Progress in Systems and Telecommunication Engineering
Platform Services
Ana Robnik; Andrej Ciglic; Aleš Balanc; Roman Kuznar; Ignac Zupan, Jan Porekar, Arso Savanovic Iskratel, d.o.o., Kranj Ljubljanska c. 24a SI-4000 Kranj, Jozef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana, SETCCE d.o.o. Tehnološki park 21 SI-1000 Ljubljana
Abstract: Advanced platform services enable in their rich content schema and business approach a step closer to the
digitalization of the public and industrial sectors. These services are open for their further usage in a plethora of applications
and run on opensourced cloud infrastructure.
The main objective of this initiative is to increase the competitiveness of the Slovenian ICT industry by developing advanced
ICT pre-integrated (platform) services, which are available via application programming interfaces to other services and
applications, and they are managed and orchestrated using the cognate principles. The three areas of platform services
usage (E&M Health, Solutions for Small and Medium Enterprise, Safe Society) are described and its benefits for each of these
areas.
This program has been initiated by the company Iskratel, d.o.o., Kranj, and involves 15 partners, including 12 industrial and
four public research institutes with their 12 research groups.
The Platform services are oriented horizontally, incorporating enabling technologies and services that allow faster and
efficient development of applications and services within the initiatives Safe Society, Smart Cities and Communities PaMetSkup,
Energetics and E&M Health.
The Platform Services are an excellent ICT basis for Smart Cities and Communities thanks to advanced and rich content and
concepts.
The consortium of partners wants to become a global partner for integrated/comprehensive projects with flexible and
innovative service providers.
References: [1] Towards a thriving data-driven economy, COM(2014) 442, http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/towards-thriving-datadriveneconomy.
[2] â€European Big Data Value Strategic Research & Innovation Agendaâ€, European Big Data Value Partnership, July 2014
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/open-data-0
[4] Companies product descriptions.
[5] Napredne platformne storitve za digitalno Slovenijo in aplikacije industrijskih sektorjev, narejeno za SVRK in oddano v maju
2015.
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