BDVA i-Spaces (as it is reflected in the BDVA SRIA), the process and steps of i-Spaces labeling, the value proposition of being an i-Space and activities and examples of collaboration. The session will also include examples of first-hand experience from three recognized i-Spaces: ITAINNOVA (DIH Aragon), UPM, and Demokritos NCSR (aheed DIH).
The iLab Technical Test Centre provides infrastructure and facilities to support interdisciplinary research projects at IBBT. It aims to be a leading test centre in Europe through its focus on multimedia quality of service and virtual networked environments. The iLab has over 100 nodes to enable experiments and supports projects through generic and customized test equipment. It complements industry laboratories and aims to achieve critical mass to be competitive globally.
This document provides an overview of France Telecom SA (Orange). It discusses the company's history, external analysis using Porter's six forces, internal resources and competencies, value chain, business model focused on telecommunications, entertainment and convergence strategy. Recent issues include a new partnership with Google. The summary focuses on key details about the company and industry.
RECAP at ETSI Experiential Network Intelligence (ENI) MeetingRECAP Project
This presentation was delivered by Johan Forsman (Tieto), Jörg Domaschka (UULM) and Paolo Casari (IMDEA Networks) at the ETSI Experiential Network Intelligence (ENI) Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, on April 12th, 2019. ETSI Experiential Networked Industry Specification Group (ENI ISG) work on defining a Cognitive Network Management architecture using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and context-aware policies to adjust offered services based on changes in user needs, environmental conditions and business goals. The intention is that the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques in the network management system should solve some of the problems of future network deployment and operations. For more information, see https://www.etsi.org/technologies/experiential-networked-intelligence.
The document summarizes a workshop on the interplay of economics and technology for the Future Internet. Key points discussed included economic issues related to technology adoption, new pricing schemes, and regulation. Participants engaged in discussions on topics like "tussle-aware" design of technologies and the role of economics and regulation. Breakout groups analyzed case studies using a tussle analysis methodology to understand stakeholder interests. Next steps include further tussle analyses of European research projects and identifying common functionalities, stakeholders, and trade-offs to inform research priorities.
ITS_2011_Ordinance on technical requirements and conditions of use of optical...Igor Brusic
The document analyzes an ordinance by the Croatian regulatory agency on technical requirements and conditions for using optical distribution networks. It provides an overview of broadband access in Croatia and the key points of the new ordinance, which mandates a point-to-point fiber architecture and open access. The analysis then critically reviews aspects of the ordinance related to technology choices, interconnection points, timelines, over-engineering of networks, and strict rollout obligations.
VTT Tampere RobotDay 5.9. - Minna Lanz, Trinity Open Calls DIH²
This document summarizes the TRINITY project, which received EU funding to create a network of Digital Innovation Hubs to support European manufacturing companies, especially SMEs, in adopting digital technologies like robotics, IoT, and cybersecurity. The project involves 16 partners from 10 countries and will run demonstrations of modular technology solutions through two open calls. It aims to improve the agility and innovation capabilities of European manufacturers and establish a lasting network of hubs beyond the project lifetime.
Beyond 5G: A marketplace approach for Adjacent Growth OpportunitiesBenjamin Hourte
Support slides used during the Luxembourg 5G conference (11-12 December 2019).
The focus of the presentation is highlight the potential Adjacent Growth Opportunities when deploying 5G. It can be great opportunity for the operators.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked, multitechnological applied research organization with expertise in business and technology. It creates new innovations through partnerships. The document discusses VTT's research focus areas and global operations. It then covers strategies for ICT and innovation systems in emerging economies, including challenges like developing distinct regional models and integrating into the global ICT ecosystem. The impacts of ICT on development are also examined, such as through improved access to information, productivity, and risk reduction.
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The document discusses a living lab for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to involve users in the product development process from an early stage. Some key benefits mentioned include detecting unintended problems or opportunities through active user involvement, conducting multi-method research to enrich products academically, and allowing technologies to be domesticated by users rather than just consumed. The living lab offers services to SMEs to help fast track the process from ideation to demonstration through co-creation with various user types and extra funding and support opportunities.
This document discusses the iterative process of co-creating an ontology with stakeholders. Researchers conducted contextual inquiries through documentation analysis, observations, and interviews across multiple healthcare sites. Scenarios were developed and used in workshops with various stakeholders including medical professionals, engineers, and social scientists. The workshops introduced ontologies and involved role playing, decision making, and concept evaluation. A proof of concept was developed using a personal electronic device to demonstrate the ontology. The document reflects on further refining the process and developing the research.
