Innovation Opportunities

Breakfast Seminar

Steven Davy, Research Unit Manager, 3MT 4h June 2015

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AGENDA

• Hazel Williams – TSSG Overview

• Steven Davy – TSSG Expertise

• Alan Walsh – TSSG Case Studies

• Ger O’ Byrne – Iricent Testimonial

• Steven Davy – EI Innovation Partnership

• Close & Networking

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TSSG Overview

Hazel Williams, Marketing Executive

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Research & Innovation at WIT 400 research staff & postgraduate research students

172 Principal Investigators, Research Fellows, Postdoctoral Researchers

& Research Assistants supported by sponsored research > €7.8 m

payroll

Approx. €20m research expenditure 2014

Strategically developed research in key areas:

Pharmaceutical & molecular biotechnology

Advanced materials engineering

Telecommunications software & systems

R & D funding (2009 /14) €60.7m (EU, SFI, EI etc)

Enterprise Ireland is a critical partner investing €24m in applied &

experimental development research and support infrastructure (2009 –

2014)

Enhanced capacity by supporting key roles & programmes – e.g.

Centre Managers, Technology Transfer, New Frontiers

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Economic Impact

•60 client companies based in the Kilkenny & Waterford

incubators over a 10 year period

•Currently 23 client companies based in Kilkenny & Waterford

employing 130 staff

•5 direct spin outs licensed technology since 2010

•15 licences (2010 – 2014)

•19 Innovation Partnerships in past 5 years

•365 Innovation Vouchers completed for SMEs (2009 – 2014)

•More than €1m paid by industry for access to specialised

consultancy services (2009 – 2014)

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STAFF

EXPERTISE

PARTNERS

SCIENCE

President of WIT Prof Willie Donnelly and TSSG CEO Barry Downes. Has 100+ Researchers

Fraunhofer, CNRS, HP Labs, Deutsch Telecom, Intel, IBM, Cisco

Leading software R&D Centre with particular expertise in networks, mobile and communications services.

Connected globally with other Research centres, this is reflected in the Post Doc’s and PhD Students with a total of 40 in NetLabs

INTERNATIONAL is one of Ireland’s leaders in the EU collaborative R&D programmes (FP7 / Horizon 2020) and has worked with over 450 companies on these programmes.

INDUSTRYCompleted over 110 direct industry projects in Ireland over the past 3 years and has spun out a number of leading international start-ups such as FeedHenry Ltd.

Telecommunications Software & Systems Group

TSSG

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Innovation ModelWhat we offer

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Networks

Network VirtualizationSoftware Defined Networking (SDN)

Mobile

Mobile Cloud Platforms (PaaS) and advanced mobile applications

Communications Services

Communication Services Platforms (PaaS) and

applications e.g. Web RTC

TSSG Core Focus Areas

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Cloud

Software Platform and Infrastructure as a Service

Virtual and Augmented Reality

VR/AR Communications, 3D User Interfaces, Education,

Simulation and enabling hardware

Data Mining

Predictive AnalyticsSocial Network Analysis

Data Security

TSSG Core Focus Areas

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Summary – What does TSSG provide? • Provides a comprehensive Innovation Platform for industry.

• Access to highly skilled staff (MSc and PhD applied Maths, Engineering, and Computing).

• TSSG’s ArcLabs provides incubation space. Co-locating with TSSG increases formal and informal knowledge transfer.

• Test Bed facilities, and state of the art Cloud Centre in house.

• Competencies - a core expertise strong mix of research and commercial expertise.

• Track record of analysing product roadmaps to support companies with R&D initiatives to drive these roadmaps.

• Track record of delivering high value products and mobile applications for global companies.

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MOBILE, MESSAGING & MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGIES

Experts in Web Technologies,

Cloud, Internet, SDN+NFV

3MT RESEARCH UNIT

DR. STEVEN DAVY

3MT Unit Manager

sdavy@tssg.org / +353 (0)51 845680

www.tssg.org/research/units/3mt

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TSSG Expertise

Why engage with TSSG?

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3MTMobile, Messaging & Middleware Technologies

• WebRTC as a core technology to

empower communication through the

(mobile) browser.

• Leaders in MicroService architectures for

efficient Cloud Platforms.

• Developing Networks for the Future with

new protocols and architectures – SDN,

NFV.

• Diverse portfolio of verticals including

Transport, Health, Education,

Entertainment, Aquaculture

• We are Researchers, Developers,

Project Managers, PhD Students,

Innovators.

• We are experienced in delivering

solutions for Irish companies,

through Enterprise Ireland funded

initiatives.

• We are your link to Europe and

H2020.

• We are Agile.

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Why engage with TSSG?

Professionals

Experts in our Field

Leaders in European Research

Excellent Track Record

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TSSG Case Studies

AltoCloud EI Innovation Partnership

PANDA EI Commercialisation Fund

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Venues are attracting

mobile savvy

spectators demanding

high speed Internet

Customer

Analytics

Operation

Dashboard

Revenue

Streams

User

Experience

Liquid Edge VisionMonetization of High Density WIFI at Large Venues

€

Aquaculture Open Data Cloud Innovation

Project Overview

Environmental

Transactional

Quantitative

Qualitative

Open Data

End-User

focused

Mobile

Adaptive

Multi-lingual

Training

Business Case

Dissemination

Exploitation

Activation

Market

The AQUASMART project is a H2020 Innovation Action that seeks to harness the

use of Open Data to radically improve the quality of fish production for the EU

Aquaculture industry

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PRISTINE: Summary Designing and implementing the internals of the RINA

clean-slate architecture

FP7 ICT

Start Date: 01-2014

Duration: 30 Months

EU-Funding: 3.3M€

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3MTAltocloud Details

• Innovation Voucher – January 2013• Contract R&D February – September 2013• Innovation Partnership (IP) October –

