European Cloud Partnership

Rainer Zimmermann European Commission

Information Society and Media Directorate GeneralHead of Unit

Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures

European Cloud Partnership (ECP)European Cloud Partnership (ECP)

Introduction to Cloud Computing StrategyShaping the CC LandscapeWhat, How and When of the ECPNext Steps

European Cloud Strategy

• Last year VP Neelie Kroes announced in Davos three axes for action:• Legal Framework• Technical & Commercial (including standardisation)• Market

• This year she has announced the creation of the European Cloud Partnership

Public Sector

International Policy

Cloud for EUROPE and EUROPEANS

Legal Framework

STIMULATION MEASURES

Strategy

Objectives

Lead Market

Principles for data flow, security

certification

Cloud for EUROPE AND EUROPEANS

Single Market

R&D, Innovation, pre-commercial procurement, education & awareness

European Cloud Partnership

• Purpose• to solve problems caused by fragmentation of markets

and legislation in Europe for Cloud Computing.• to publish public sector requirements for clouds across

Member States, regions or application areas (such as e-health, taxation, social benefit payments).

• Benefits• better quality of demand and supply• market with harmonised requirements can be

addressed by active cloud providers with an assured user community.

Major Cloud challengesMajor Cloud challengesInteroperability

lock-in risksportability of data, security settings;

Privacy & Legalwhere is my data? whose law applies? who can access it?

Governance, control no control of licensing terms, SLA, use of legacy application

Security, Dependability data, outages

...

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Question 1

• Are European public administrations very different in their requirements from other users?

• Like the US Government

Still Question 1

• Are European public administrations very different in their requirements from other users?

• Like the US Government?• Multinational users?

Cloud Computing – issues by users

Data Security and Traceability

Contractual Issues

Jurisdiction and Data Protection

Interoperability and Standards

Open Data Center Alliance –

Steering Committee: BMW, Capgemini, Deutsche Bank

Contributor Members: Atos, CERN, Deutsche Telekom AG, ING, Telecom Italia

Solution Provider Members: Hewlett Packard, SUSE, Dell

Adopter Members: A1 Telekom Austria, Daimler AG, Arsys Internet SL, Poste Italiane

Usage Modelsof Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA)

Secure Federation• Security Provider Assurance, Security Monitoring

Automation• IO Control, VM Interoperability

Common Management & Policy• Regulatory Framework

Transparency• Carbon Footprint, Service Catalogue, Standard Unit of Measurement for

IaaS

Major Cloud challengesMajor Cloud challengesInteroperability

lock-in risksportability of data, security settings;

Privacy & Legalwhere is my data? whose law applies? who can access it?

Governance, control no control of licensing terms, SLA, use of legacy application

Security, Dependability data, outages

...

First Conclusion

• There is a lot of commonality between the issues identified for the European Cloud Strategy and the Thinking of major Users

Question 2

• What can Administrations do to benefit from the developments in other sectors?• Why should I be in?

Positions

• The Cloud Computing Industrial and Market Sectors are just taking shape. The Industrial Players must position themselves in a role with respect to the market.

Second Conclusion

• It takes a Partnership, to balance the different interests both between commercial players and between different public administrations

• There might be some specificities in Europe

European Cloud Partnership (ECP)European Cloud Partnership (ECP)

Introduction to Cloud Computing StategyShaping the CC LandscapeWhat, How and When of the ECPNext Steps

ECP Organisation

• The ECP is proposed as a two-tier organisation:

• "The ECP Organisation“• A governance level, to be appointed, will report to VP Kroes.

• "The ECP Office“• An implementation level consisting of Member State or

regional procurement representatives.The implementation level will be called. It will, under the guidance of the Organisation, issue specifications, Requests for Technology or Invitations to Tender.The Office may consult with industrial, academic or other bodies while avoiding conflict of interest.

Objectives of the ECP

• Phase 1• Publish requirements in Cloud Computing

• Phase 2• Procure proof of concept solutions

• Phase 3• Procure implementations in order to demonstrate

conformance to requirements

Roles and Rights

Publ. Authorities

Suppliers

Specifications and Utilisation Implementation and Operation

Publ. Authorities

Suppliers

Specifications and Utilisation Implementation and Operation

ECP – Phase 1

EU/Member StateImplementations

Governance

Tender Specifications

R&D Specifications

Consortia

Specifications

Specifications go through three Phases:

1. Harmonising Requirements

2. Procure Proof3. Procure

Implementations

TextText

Certified BehaviourCertified Behaviour

Test SuiteTest Suite

StandardsStandards

Phase one (cont)

• timing: first step in 2012• overall financing: 10 M€• call in July; Deadline tbc• MS discussion on 24th April

European Cloud Partnership (ECP)European Cloud Partnership (ECP)

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Next StepsNext Steps

Ensuring Member States or Regional Administrations Commitment

Commercial Consortia CompositionCompeting SolutionsBarriers that can be removed by this

PartnershipClear path to widely accepted standardsEuropean benefitPiloting PCP

Further Information• Sites to drill further:

• http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/library/index_en.htm - Cloud Computing

• http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/index_en.htm - Digital Agenda

• http://cordis.europa.eu/software-services - Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures

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