Seamless Innovation Through the Power of Pervasive Computing

Seamless Innovation Through the Power of Pervasive Computing Enterprise Technology Ford Motor Company Accelerating Information Technology Innovation Vijay Sankaran September 19, 2005

The world is becoming increasingly connected through technology By 2005 there will be 35 billion microcontrollers, 750 million smart sensors and 1. 5 billion mobile information appliances Microprocessors Smaller Sensors Faster Data Devices Energy Efficient Networks Software Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Smarter Adaptive 2 ET website URL

In this rapidly changing environment, organizations must learn to be more adaptive Ford Motor Company must embrace pervasive computing in its quest to be more adaptive Defragmentation Pervasive Computing Adaptive Enterprise “It is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent, but the one that is most responsive to change. ” –Charles Darwin Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 3 ET website URL

Innovation is the Only Method of Constant Improvement and Adaptation Innovation will Meet the OEM Challenges of Today Stagnating Demand Sales Pressures Creation Pressures Atomization Changing Customer Demand Increased competition in value chain Overcapacity Methods for Success: • Innovation allows a company to move faster than its competitors Quicker Time-to. Market • Innovation creates better end products • Innovation delivers new solutions to old problems • Innovative companies attract and retain better employees • Innovation streamlines processes Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 4 ET website URL

Pervasive Solutions will Inject Adaptive Competencies into Ford Motor Company Pervasive computing allows the enterprise to continually view and improve itself Dealerships: Improves ability to tie experiences to brand image Product: Exciting features, content and functionality Self-Organization Recombination Supply Chain: Increased control and flexibility through RFIDs Service: Simplifies ownership and repair Traffic System Integration: Ability to provide and receive traffic information Marketing: Contextawareness enables personalized advertisements Internal Efficiencies: Smart offices and asset tracking Continuous Identity and Experimentation Security Shop Floor: Increased monitoring and intelligent correction Sense and Respond Seed, Select & Amplify Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 5 ET website URL

Connectivity will Continue to Add Computing Capability to the Automobile Connectivity will extend the driving experience outside the walls of the vehicle Active Safety: Increased Automated Control Personalization: Network area of reconfigurable chips Passive Safety: Object detection and action Fuel Economy: Pathfinding Quality: preemptive warning of problems via a network of sensors Long Range Connectivity: Wi-Fi Data Uploads: Telematics Short Range Connectivity: Bluetooth Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Powertrain: Advanced/Hybrid Controls Commonality: plug and play functionality Security: Stolen vehicle tracking Drive Performance: Intelligent adjustments 6 ET website URL

Radio Frequency IDs will Enable Physical Objects to be Visualized in the Virtual World RFIDs will allow total supply chain visibility and thus more dynamic control Future Trending Supplier Raw Material Data Storage and Management Manufacturing Real-Time Inventory Distribution Customer Dealerships Standardize hardware / software Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Stabilize the supply chain Dynamic Re. Routing Simplify material and parts handling Sustain material control Location Awareness Set cadence 7 ET website URL

The Collaboration Strategy will Create New Tools and Methods to Exchange Ideas Today’s Innovation requires collaboration between different disciplines Immersive Environments Advanced Interfaces Blogs Electronic Conferencing Virtual Workspaces Data Sharing Instant Messaging Electronic Communication Video Messaging File Sharing Knowledge Share Wiki Collaborative Management Tools Social Networks Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 8 ET website URL

Mobility will Allow Communication to Become Intertwined into Everyday Activities Seamless mobility allows maximum user mobility with minimal user effort Video Enabling Improved Location Increased Services Increased Productivity Reduction of Devices Wireless LANs Reduced Cost Simplified Defragmentation User Initiated Homogenous Networks User Driven No physical boundaries Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 9 ET website URL

Various Technologies will Aid in Making Decisions in an Increasingly Complex World Environmental Complexity Increased computational power and graphic tools have created analytic techniques that can simplify complex systems Agent Based Models show entities interact to form system behaviors Simulation fully recreates system behavior Data Mining allows known patterns to be detected from data Statistical Methods can show trends in a well understood system Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Genetic Algorithms detect and optimize system behavior Neural Networks can group flat data into categories 10 ET website URL

