Deliverable D10.1a Use Plans
Abstract
This deliverable represents the first output of task T10.1 of WP 10 – Analysis and exploitation
fore-cast. It describes the market of collaboration platforms. Special focus is given on the licensing of the core SPIKE system, i.e. analysis of appropriate Open Source license types, and the pilot applications. Business plans are described from the Research Partners and User Partners. The first version of the exploitation strategy from all involved partners is given.
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Executive Summary
D10.1a is a preliminary version of the use plans for the SPIKE system and the final version is due in M33. It should be seen as a fragment of the final document. Therefore, some chapters are described only briefly. In further stages of the SPIKE project, the content will be presented in more depth; in addition the structure of the document will be continuously refined. This deliverable is the only deliverable that was not accepted in its preliminary version during the first project review. Therefore the consortium created an updated version 1.1 of D10.1a which is due at the end of month 19. The present report builds upon and extends work that has been made previously for D10.1a and includes a detailed specification of the added value of the SPIKE solution compared to the state-of-the-art in the collaboration field. The SPIKE project team compared commercial products and open source project initiatives from other EU-projects to the expected SPIKE outcomes. Also a preliminary analysis of the potential corresponding business models from the user partners and research partners is given. The SPIKE project team also attached great importance on the analysis of appropriate open source license types and the compatibility issue. As another focus the communication of the SPIKE partners with open source communities and the usage of open standards are described in the updated deliverable.
Right from the start of the SPIKE project the exploitation has been started. During the first 18 month emphasis of the SPIKE project team has been given on collecting individual use plans and trying to synthesise them into a common exploitation agreement. Several documents strongly influenced the current document. As stated in the DoW the purpose of the deliverable D10.1a and the revised D10.1a version 1.1. Use Plan is to analyse and forecast the utilisation and exploitation of SPIKE.
In summary the following points have been a strong influence for the current document:
• Inputs to the exploitation: SPIKE components and architecture [D2.1] [D2.2] [D3.1] [D3.2] [D4.1], methodological guideline for setting up business alliances [9.1], and lessons learned from the pilot projects. Section 4 of the present document gives a short description of mentioned inputs.
• Business Plan: Several options are under consideration, all of them are based on the free of charge availability of SPIKE’s central modules (Open Source technical infrastructure). The different business plans and models from the research and user partners are described within section 6. The business plans and models have a strong focus on the evaluated pilot projects, which were described in deliverable D9.2. Exploitation strategy: The SPIKE team take the lead in exploitation on their home market. The exploitation strategy is a main part of D10.3 Plan for using and disseminating knowledge.
• The results of all exploitation and dissemination activities are described in D10.6 Raising public awareness, which is updated all 6 month and D10.3 Plan for using and disseminating knowledge.
Pilot applications will be used as references for the exploitation strategy. Additionally to the three defined application cases from the user partners a fourth application case has been developed as a representative demo-case to show a practical and simply understandable of SPIKE’s potential. This fourth application case is the combination of parts of the first three application cases and is outlined in deliverable D9.2 section 6.
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