PRoF is a living lab that builds very life-like environments using state-of-the-art products to enable early testing and concept validation. It provides an ecosystem for innovation and business across companies, academia, users, and care actors. PRoF has a long history of collaboration and has had a big impact on innovation in healthcare.
Results of the Apollon pilot in homecare and independent livingimec.archive
The document summarizes the results of the Apollon pilot project evaluating the use of living lab networks for testing homecare and independent living services across borders. The pilot involved transferring three such services between four living labs in different countries. A key finding was that a common cross-border ecosystem model for living labs in healthcare was not feasible due to differences between countries in areas like value networks, organization of healthcare, regulations, and infrastructure. However, living labs could still effectively serve as brokers and matchmakers to enable cross-border collaboration by addressing issues around stakeholders, access to users, liability, ethics, rules, and safety. Based on this pilot, the document advocates for a domain-specific network of smart care living labs to facilitate knowledge
Delivery of feedback on Health, Home Security and Home Energy in Aware Homes ...imec.archive
This document discusses the CASALA Living Lab, which conducts research on delivering feedback to users about their health, home security, and energy usage using sensors in ambient assisted living homes. The CASALA Living Lab has multiple stages, including virtual environments, a facility called Great Northern Haven with over 2,000 sensors collecting data from 16 apartments, and community deployments. The lab aims to understand user behavior from real-world data and provide feedback to empower users. Challenges include lack of market awareness for ambient assisted living and siloed funding, while successes involve end-user involvement and driving education and adoption of these technologies.
The document describes the Emmanuel Haven Living Lab located in Motherwell, South Africa. The Living Lab was established to provide prevention, treatment, care and support to communities impacted by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and diabetes. It aims to mitigate the health, psychological and socio-economic effects of these diseases through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and community programs. Some of its initiatives include using mobile technologies to enable home-based care, nutritional education, and skills development for disabled community members. The Living Lab faces challenges such as lack of infrastructure, connectivity and access issues, as well as social challenges like poverty and low literacy levels in the community.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Health-Lab Amsterdam is a living lab platform focused on testing and improving ICT and healthcare solutions together with users. It has three dimensions: 1) a platform where people can meet and discuss new care solutions, 2) living labs where solutions can be tested with users, and 3) new educational programs focused on implementing solutions. The living lab has apartments equipped with sensors to study user needs, concepts, and acceptance of new solutions. Students from various fields participate in minors to learn about digital health and intelligent environments.
The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is a non-profit international association representing over 300 certified Living Labs across Europe. Living Labs are real-life test environments where users and producers co-create innovations. ENoLL was launched in 2006 and supports various EU initiatives related to aging well, smart cities, and future internet technologies by facilitating partnerships between its member Living Labs. ENoLL is committed to the EU Active and Assisted Living Program and plans workshops and projects to promote interoperability and gather evidence on independent living solutions.
This document summarizes the process and outcomes of the 6th Wave of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). It describes how 72 proposals were submitted and evaluated by 6 teams against 20 criteria on a scale of 0-5. 46 Living Labs were ultimately selected, including 31 from EU countries and 15 non-EU members. The document provides details on the evaluation phases and typical weaknesses seen in applications. It concludes by welcoming the new members and thanking those involved in the evaluation process.
The Connected Smart Cities Network and Living Labs - Towards Horizon 2020 - K...imec.archive
The document discusses how EU Cohesion Policy supports innovation, particularly through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It provides an overview of how over €86 billion was spent on research and innovation during 2007-2013 to build research capacity and infrastructure in all regions. For 2014-2020, there will be a thematic focus on research and innovation, ICT, and SME competitiveness to maximize impact. Regions will develop research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation to concentrate resources on competitive advantages. Synergies between Cohesion Policy and Horizon 2020 are aimed at supporting research and innovation from the idea stage to market.
Apollon-23/05/2012-9u30- Parallell session: Living Labs added value imec.archive
1) Living labs provide meeting places for research, development, and innovation where companies, researchers, specialists, teachers, students, and product users collaborate.
2) Demola is an innovation platform that combines student ideas with needs and support from project partners and customers, turning ideas into product and service demos.
