connecting to peppol - different perspectives

Connecting to the PEPPOL Infrastructure

Mikkel Hippe BrunTechnical Director, PEPPOLChief Consultant, Danish IT- and Telecom Agency

Email: mhb@itst.dkTwitter: @hippebrun

Pan European eProcurement with PEPPOL

Copenhagen, Denmark

October 21th – 23rd 2009

The PEPPOL exchange challenge

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Who is involved?

BuyersSuppliersSoftware suppliers

Business SoftwareMiddleware

Service ProvidersBanksVANseProcurement Platform Providers

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The peer-2-peer-model

Characteristics (simplified)Agreed upon standards for transport

open or proprietary

Perhaps - agreed upon standards for content

Difficult to match business requirements

The three-corner-model

Characteristics (simplified)Proprietary standards (whole stack)

Risk of service provider lock-in / Limited competition

Customers may have to connect to more than one service provider

The four-corner-model

Characteristics (simplified)Agreed upon standards for transport

open or proprietary

Perhaps - agreed upon standards for content

Freedom to choose service provider

Business requirements

Business concern Service provider Large Organization Company

Low cost of entry Other cost of entry

(e.g.complexity, contractual, etc)

Low cost per msg

Technology comfort zone Reliability Integrity Transport-level non-repudiation Privacy Trust Avg. latency lower than 5 min. +

(tender?)High volume

The PEPPOL exchange challenge

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PEPPOL Infrastructure

SML = Service Metadata Locator (interface)

SMP = Service Metadata Publisher (interface)

AP = Access Point (Operated by a Service Provider)

Our foundation

Content and business process standardsCEN/ISSS WS BIIOASIS UBLUN/CEFACT Cross Industry Invoice

Internet and web services standardsOASISW3CIETF

We provide

SpecificationsCentral infrastructureOpen Source SoftwareReference ImplementationsHands-on workshops and supportLegal framework

Mainstream adoption in 10 years

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We need concerted action

Suppliers of Business SoftwareERP solutionsMiddleware software

Service ProvidersBanksValue Added Network OperatorseProcurement Platform Providers

Governments and large private buyers

Problems as seen from a software supplier

ERP and Business Software suppliersConvergence between standards is slowNo standardized way of exchangeNo standardized interface to service providersLack of critical mass

Poll

– Q: Do you represent a software supplier?

– Q: Are these assumptions correct?

PEPPOL for Software suppliers

Suppliers of Business Software and ERPAgree to standardized business processesSupport standardized data modelsSupport standardized “connections” to Service Providers

PEPPOL is at your service

Problems as seen from a middleware supplier

Is it a mature specification?Will a new specification get traction?Will centralized components survive?How big is the market?When is ROI?

Poll

– Q: Do you represent a middleware supplier?

– Q: Are these assumptions correct?

PEPPOL for Middleware suppliers

Suppliers of MiddlewareMix and match – Use Service Metadata Interfaces without transport specifications and vice versa.Join us in our work to harden specificationsCountries are shifting entire infrastructures to PEPPOL specifications – Make your products availableMarket PEPPOL compliance to Service Providers

PEPPOL is at your service

Problems as seen from a Service Provider

Giving access to all is difficult300-500 service providers across Europe

Most interconnections are Bilateral and Ad hoc

No shared infrastructureThere are many different formats?

Poll

– Q: Do you represent a Service Provider?

– Q: Are these assumptions correct?

PEPPOL for Service Providers

Service ProviderEnter the PEPPOL peering agreementTake advantage of the shared componentsUse Middleware that supports PEPPOL specificationsPromote that you are connected to PEPPOL to your customers

PEPPOL is at your service

Call for action

Join usGovernment are implementing

>30,000 endpoints from May 1st 2010

Sustainable and robust infrastructure

Multilateral Legal framework

Mix and match

We are prepared to listen and change

Connect to the PEPPOL Infrastructure

http://www.peppol.eu