The Technology Fabric Optimizes the Environment for Pervasive Computing Through Core Enablers The function of technology enablers will be determined by environment Adaptive Networking Interoperability Autonomic Computing Service Oriented Architecture Identity and Security Flows – Seamless methods of information transfer Tags – Methods of identifying agents Abstracted Building Blocks – Standard components to quicken development and reduce dependencies Statistical Aggregation – Mechanics to understand system stability Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 11 ET website URL

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will add Technical Flexibility to Better Handle Complexity Today’s IT environment contains 7 data center, 180, 000 desktops, 250, 000+ network elements and 2500+ application, leading to millions of interactions Improved ability to adapt to changing business requirements Leveraging of legacy investments, including line-of-business purchased packages SOA offer numerous benefits for controlling complexity Better alignment with business though designing in terms of business services Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Easier and costeffective integration through reusable code, Reduced design and development costs Better business decisions through ‘right information at the right time’ 12 ET website URL

Identity and Security are critical to enabling a secure pervasive world As computing becomes distributed, an adaptive security infrastructure is key name Identify Users ford IT Context Awareness Tagging Identity-Based Security Spam Protection Manage Policy Perimeter Security Secure Networks Central Control Analyze Events Audit Quarantine of Viruses Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 13 ET website URL

Interoperability will Provide a Standard Method to Exchange, Broadcast and Access Information Interoperability will eliminate the need for point-to-point connections, allowing application integration to be simpler and faster Marketing Systems Manufacturing Systems Information Bus Ford Internal Applications Ford External PD Systems Devices HR Systems Finance Systems Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 14 ET website URL

Autonomic Computing Allows Backend Computing to be Managed as a System There is a shift from optimizing large physical resources to optimizing interconnected resources as one large environment. Security and identity solutions will allow better process control Virtualization will allow large resources to be partitioned Compute Platforms Composite Computing will allow resources to be combined Storage Security Automation will simplify daily tasks Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Networks Enterprise System Management Adaptive networks will allow faster and more flexible communication Monitoring will improve sense and respond capabilities 15 ET website URL

Adaptive Networking Allow Digital Links to Keep Pace with Changing Business Environments Adaptive Networking will restructure networks around business needs Network limited to preset services Network configures services around environment Devices must navigate through multiple network types Access networks blend differing configurations Multiple definitions of network policies and security Central definition of network policies and security Network compartments based on businessoriented needs Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT Adaptive Networks Network adapts to usage Network compartments based on physical characteristics Traditional Networks User adapts to network 16 ET website URL

Internet 2 Prognosticates the Pervasive Future • High bandwidth networks set the stage for advanced collaboration and simulation • Evidence of real, distributed utility computing in the Tera. Grid will be powered through Internet 2 • Internet 2 has already led the way in the development of key areas of the underlying technology fabric (e. g. security, middleware) Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 17 ET website URL

Enablers such as Internet 2 help evolve the Pervasive Ecosystem Innovation is the process of turning feedback into new products and processes that improve the system New Products and Process New Perspective Invention Diffusion Reevaluation New Understanding of Needs A primary reason that evolution of life-forms or of technology speeds up is that it builds on its own increasing order, with ever more sophisticated means of recording and manipulating information. Innovations created by evolution encourage and enable faster evolution - Ray Kurzweil (Kurzweil’s Law: The Law of Accelerating Returns) Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 18 ET website URL

Universities can lead pervasive innovation on the Internet 2 platform The opportunities are galactic in nature Collaborative Creation Real-Time Monitoring Virtual Reality Continuous Experimentation Classroom 2020 4 G Robotics Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 19 ET website URL

Internet 2 Research Areas Need to Broaden to Drive a Pervasive Ecosystem • Wireless Extension of Internet 2 Needs to be studied • More mobile and sensor experiments need to be conducted to examine potential new capabilities • Focus needs to continue to how to evolve the Internet based on lessons learned from Internet 2 • Societal impacts of new paradigms need to be studied Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 20 ET website URL

This is what our pervasive future is all about – what about yours? Enterprise Technology/EAE Ford Motor Company IT 21 ET website URL