3) Benefits of Demola include real market potential for projects, valuable experience for students, opportunity for students to start their own businesses, and license agreements or partnerships between students and project partners.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 11:30 - Local SME's - Innovating Across bordersimec.archive
This document outlines a methodology for setting up and operating cross-border networks of living labs to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with innovation. It describes a multi-phase process including connecting partners, planning projects, supporting experimentation, and evaluating results. A variety of methods and tools were developed and validated through pilot projects in different domains like healthcare, energy efficiency, and manufacturing. These methods and tools are accessible through an online knowledge center to facilitate cross-border collaboration between living labs.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document discusses Lisbon's efforts to become a smarter city through open innovation and citizen participation. It outlines challenges like economic issues but also opportunities from new technologies. Lisbon is promoting spaces and tools for public involvement, including participatory budgeting, living labs, open data, and co-working areas. It also supports entrepreneurship through initiatives like Lx Startup, Fab Lab, and Lx Academy. The city is investing in sustainable mobility and renewable energy programs. Overall, the goal is to engage citizens in developing solutions and make Lisbon a center for creativity, business, and green technology.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document summarizes a presentation on smart cities as innovation ecosystems sustained by the future internet. Some key points:
1) Smart cities are not yet a reality, but rather an urban development strategy and vision focused on empowering citizens and creating an "urban innovation ecology."
2) The FIREBALL project aims to bring together cities, living labs, and future internet stakeholders to explore how open innovation and user participation can support experimentation and adoption of future internet technologies.
3) Case studies of smarter cities show examples of technology districts, living lab initiatives, infrastructure development, and efforts to engage citizens. However, challenges remain around skills gaps, funding, and measuring impact.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document describes an open data app challenge organized by Open Cities. It invites developers to create apps using European open data sources that solve citizen issues. The challenge runs from February to November 2012, with a submission period in August-September and finals at the Smart City Expo in November. Top prizes include €5,000 for first place. The goal is to promote open data apps and make city living easier through collaboration across Europe.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 16:00 - Smart Open Cities and the Future Internetimec.archive
The document describes open data platforms and sensor network platforms created by the Open Cities project. It discusses how the platforms provide open data and sensor data from multiple cities through common interfaces and tools. This allows developers to more easily access and build applications using the urban data. The platforms have seen increasing use, with thousands of data sets accessed from cities across Europe. Support is provided to developers through tutorials, code samples and documentation to help them create innovative apps using the open data.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 11:30 - Local SME's - Innovating Across bordersimec.archive
This document discusses the transition of a large living lab called i-City in Flanders into a spin-off MVNO business. It summarizes that i-City started as a wireless city project with over 500 hotspots and 2000 test users. Some of the alfa community members who received support went on to work for the founding companies. The spin-off took the community-focused approach of i-City and applies it to their MVNO business, which has grown to over 120,000 users through testing with focus groups and an open API. The plans are to expand the business model to other European countries using the same approach of building, testing, and rebuilding with community input.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
The document discusses the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), which connects over 320 Living Labs across Europe and globally. Living Labs are open innovation ecosystems that engage stakeholders to address societal challenges through user-driven collaboration. ENoLL supports its members through events, projects and services. It also works to expand globally through partnerships and regional networks. The Connected Smart Cities Network was launched to facilitate collaboration between cities on developing smart city solutions using Living Labs approaches.
Apollon - 22/5/12 - 09:00 - User-driven Open Innovation Ecosystemsimec.archive
1) The FIREBALL project coordinates and aligns approaches between future internet research, experimentation testbeds, and user-driven open innovation to promote innovation in smart cities.
2) Smart cities require three components: cities/communities to define challenges, living labs as generators of solutions developed with citizen involvement, and internet technologies as facilitators of communication and information processing.
3) Key FIREBALL activities include developing a smart city vision and cases, building smart city innovation ecosystems and networks, and coordinating medium to long term future internet research with short to medium term applied research and large scale experimentation.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
2. Content
• Introduction Eindhoven (Brainport) region.
• Policy (vision): “Glasrijk Eindhoven”.
• Some FttX programs.
• Are we ready?
• Next steps!
• Learned lessons.
• Revenues.
• Questions & dialogue.
• Background sheets on some FttX projects.
Municipal FttX Networks 2
3. Eindhoven region (1)
Netherlands
Brainport
(Eindhoven region)
Municipal FttX Networks 3
4. Eindhoven region (2)
plaatje
High Tech Campus TU/e Campus High Tech Automotive Design High Medical
Eindhoven & Campus Helmond Campus Campus**
Incubators
• A chain of open innovation campuses.
