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AIMES Launch
Friday 22nd JulyDIGITAL CHALLENGE: CREATING A DIGITALLY ENABLED SOCIETY COMMUNITY GRID
DIGITAL CHALLENGE:COMMUNITY GRID
TransformationalICT to Bridge Digital Divide
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VoluntaryPublic
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Education
Health
BusinessAccess to Technology
Public e-S
ervicesDelivering real social, economic and environmental benefits for local communities and new commercial opportunities for the private sector
UTILITY DEVELOPMENT
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2005 Decoupled production & consumption, enabling on-demand access, economies of scale, consumer flexibility, new devices
1918 in London alone, there are 70 authorities, 50different types of systems, 10 different frequencies and 24 different voltages
The Electricity (Supply) Act, 1926 integrates the British electricity supply industry by establishing a132,000V AC synchronous grid under the Central Electricity Board (CEB).
PROCUREMENT UTILITY
Task Console
Main Menu
Navigation Tree
Search
Adoption of best practice procurement, minimising errors and reducing invoice mismatching
On-demand solution contributing to reduced transaction costs of up to 75%
Increased buying power for SMEs by aggregating their procurement, reducing costs and monitoring and improving spend management
Improved buyer / seller communication through a single shared infrastructure
RENDER UTILITY
MEDIA
MARKETING ARCHITECTS
FORENSICS
RENDER NEWCO
Computing Utility
COMMUNITY UTILITY
‘Grid Power Stations’• 10000 Sq. Ft buildings housing powerful servers • Fast reliable internet connections • Latest software • Affordable prices
Mesh hopper WiFi• Wireless beacons provide a WiFi connection to homes across the city.
NetVoyager e1020 Thin Clients• Low cost thin clients • Automatically connect to the Wireless network • Access to the reservoir of computing power• Simple, cost effective and efficient technology
COMMUNITY UTILITY
Multimedia CapabilitiesCost-effective broadband
Internet access
iPod
Digital Cameras
External USB Storage
Microsoft Office Capabilities
Access to Council Services
Access Various Zones and Applications via a Portal
Thin Client PC
Teaching & Learning Resources Newsgroups
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FUTURE VISION To create Community Grid - a fifth utility
to bridge the digital divide, transform business and provide unique opportunities for communities and individuals across the region
By lowering the barriers to entry (for both cost and access to technology), the grid model of computing has the potential to create a step-change in productivity, economic development, community learning and social inclusion
Experience at the AIMES Centre at the University of Liverpool shows that the grid model of computing can play a major role in bridging the digital divide - narrowing the gap both between large businesses and SMEs and between affluent and deprived social communities
BENEFITS
Providing services to businesses, schools, community organisations and individuals, Community Grid would comprise a network of computing resources connected using a high-bandwidth backbone
Businesses The power available through the Grid, and its reliability, will dramatically change the cost of
ownership in the same way that the advent of a utility model for electricity did 100 years ago
Public Services Access to improved e-service delivery and breaking down the barriers to inclusion
Community Community Grid provides access to technology and affordable computing to community areas,
addressing the issues of social and economic exclusion associated with the digital divide
DISCUSSION
Professor Dennis KehoeAIMES
Tel. 0151 795 0100Web: www.aimes.net