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SO 2.4.13 – eBusiness SO 2.4.13 – eBusiness PerspectivePerspective

Gérald Santucci Head of Unit INFSO-D5

‘ICT for Business’European Commission

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Evolution of eBusinessEvolution of eBusiness

Access | Publish | Transact | Integrate Internally | Integrate Externally | Access | Publish | Transact | Integrate Internally | Integrate Externally | Adapt DynamicallyAdapt Dynamically

AccessAccess Enterprise Enterprise IntegrationIntegration

On DemandOn Demand

Get on the NetGet on the Net Buying not browsingBuying not browsing Optimise operationsOptimise operations

Working not surfingWorking not surfing Dynamically respond to Dynamically respond to the needs of the needs of customers, employees, customers, employees, partners, and supplierspartners, and suppliers

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• To support mid- to long-term, high-risk collaborative RTD,

• among European players in the field of ICT-based business and manufacturing,

• as well as relevant EU policies and international co-operation,

• in order to advance towards “Pervasive eBusiness” and “Enterprise Networking”

Our VisionOur Vision

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4 Clusters in ICT for 4 Clusters in ICT for BusinessBusiness

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ATHENAIN

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VE-FORUM

TrustCoM

DBE

ILIPT

CrossWork

MyTreasury

ECOLEAD

SATINE

Spider-Win

XBRL in Europe

Co-DesNet

V-CES

NO-REST

VERITASLegal-IST

MOSQUITO

MyCarEvent

AmI for the Product Lifecycle; Reference Models and Technologies for Business Networking; Digital Ecosystems; Enterprise Interoperability

Clustered IST-FP6 Project Clustered IST-FP6 Project PortfolioPortfolio

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• eBusiness tools and technologies– Better fusion of ERP, SCM and CRM applications to enable integration of

inter-enterprise information value chains integration standards, computing processing power, data storage

capacity, network bandwidth capacity• Web Services based application

– The focal point for the next generation eBusiness– Enables a dynamic eBusiness model that fosters collaboration with

heterogeneous business services– Solution areas: business-to-business integration, business process

integration and management, content management, eSourcing, composite Web Services creation, design collaboration for computer engineering, multimedia communication, digital TV, and interactive Web Solutions

• Grid– Leveraging Web Services to define standard interfaces for Business Grid

services and generic reusable Grid resources

Emerging TechnologiesEmerging Technologies

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SO 2.4.13 in WP 2005-2006SO 2.4.13 in WP 2005-2006

• General Objective– Strengthening the integration of IST ERA

• eBusiness – eCollaboration within SME clusters– Advanced B2B and B2C eCommerce– Connection of CRM applications to back-

office applications of ERP and SCM• Obstacles to eBusiness take-up

– Within the enlarged Europe