• Triple Helix coöperation: Industry – Educational & Knowledge institutes – Government.
• Integral socio-economic ambitions: Sustainable Eco-system.
• Top economical clusters: High-tech Systems and Materials, Chemical industry, Life Sciences.
• Clusters in development: Smart mobility, smart materials, energy (solar & built environment),
industrial design, Food & technology, Design, ….
• Top organisations with R&D: Philips, ASML, NXP, FEI, Daf - trucks, VDL, TOMTOM, ……
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5. Policy: Glasrijk Eindhoven 2003
Vision:
• ICT & open digital infrastructures are:
- axis of innovation & growth.
- conditional for sustainable eco-system.
• Networks are not open (due to bu-model incumbants & lack of regulation) and limits our ambitions & goals.
• Municipality facilitates & initiates. (Network)investments must be marketdriven (sustainable bu-case).
• Social challenges are also economic chances.
Goals:
• Open fiber network for all inhabitants, SME’s, institutes & objects (internet of things).
• Stimulation of (innovative) use for socio-economic goals.
Strategy:
• Seduce investors to invest in “open” FttX networks.
• Create initiatives to force openness.
• Creation of awareness on: marketfailure & alternatives.
• Creation of (thematic): demand-, innovation- and upscaling-initiatives (pain & gain).
• Using our own demands (launching customer role).
Note: Target NGA coverage Brainportregion: 2011 - 15%, 2015 - 45%, 2020 - 90%
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7. Some Innovation programs &
organisations
• Schoolnet Eindhoven & Brabant:
- Business-improvement -> cost-reduction -> educational innovation with ICT/broadband.
• Security & technology:
- Cybercrime research & (public-private) camera security solutions & innovations.
• Living Home Labs:
- Health/care, Sports, Light*, ……
• EIT-Labs: (European, Innovation & Technology)
- ICT, Inno-energy, Health*.
• Dutch Learning Lab*:
- Research, training, education on “topics” Learning (for life).
• Local Innovation program (municipality):
- Empowerment, social cohesion, E-participation, Open Data, Energy, Health & Well being,
Education.
• Business innovations & start-up centres:
- HTC, HTAC, Incubater 3+, …..
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8. Are we ready?
NO not yet, because of:
• Infrastructure (& organisations) challenges:
- Coverage: geographical & targetgroups.
- “openness” issues.
- Network services (Managed Service Lane, 2 lane model) for (socio-economic)
innovations.
- Integration of FttX networks & organisations.
• A lot of “innovationprojects & programs” with positive results and
enrichment in terms of knowledge, but also challenges on:
- Upscaling, valorisation (soci - economic).
- Synergy & integration between programs (transsectoral).
- Collaboration within and between sectors.
- Innovation- & clientcentric- attitude of serviceproviders.
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9. Our next Steps: General
(1)
• Infrastructure:
- Synergy & integration different infrastructures.
- Open up “closed” structures, incl. managed service lane.
- Roll-out to al targetgroups in Eindhoven and region.
- Expand use of network by governmental organisations.
• Usage & innovation:
- (Re)develop integral digital agenda, organise extensive collaboration &
innovation clusters for:
• Increase of services(providers) for further competition & improving
businesscase.
• Development & upscaling of innovative socio-economic services.
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10. The next Steps (2): Open
Closed model Open Model Open
(Netwerk determines (Competition of multiple
Services & providers) Serviceproviders)
Social & Innovation
Model
Serviceproviders ISP’s
Seperated
3 Internet, Telefonie, TV Players per layer.
Or
Regulated layers
2 or more layers Seperated
Owned/controlled Players per layer.
2 Equipment, management,
routing By one Or +
entity Regulated layers
Social wholesales
Underground infrastructure. Services (financed through
1 Duct, Fibers. (Dark Fiber) Commercial volume
Services)
Businessmodel PPS
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11. Network model Eindhoven
(2012-2014).
