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Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe

Francisco García MoránDirector GeneralDG Informatics

mail to: francisco.garcia-moran@ec.europa.eu

M-Cloud Week in the Government Moldova

February 2013

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Cloud: an elastic execution environment of resources involving multiple stakeholders and providing a metered service at multiple granularities for a specified level of quality (of service).

Source: Expert group on Cloud Computing, 2009http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/docs/cloud-report-final.pdf

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Sources: AMR, Gartner, IDC, William Blair & Co., Merrill Lynch, PAC

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ECS. InputIndustry consultationPublic consultationInternational front (EU-US)Additional meetings (SMEs, Telecomm & Web

Hosting, User Industries)

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Industry recommendationsGroup Recommendation EC Industry

Legal Framework

Promote the Digital Single Market to encourage efficient cross border Cloud Services XX X

Analyse existing legislation and legislation under review to remove barriers to Cloud computing

XX

Ensure privacy legislation is horizontally assessed for its compatibility with Cloud computing, and is looked at in a global context.

XX X

Market related

SME Cloud Strategy: Raise awareness and encourage uptake of Cloud computing XX XX

Public Sector Cloud Strategy for Europe: Raise Awareness & Promote uptake of Cloud computing among public authorities.

XX X

Advance Practices and Contracting in Cloud Computing XX

Ensure a proper response to data breaches in the Cloud XX

Investigate further the creation of voluntary and industry led mechanisms of enhancing trust and security

XX

Technology related

Build on the Past & Foster Collaborative Research in Cloud Computing XX

Foster interoperability and data portability in the Cloud X XX

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Public Consultation(538 inputs, companies: 230, individuals: 182, …)EU legal framework unclear

Need for clarification on rights, responsibilities, data protection & liability

Guidelines for contracting welcome

Public sector can set standards (security, IOP, data portability)

International agreements neededImprovement through R&D

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Objective of the EU Cloud Strategy

1. Enabling and facilitating faster adoption of cloud computing, throughout all sectors of the economy to help cut ICT costs and boost productivity, growth and jobs

Europe […] should develop an EU-wide strategy on 'cloud computing' notably for government and science.” (EDA)

Approved 27/09/2012

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Challenges

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Opportunities

Supply side: for telcos, equipment, services providers

Demand side: Productivity potential for all; quicker and less risky professional IT for new companies (e.g. start-ups)

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Key Action 1 : Cutting through the Jungle of Standards

ETSI (European Telecoms Standards Institute) to coordinate stakeholders & identify necessary standards (e.g. for security and interoperability)

Recognize ICT technical specifications for data protection

ENISA & others to assist development of EU-wide voluntary certification schemes

Agree with industry harmonised metrics for energy consumption & carbon emissions of cloud services

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Key action 2: Safe and Fair Contract Terms

Develop with stakeholders model terms for cloud computing service level agreements for professional cloud users

European model contract terms and conditions pursuant to Common European Sales Law; expert group for cloud-related issues beyond the CSL

Review standard contractual clauses & binding corporate rules for international data transfers by cloud providers

Work with industry towards a code of conduct for cloud providers for Article 29 Working Party to endorse

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Key Action 3: European Cloud Partnership

What: Identify common requirements for public sector

cloud use Towards common & joint public procurement of

cloud services Shape the market to benefit private use

How : Steering Board: industry and MS Pre-Commercial Procurement Action with MS (FP7,

EUR 10m call published), with industry input Umbrella for MS cloud activities

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Other Actions

Focus Future European Research Funding Horizon 2020 support

Cloud support for Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Cloud in International Dialogue and free-trade negotiations

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European Cloud Communication: Conclusion

• Closed models and vendor lock-in are a danger for Cloud model take-up

• Appropriate standards and certification schemes need to be identified

• The Public sector has an important role for the shaping of the Cloud computing market

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What is our Business ?

We provide a complete set of services to run your applications

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Our vision statement

Operational ExecellenceOperational Execellence

Customer OrientationCustomer Orientation

Trust&ConficendeTrust&Conficende

AgilityAgility 4 Pillars

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SecuritySecurity

Align To Market TrendsAlign To Market Trends

Reducing Delivery TimeReducing Delivery Time

Reducing CostReducing Cost

Long Term SustainabilityLong Term Sustainability

Our Focus

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4 Steps Defined

Consolidation/VirtualisationConsolidation/Virtualisation

StandardisationStandardisation

Service Request PortalService Request Portal

Automation/OrchestrationAutomation/Orchestration

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Standardization

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Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.

Henry Ford

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1 HW platform

virtualised on x86

2 OS platformsLinux & Windows

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2012 2013

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CF9 on Linux/VMCF9 on Linux/VM

BOXI 3.1 SP5 on Linux/VMBOXI 3.1 SP5 on Linux/VM

2014

WL10.3.6 on Linux/VMWL10.3.6 on Linux/VM

OSS on Linux/VMOSS on Linux/VM

And our Application Stack….

ValidationValidation Ora11GR2 on LinuxOra11GR2 on Linux

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Further Information

European Cloud Computing Strategy http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm

Digital Agenda for Europehttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/

Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructureshttp://cordis.europa.eu/software-services

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