Work Plan for the Second Period

Bob Jones, CERNFirst Helix Nebula Review

03 July 2013

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Focus for the second periodTaking into account the work achieved in the first period, the experience gained from the initial flagship deployments and the need for a federated cloud system, we will focus on:

Pursuing the full-scale flagship deploymentsAnalysing the business modelsPreparing for the transition from the pilot phase to the production service

2011 2012-2013 2014

• Pilot Phase• Deploy flagships• Analysis of functionality,performance & financial model

Towards an open marketfor Science

• Strategic Plan agreed• Select flagships use cases• Define governance model

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Flagship deployments

Results will contribute to deliverablesD5.2 “Report on future technical requirements”D5.4 “Final Flagship Deployment report”D6.2 “Roadmap for the integration and Interoperation of commercial cloud with e-Infrastructures”

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Initial flagships: CERN, EMBL, CNR (+ESA, national space agencies)

Complete on-going deployments with the Blue Box implementationsTest hybrid cloud model linking Helix Nebula suppliers with EGI and GEANT using the CERN ATLAS/CMS flagship as a use-case (September 2013)Determine how the services being developed by EUDAT could be relevant for Helix Nebula (October 2013)Expand Supersites to USA & Japan

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3 selected from 15 candidates:European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Weather Data Information Supersite (WDIS) with 100 years of weather dataUNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)

Ocean and Coastal Information Supersite (OCIS)Port d’Informació Científica (PIC), Barcelona• Reduce costs and improve speed of delivery, increase volume and accuracy for

Neuroimaging

• Foresee to deploy the new flagships in 2H 2013• Requirements are being entered into the online tool• Engagements made by suppliers to support the deployments

The deployment of these additional flagships, not foreseen in the DoW, will verify the cloud platform can satisfy requirements from a wider user-base and confirm the “added value” of Helix Nebula

New Flagships

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Changes foreseen compared to DoW

The preparation of the cloud platform and the deployment of the flagships will require more effort than foreseen

Extend WP4 “Cloud Platform & Provisioning”To ensure that the experience, learning and evidence generated by the work package can be transferred to the subsequent WPs

Focus more effort in WP5 “Flagship deployment”To complete deployment of CERN, EMBL & ESA flagships with blue boxesTo deploy the additional PIC, ECMWF and UNESCO flagships

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Sustainability and Next Steps

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Helix Nebula andnational structuresThe initial Helix Nebula flagships address the needs of international research organizations with big-science goals

In the second period we want to study how to work with national structures and funding agencies:

Identify potential commercial suppliers and research community users in the country for whom Helix Nebula would bring advantagesCompare the business models being developed in Helix Nebula with those used on a national basisUnderstand how national engagement would impact the Helix Nebula governance model

Helix Nebula will be presented to the ECP steering group set-up by Neelie Kroes during their meeting in Tallinn on 4th July.

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Helix Nebula and Europe 2020The Horizon 2020 EU framework programme for research and innovation will build on 3 major pillars:

Strengthening the EU’s position in science

Strengthening industrial Leadership in innovation

Tackling Societal Challenges

Helix Nebula’s vision and strategic goalsare fully aligned with Europe 2020 strategy

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First LevelProcessor

Consumer

Big Data#1

Value-addData

Consumer

DownstreamProcessor

Big Data#2

Consumer

DownstreamProcessor

Consumer

Big Data Supplier #1

PotentialRevenueStream

PotentialRevenueStream Potential

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Hybrid Cloud

The Big Picture

Big Data Supplier #2

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Data has Gravitas

Building a library of large scale data

Bring services to the data, not data to services

Democratise access to publicly funded data

Opportunity to cross fertilise data sets

Need for meta data frameworks to unleash value

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SustainabilityHelix Nebula has stimulated the interest of many suppliers and public sector usersIn order to be viable, Helix Nebula must provide added value to a significant number of paying users

In 2nd period we will determine if the business models under study are capable of supporting the long-term sustainability

The document Helix Nebula the Science Cloud: A Catalyst for Change in Europe proposes a number of measures to move Europe from cloud‐active to cloud‐productiveWe see Horizon 2020 as an opportunity to make this transition happen

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A Catalyst for ChangeHelix Nebula was conceived as a way of bringing coherence to a highly fragmented European IT services industry through the vision of a federated ‘science cloud’ integrated with publicly-funded scientific e-Infrastructures

Turn vision of Helix Nebula into reality: bring together a critical mass of supply-side and demand-side

The proposed accelerators represent a consistent set of concrete actions that will have direct impact on the creation of a flourishing open cloud services market in Europe by facilitating supply and stimulating demand

Horizon 2020 offers a window of opportunity for Europe to use public and private finance to fulfil the Helix Nebula vision of a transformative, innovative and collaborative cloud-based infrastructure for Europe and beyond

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Accelerating EuropeRecommendations grouped into a series of acceleration themes:

Creating the necessary political framework to increase access to publicly funded scientific researchFederating multiple commercial cloud service suppliers into an open platform

Using data-intensive science to bolster the data-driven economyBuilding the hybrid cloud: putting together public and private cloud servicesAdhering to open standards that encourage uptake of a federated cloud

Providing network access to cloud servicesIntroduce a financial incentive model to encourage a rapid uptake of cloud services

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SummaryProgress Towards Objectives in the First Period1. A platform capable of development through PPP into a scalable science cloud;

2. A flexible governance structure capable of growing alongside the infrastructure itself;

3. Representations of functional and non functional requirements including policies for trust, security and ‐privacy;

4. Agreements regarding inter operability with other, existing, e infrastructures;‐ ‐

5. Three flagships based at CERN, EMBL and ESA (represented by CNR), selected as ‘stretch’ targets highlighting extreme cases of the requirements of the ERA ;

6. Sustainable business models adhering to and supporting European level policies;‐

7. A roadmap and development plan for addressing issues on the road to 2020.

A cloud platform engaging research orgs and companies has been assembled

NDA defined and structures put in place that have scaled from 20 to 34 members

Requirements documented and online tool developed

Active engagement with GEANT & EGI via the flagship deployments

All 3 flagships deployed and more selected from new domains/members

Analysis performed and a set of new business models identified

Helix Nebula the Science Cloud: A Catalyst for Change in Europe published03/July/2013