Regulated “open” Commercial & NUTS for socio & public services & innovation
Standard commercial, “Closed, ISP lock-in)
Business Consumer Social service organisations
Managed
ISP: Edutel ISP: Lijbrandt ISP: XS4ALL
ISP: KPN ISP: Vodafone “Free” ISP’s Lane
(Reggefiber) (Reggefiber) (KPN) Layer 3
Wholesales Social Wholesales
Agreement Agreement
Actieve Operator: KPN W&O, Neutral Operator:
Reggefiber wholesales Aquestora (PPS)
Layer 2
Schoolnet Eindhoven
ODF-regulation Living Lab Health
Passive Operator (NEMe*, 100% Reggefiber) Layer 1
Challenges:
- Investment climate - ODF for all targetgroups & area’s
- Position Neutral operator - BRE/GvE integration
- Neutral operator Reselling DF for BRE users - Participation
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12. Learned lessons (1)
• Clear (public) policy and actionplan on ambition, role & importance.
- Use your rights, position, benefits and regional attractiveness.
- Know the market (players, bu-models, competion, developments).
- Be “pigheaded”, idealistic & follow your ambitions.
• Incumbants are only interested in positions (lock-in), standards, volume,….
- Incumbants are not flexible, use them in a constructive way, don’t try to change them but
create workarounds on some topics.
• Create: sustainable successes, awareness, pain & coalitions.
- Act as a launching customer.
- Use the force of inhabitants, SME’s, organisations (partners), etc.
- Focus on: targetgroups with ambition (willing), problems & realistic solutions.
- “Small” stimulating (confronting) sustainable intitiatives.
• Creation of Open infrastructures does not automatically lead to “(smarter)
use”.
- Combine infrastructure & usage ambitions.
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13. Learned lessons (2)
• Small initiatives are good instruments but, be aware on:
- Quality of organisations.
- Control (instruments), organisations tend to develop own interests.
- Hostile takeovers.
- Fragmentation, collaboration between initiatives.
• There is not “one” model/solution for all challenges.
- Be flexible & creative.
- Select best model (per case), keep in mind the overal objective incl. synergy.
- In the end it is all about a sustainable businesscase.
• Get neutral & creative support, don’t loose control.
Fiber (ICT) are means, driving forces are thematical and based on
political & economical drivers.
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14. Revenues
• General:
- More attractive for (knowledge) institutes, SME’s, inhabitants, students.
- Improved climate for socio-economic innovations and related investments.
- Increased triple helix coöperation.
- Improved Imago, eg. “smartest region of the world 2011”.
• Concrete:
- Increased social cohesion (research: I-vision, TU/e).
- Increased service portfolio & freedom of choice for customers.
- Indications of more business innovation SME’s (research: TU/e).
- Increased collective & cohesive parkmanagement.
- Improved competition & growth of regional innovative ISP’s.
- Educational organisations: ICT cost < 25%, increased SLA’s, collaboration &
educational innovation.
- Health/Care organisations: functional benefits, costreduction, collaboration &
innovation.
- Large organisations: ROI < 2 years, increased sectoral collaboration.
- Costreduction on public services (camera’s, traffic-lights, etc.).
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15. We created a good starting position
for an
innovative socio-economic future.
END
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16. Questions &
dialogue
• Appendix, some background information sheets on:
- BRE
- EFX
- GVE
- ONSNET/NEMe
- Schoolnet
- Living Home Lab Health (fase 1)
Thanks for your attention, questions & suggestions
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17. Some FttX related
programs: BRE
BRE (Broadband Region Eindhoven):
• Institutes required Broadband for own purposes not offered by market (price/prestation).
• 23 large institutes decided upon creation of a collective Dark Fiber Backbone & rental of
fibers for other (future) users.
Achievements:
• ROI achieved within 2 years.
• Current Use > 200 (large) organisations, centre of Eindhoven region, beperkt vermaasd
• Stimulated sectoral use & collaboration for eg regional health organisations, fire-
departments, (public) security organisations, knowledge & educational institutes, FttX
initiatives, …
Challenges:
• Use (portfolio) limited for inter-compagnie-institute use, not for “services” to small SME’s
and/or inhabitants.
• Not usable for smaller organisations.
• Growth limited due to marketsaturation Dark Fiber, limited geographical spread and
meshed and no collective investmentsagreement between social stakeholders.
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18. Some FttX related
programs: EFX
• EFX (Eindhoven Fiber Exhange, marketplace): (foundation):
- Founding fathers: Municipality Eindhoven, TU/e.
• Mission:
- R&D on Fiber technologies.
- Reducing lock-in customers, enhancing competition.
• By:
- Interconnection of different (competing) infrastructures.
