Thanks Fede i had also seen and liked Mario's answer already. Nevertheless I think some reaction and answers from FI-WARE representatives would increase awareness and credibility. Juanjo is any of you guys going to post anything? Regards Monique Inviato con AquaMail per Android http://www.aqua-mail.com Il 23 marzo 2014 11:55:38 Federico Michele Facca <federico.facca at create-net.org> ha scritto: > Mario Campolargo · Brussels, Belgium > > Hi Mike, > I found your blog very interesting, I just wanted to clarify a few things. > The Future Internet public-private partnership is a big operation. From > Norway to Israel from Finland to Portugal over 1000 people are busy > developing a new generation of software components, testing them, and > organising industry-specific trials so they are ready to be explored by > SMEs and web-entrepreneurs. The PPP has three parts: Big industry > (Telefonica & Atos are using it today), specific industrial sectors > (energy, health, agri-food, smart factory & creative industry), and the bit > you're referring to, which devotes €100 million to SMEs and web entrepreneurs. > The €100 million from your headline is not for hackathons or prizes, rather > it will be given to 16 accelerator groups who in turn will run a > competitive process to identify SMEs and web-entrepreneurs with the most > innovative ideas for using the FI-Ware components. The €100 million is for > grants for growing and testing the ideas and for mentoring services to make > them a success. As @Ramon Suarez says, the money you're talking about > hasn't even been allocated yet – so it's not surprising it hasn't created > many new jobs or companies yet. But they're working on it! > The real value comes now as FI-Ware moves away from experimental hackathons > and prizes (which were used to prove the technology) towards supporting > startups and web-entrepreneurs in building innovative services and > hopefully innovative businesses. History supports the claim that EU > investments in research and development can make a real difference: it was > EU research and innovation that enabled today's 3G mobile market, for > example. This is where the Future Internet PPP comes in - at the interplay > of mobile network infrastructures, cloud computing and an Internet of > Things. FI-WARE helps develop the open technologies and platforms for an > internet where apps go beyond smartphone, and link up to networks and > sensors. We are looking ahead to the Internet services of 2020 and not the > small and monolithic services of today. The Future Internet PPP is open to > everybody to see what's in it for them and participate if they like. There > is no real in or out: some receive Commission innovation grants, and others > unfortunately don't. But the technology, the test-bed, the learning > environment is fully open – world-wide: www.fi-ware.eu > Looking forward to your thoughts on how we can make improvements! > Mario > > > > On 21/mar/2014, at 09:50, Monique Calisti | Martel Consulting > <monique.calisti at martel-consulting.ch> wrote: > > > Hi Juanjo, > > when the answer is formalized, could you share this into this list? > > I think it's relevant to all of us. > > cheers > > monique > > On 19.03.2014 18:02, JUAN JOSE HIERRO SUREDA wrote: > >> The EC is preparing a formal response. We have provided input to them. > >> We have to wait and see. > >> Juanjo from iPhone > >> El 19/03/2014, a las 16:50, "Federico Michele Facca" > <federico.facca at create-net.org> escribió: > >> >>> I took some small time to reply to the guy, who confuse hackathons > and acceleration programmes ... besides this, talk bad or good, the > important thing is that they talk about you :) > >>> regarding clout, is not a "real" rtd project is more eu-japan > dissemination action. andrea manieri (eng) is in it. > >>> federico > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Monique Calisti | Martel Consulting > <monique.calisti at martel-consulting.ch> wrote: > >>> Dear All, > >>> First point I think here in Athens our FI-WARE/FI-LAB/FI-Ops > coordinated efforts are running very well and smoothly. But in my opinion > VERY IMPORTANT to react upon ASAP especially for you FI-WARE guys is an > on-line article that appeared yesterday on Tech Crunch: > >>> > http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/18/why-is-the-european-commission-spending-e100m-on-a-pointless-hackathon/ > >>> Maybe you guys have already reacted, but I think the core message is to > make sure there is a clearer understanding overall of how FI-WARE is being > already deployed in real-world (various cities initiatives for instance) to > provide the most convincing answer to the kind of "attacks" like this > article is putting forward. > >>> Then, as briefly discussed with Nuria here in Athens, I noticed that > there is an ongoing EC project that has very similar graphics / flyers / > poster to what I've seen for some FI-WARE/FI-Lab material. You may want to > check at: > >>> http://clout-project.eu/ > >>> Other than that I think here in Athens things are moving on very well. > >>> cheers, > >>> monique > >>> > >>> -- Dr. Monique Calisti > >>> Partner, Executive Director > >>> Martel Consulting > >>> Dorfstrasse 73 Phone: +41 (0)76 321 39 81 > >>> 3073 Gümligen Fax: +41 (0)31 994 25 29 > >>> Switzerland monique.calisti at martel-consulting.ch > >>> ======================================================== > >>> This e-mail, including attachments, is intended for the person(s) or > >>> company named and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged > >>> information. Unauthorized disclosure, copying or use of this information > >>> may be unlawful and is prohibited. 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