Sustainability Workshop Day 1 November 30

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Sustainability WorkshopDay 1November 3007
PLANETS Products and Discussion of Sustainable
Models
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Overview of PLANETS deliverables

• TOOLS
• Migration tools from MS binary to Open XML
• Characterization
• Universal Descriptor for File Formats
• PRONOM is offered through PLANETS but it is not
  open source
• SERVICES
• Enabled by tools

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Overview of PLANETS deliverables (2)

• APPLICATIONS
• Testbed
• Scientific, repeatable experiment to perform
  evaluation of the
• Preservation Planning
• Look at the data set, identify which file formats
  are most in danger, make recommendations based on
  the cost, how long it takes, what is the time
  horizon, etc.
• Automated process is the goal.

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Driving force

• Legal obligations of archives and libraries
• Compliance requirements
• Observations
• No global awareness of preservation importance
• Investment in back-ups, archiving but no
  knowledge to manage the process
• PLANETS Offer
• Collection of tools
• Methods and practices

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MARKET/Product Identification

• Currently Libraries and Archives
• Opportunities and driving forces
• Enabling indexing for internet services
• Enhance Document Management Systems
• Auditors/Compliance
• Freedom of information act
• Possible products
• Service for content characterization and content
  access on demand

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What will be evolution of PLANETS

• Investment of resources into PLANETS because
  there is operational advantage
• Marketable solutions
• Influencing customers already by Tessella

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What is in PLANETS that is not in the market place

• File migration
• File preservation planning tools
• Could sell it as OEM solution
• Storage with facility for preservation
• Subscription model (based on volume)
• Hosted pay to use service
• Possibility to plug into the existing corporate
  system

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Opportunities

• KnowHow is the main value
• About data, format, content
• Combine with the library science
• Individual partners will benefit in individual
  ways but not necessarily in the collective way
• Possible business
• Software supported consultant
• System integrator

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Sustainability WorkshopDay 2November 3007
PLANETS Productization and Evaluation Criteria
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WHAT TYPE OF ENTREPRISES

• PLANETS members would consider opportunities to
• Help the greater good
• Be a customer for a full or selected services
• Obtain and offer guidance as individual
  institutions
• Grow the market
• Make money (return on PLANETS investment)
• Increase research kudos/ become world expert
• with
• no conflict with other partners
• no risk to the reputation

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EVALUATION CRITERIA

• A business would need to assess
• ABILITY TO GENERATE INCOME
• Market size
• Competitive position
• Barrier to entry
• TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY
• Does it work
• Can it be protected
• FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
• Will someone fund it
• Is it protectable
• ORGANIZATIONAL FEASIBILITY
• Can someone do it
• Set up a team
• Have sales ability
• What role can PLANETS play Can PLANETS do it?

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POSSIBLE Product approaches

• I WANT TO HAVE IT
• Need someone to make more tools
• Need someone to advise me
• Need someone to provide ongoing support
• I WANT OTHER MEMBERS TO USE IT
• Need sales/consultancy to help others
• ENTERPRIESE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
• Need to modify tools
• Need sales
• CONSUMER OPPORTUNITIES
• Need new tools for the space
• Need new models

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WHO WHAT HOW

• HOW will PLANETS project evolve beyond the
  project
• PLANETS as a set of partners with PLANETS
  results verse individual partners
• WHAT would be contribution and business
  opportunity
• It is not expected that PLANETS results would be
  a product grade
• There will be a set of tools that need to be
  further developed, maintained, expanded, etc.
• HOW would we enable the impact
• Open source type of activity but that has issues
  with commitment to serving the
  customers/users
• Single entity or a group of commercial entities
  investing
• Some model between the open source and the
  investment/corporate control.

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Evaluation Criteria - NOTES
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PRODUCTION

• Customer as full/partner service
• Reduced case
• Greater good and growing bigger market
• Guidance as an individual institution
• Numbers that show savings/scare customers
• Make money return on investment
• Relationship with solution providers
• Research kudos/ become world expert
• Not conflict w/other plans

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Evaluation criteria for the business

• Market size
• Technological feasibility
• Risk to reputation
• Credibility/ability to gain trust
• Can someone do it
• Set up a team
• Sales
• What role do we play CAN WE DO IT
• Will someone fund it
• Is it protectable