September 2013 - 2014

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3MTAltocloud Challenge

• Create a Minimally Viable Product within the lifetime of the IP

• Create an entirely cloud-based call centre/data analytics infrastructure using WebRTC as the call medium

• Compete with current call centre solutions

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3MTAltocloud/TSSG Actions

• Establish a common Development environment for two independent teams

• Create basic cloud-hosted project/development infrastructure

• Investigate existing IaaS and PaaS solutions

• Establish development language stack(s) and service components

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3MTAltocloud/TSSG Results

• Established a Docker enabled Development/Testing/Staging/Production set of environments with common components and setup/configuration

• Continuous Integration with automated unit/acceptance testing

• Enabled Agile/Scrum project management

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3MTAltocloud Progress

• Company made public debut in May 2014• Had revenue producing clients by the end

of the IP• Has had two rounds of venture funding• Has over 10 staff and clients in the USA

and Ireland

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3MTTSSG/3MT Benefits

• Development structures and Docker technology is now being rolled out to new projects

• Applying proven cloud technology • Disseminating real world experience

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3MTPANDA – Access Control for Communications

• A Commercialisation Fund (CF) 18 month project

• Building on SFI/FAME basic research• Using proven technologies, basic research

and new languages/architecture

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3MTTSSG/3MT

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3MTTSSG/3MT

Questions

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Iricent

Ger O’Byrne

A Software Defined Future

Who We Are

• Iricent was founded to help enterprises and service providers take

advantage of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions

Virtualisation (NFV) based technologies

• Our team has decades of experience in both the vendor (Siemens, NSN,

Nokia) and service provider (Eircom) communities and we have developed

and implemented networking solutions on behalf of customers, small and

large, around the world

• We are working with both established global vendors and innovative start-

ups, all of whom share a passion to bring the advances experienced in

compute and storage, such as virtualization and cloud management, to

networking

Management Profile

Ger O’Byrne

Co- Founder

Ger has over 25 years’ experience in telecommunications and IT networking,

working with major industry powerhouses including eircom, Siemens, Nokia

Siemens Networks and Nokia. He started his career in technical roles in network

design, implementation and project management. He moved into sales and then

held a series of senior management roles including General Manager Siemens

Communications and Country Director Nokia Siemens Networks Ireland. Ger has

a Master of Science (Experimental Physics) degree from University College

Dublin, a CDipAF from the ACCA as well as several technical and management

qualifications

 

Damian MurrayCo- Founder

Damian has almost twenty years’ experience in telecommunications and IT networking, working with major industry players including Siemens and Nokia. He started his career in technical roles in enterprise data networking. He moved on to product management and then held a succession of senior Sales and Business Development roles across enterprise and service provider segments. Damian has a degree in Electronic Engineering from Dublin Institute of Technology and an MBA from University College Dublin

What We Do

• Our key focus is service enablement by taking advantage of the combination of

– Cloud Technology and its widespread adoption

– Software defined networking and virtualisation as it applies to networks and

– Proliferation of high capacity, low latency bandwidth

• Our goal is to leverage the benefits of these new open platforms and technologies to

drive further innovation in the form of new business applications and services

– Service provider gains additional revenue streams and protects against competition/churn

– SP combats the impact of over the top by delivering tightly integrated packages of services to

customers

– Business user (typically the SME) can now take advantage of complex IT delivered as a service

with limited capital or resource commitment

• We aim to achieve this through a unique combination of carefully selected partner

platforms and a strong portfolio of related own or “off the shelf” applications and

services

Challenges

• Market knowledge and technology partners but…………..

• Needed help with product definition and development – esp.

in terms of SW

• Obviously coming from large high tech MNC company

backgrounds knew how new products developed but now on

our own as start-up

• Needed to add own “special sauce” to the mix

• In particular as a start-up needed help with evaluating

product ideas, product development and getting funding

When Iricent met TSSG

• Spoke to a number of academic institutions

• TSSG by far most

– Knowledgeable about SDN / NFV

– Experienced in related technology areas

• TSSG very forthcoming with advice – technical and

other – great whiteboard sessions

• TSSG very helpful in supporting funding applications

Iricent and TSSG – The story so far

• Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher No. 1

• Technology and market overview

• Informed and confirmed our focus area

• Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher No. 2

• PoC

• Informed and confirmed our technology choices

• Contracted Development Work

• MVP

• Part funded by Local Enterprise Office

Thank you

• For more information visit

• www.iricent.com

• or contact us at info@iricent.com

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Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnerships

Programme

How do I engage with TSSG?

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Innovation Partnership

• “The Innovation Partnership Programme encourages

Irish-based companies to work with Irish research

institutes resulting in mutually beneficial co-operation

and interaction”

• Minimum 20% Cash contribution from the Company

• Up to €200k contribution from EI (€100k for start-ups)

• Requires Development Advisor to review proposal

plan prior to submission to EI.

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Application Process

• Phase 1 – Pre Approval

– Option 1 – IP Outline Proposal

– Option 2 – IP Feasibility Study Grant

• Phase 2 –

– Option 1 - Full Proposal Submission

– Option 2 – Express Proposal Submission

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Submission Timeline to IRCC

• Submission Date Approval Date

• 10 June → 22 July

• 8 July → 19 August

• 5 August → 16 September

• 9 September → 21 October

• 7 October → 18 November

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EI Contact Details

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Steven Davy, Research Unit Manager, 3MT

stevendavy

@sdavy2009

StevenDavy

sdavy@tssg.org

+353 51 845680

+353 86 0505821

Thank you for your attention

Any questions?