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Microsoft Innovation Center
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Microsoft eGov Innovation Center

• Andrus Aaslaid
• Evangelist

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Microsoft Innovation Center
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Meaning of Innovation Center

• Initiative for developing local software economy
  and ICT ecosystem
• Customized set of activities for local needs
• In collaboration with universities, government,
  organizations etc.

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Estonian Approach
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Goals for Estonia

• Increase market readiness and export capabilities
• Make Microsoft partner ecosystem worldwide
  available for Estonian companies
• Integrate Estonian e-government solutions to
  Microsoft public sector strategy
• Create Citizen Services Platform Eastern Europe
  support center
• Create Microsoft Open Source Repository for
  eGovernment solutions

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Activities

• Educate Microsoft Services organization in public
  sector specific topics
• Leverage X-Tee (X-roads) integration to Microsoft
  public sector story
• Maintain Estonian Identity card compatibility
  throughout Microsoft products

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Innovation Center Features
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What IS Innovation Center?

• Physical location and people
• Works in collaboration with local, technology
  neutral partners
• Access to Microsoft sales organization
• Access to Microsoft partner ecosystem
• Access to Microsoft incentive programs for
  software and support (Global Startup Program)
• Ability for partners to tune Innovation center
  activities and have Microsoft helping the best
  possible way

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What Innovation Center IS NOT

• Does not provide access to Microsoft finances
• Is not a company
• Is not a incubator for either products or
  companies
• Is not a way for exploiting various support
  programs and incentives
• Does not give any right to use microsoft name as
  your own
• Does not get involved in Intellectual property
  rights

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Next Steps

• Portfolio mapping and evaluation
• Set up Migration plan
• Start Open Source Repository setup
• Open student contest for eGovernment solutions
  development (to seed the repository)

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Keep In Mind
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Things to evangelize to Companies

• Map your competence, solutions and resources
• What to export?
• Knowledge? Source code? People? Products?
• Do we have merchandise?
• Do we have market for our goods?
• Do we have appropriate people?
• Does our solution scale?
• Can we sell it several times over and over
  without further development?

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Links
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• Citizen Services Platform
• http//www.microsoft.com/industry/publicsector/gov
  ernment/csp/default.aspx
• Free and Open Source Software Initiative
• http//www.microsoft.com/opensource/
• Interoperability
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• andrus.aaslaid_at_microsoft.com
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