- “Opening” closed infrastructures.
- Marketplace for ISP’s (towards infrastructures & customers).
• Achievements:
- Facilitated a lot of regional (local) initiatives and connections for organisations.
- Reduced costs for (large) ISPs and stimulated price competition.
- Reduced monopoly position of incumbants.
• Challenges:
- “local” reach.
- “exclusion” large ISP’s forced by wholesales pressure incumbants.
- Incumbants refusal to corporate limits reach & openness.
- Limited awareness (push) from customers.
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19. Some FttX related
programs: FttH ONSNET
• Facts & figures:
- FttX Initiative for inhabitants (Triple play, 100Mb/s symetrical) in 25.000
Eindhoven households.
- 50% owned by (4) housing associations organised in Lichtrijk and 50%
Reggefiber.
- ONSNETeindhoven (cooperation) for customerservices & realisation of
clientcentric portfolio.
- Highest participationlevel in the Netherlands (from 40% up to 80%).
- Triple Play offer approx. €50 month.
- Free portal & videoconferencing services for inhabitants & organisations.
- Facilitating Living Lab programs.
• Challenges:
- Remaining households (Eindhoven 75.000).
- Withdraw of housingassociations.
- “Magic” image of coöperation ONSNET reduced.
- Portfolio is limited distinctive.
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20. Some FttX related
programs: GvE
GVE BV (Glasvezel Eindhoven):
• Facts & figures:
- FttB Initiative for large businessparks in Eindhoven (7 out of 9, potential ca.1600 SME’s).
- Netwerkportfolio GvE: Layer 1 & 2 services.
- Layer 1 owned by parkmanagement organisations (SME’s).
- Layer 2 provisioning by BBNED (Tele-2) controlled by GvE
- Functional services offered by multiple ISP’s selected by customers.
- Backbone BRE, Marketplace EFX.
- Financed by SME’s, Bank & guarantee municipality.
- Businesscase: participation-level 30%, 5 year contract, €140 E/month.
• Achievements:
- 400 SME’s and growing, combination with local services like Camera-protection and Cloudproposals for
smal SME’s (Starting).
- Multiple (smal, regional) ISP’s.
- TU/e: investigation shows that innovationlevel of connected SME’s exceeds other SME’s!
• Challenges:
- Remaining businessparks (region).
- SME’s not located on businessparks.
- Neutrality Layer 2 party (VLAN, Wholesales limitations ISP’s by BBNED).
- Innovative and differentiation of use.
- Portfolio development small SME (combinations).
- Limited vision & knowledge at stakeholders & SME’s on developments and future gainings.
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21. Some FttX related
programs: Schoolnet
Schoolnet: initiative of Municipality & Educational organisations.
• Facts & figures:
- Incidental stimuli via municipality by national government for improvement knowledge economie
- 3 lines: infrastructure -> businessadvantages -> educational development and usage.
- Approx 80% of primairy & secundairy schools connected.
- Based on FttH & BRE layer 1 infrastructure, combined with Neutral Layer 2 player just offering
interconnection services & internet Access. Services from ISP’s as selected by schools.
- Network & Internet (100 Mb) €175 / month (5 year contract)
• Achievements:
- Outsourcing ICT systems & management, better kwality less costs (> 25% ICT related costreduction).
- Collaboration projects started on services: Internet, telephonie, security, platforms for videoservices &
educational content sharing.
- Number of educational projects: sharing teachers, E-learning, contentdevelopment & sharing,
classcombinations, remote teaching, etc.
• Challenges:
- Formalising “one” facility organisation for all schools.
- Remaining schools.
- Knowledge & experience sharing.
- ICT policies & translation to operations.
- Limited resources & knowledge on schools.
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22. Some FttX related programs:
Living Lab Health, results
• Improved health levels, durable Stakeholders intent to:
movementpatterns, social contacts, - Adjust services
language skills.
- Add more fun & socializing
• “Basic” services are to rigid and limited and components
must enable more social issues and fun. - Introduce services for non-
• Service limitations, kills innovative usage. commercial support
• Friends & relatives can and will help if - Plan to develop & exploit integral
facilitated with proper tools. services together.
• Insight information on pricing – value - Started joining forces in order to
adding eleminate indicated “tresholds” for
• Combination of fysical & virtual approach scaling up.
proved to be essential.
• Elder people will & can use value adding
E-services and especcially not only for
“health”.
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