TheEuropeanCloudIni1a1ve

Doescloudmake'DigitalModernisa1on'affordable?Brussels,5December2016

DirkvanRooy,Ph.D.

EuropeanCommission,DGCONNECTE2,CloudandSoNware

EuropeanCloudIni1a1ve–seQngthescene

PartofapackageofmeasurestoprovideEuropeanscience,industryandpublicauthori1eswith:

•  aworld-classdatainfrastructuretostore,processandmanagedata;

•  high-speedconnec1vitytotransportdata;and•  evermorepowerfulHighPerformanceComputersforBig

Dataprocessing.The Cloud Ini1a1ve will make it easier for researchers, businesses and publicservicestoexploitBigDatabymakingiteasiertomove,shareandprocessdatainthe digital single market, among ins1tu1ons and research disciplines, in a globalseQng.

EuropeanCloudIni1a1ve–PolicyContextrangeofrelatedpolicies

■  EuropeanCloudCompu1ngStrategy[COM(2012)529]

■  Data-drivenEconomy[COM(2014)442]■  DigitalSingleMarketpackage[COM(2015)192]

■  Digi1singEuropeanIndustrypackage[COM(2016)180]■  EuropeanCloudIni1a1ve[COM(2016)178]

■  ICTStandardisa1on[COM(2016)176]

■  eGovernmentAc1onPlan[COM(2016)179]■  Future:dataeconomypackage.

European Cloud Computing Strategy start at the end of 2012

Digital Single Market

Better access

for consumers

and businesses

Innovative

services and

advanced

digital networks

Enhance the

growth potential

of the digital

economy

Enhance the Digital Economy Cloud computing & other data services

Free flow of data

initiative

European cloud

initiative

Interoperability and

standardisation

e-Government action plan

Digital Single Market

Digi1singEuropeanIndustry

■  UndertheDigitalSingleMarketumbrella;

■  Package:EuropeanCloudIni6a6ve,ICTStandardisa6on,e-Government,IoT;

■  Manyna1onal/regionalini1a1ves:Industrie4.0,SmartIndustry,IndustrieduFutur,Industry4.0,Produk6onderZukunE,FabbricaIntelligente,Produk6on2030,EstrategiaFabricacionAnvanzada,…(>30);

■  Coordina1onandexchange,co-investment,innova1onhubs,partnerships,standards,…

■  Datapla\orms(manufacturingcloud,industrialdataspace),connectedsmartfactory…

■  Skills.

ICTStandardisa1onandCer1fica1on-Cloud

■  Standardisa1onworkfromtheCloudStrategy;

■  ICTStandardisa1onCommunica1onac1ons:■  interoperabilityandportability;

■  interna1onalstandardsoncloudservicelevelagreements;

■  updateofthemappingofcloudstandards;

■  promotetheuseofexis1ngrelevantcer1fica1onsandlabellingforpublicprocurementofcloudservices.

■  Plannedstudyoncer1fica1onschemesforcloud.

EuropeanCloudIni1a1ve-Overview

■  EuropeanOpenScienceCloud(EOSC)–  Developmentofcloud-basedservicesforOpenScienceanddata-

sharing;

–  Integra6onandconsolida6onofe-infrastructures;–  Federa6onofexis6ngresearchinfrastructuresandscienceclouds;

■  EuropeanDataInfrastructure(EDI)–  Developmentanddeploymentoflarge-scaleEuropeanhigh-

performancecompu6ng,dataandnetworkinfrastructures;

–  UnderpinningEOSC,bigdata,industry,publicsector.■  Wideningaccessanduserbase

–  Researchandinnova6on,SMEs,Industryatlarge,Government

CloudCompu1ng

Needfor:networkanddatacentreinfrastructure,cloud,serviceecosystem.

► Cloudisanenabler:thewhole>sumofitsparts.•  Technology:virtualisa6on,elas6city,load-balancing,accesscontrol,federatedID,

security,differentecosystems,etc

•  Organisa1onal:contracts,servicelevelagreements,payments,securityagreements,dataprotec6on,user-support,etc.

•  Buildingon:•  EuropeanCloudStrategy,EU/na1onal/regionalini1a1ves

•  HelixNebulaScienceCloud:majorpreparatoryini1a1veforscience

•  Cloud-for-Europe:majorcloudini1a1vebythepublicsector

EuropeanOpenScienceCloud-ac1ons

■  Opensciencedata=defaultinH2020,withopt-out;■  Cloud-basedservicesforopenscience;■  DatainteroperabilitybuildingonResearchDataAllianceand

BelmontForum;

■  Raiseawarenessandincen1vesfordatasharingandmanagement;

■  Governancestructure;■  Enlargescienceuserbaser,Europeandglobally.

EuropeanDataInfrastructure-ac1ons

■  Interconnec6onandfedera6onofna6onalandEuropeanHPCresourcesandcrea6onofanHPCandBigDataserviceinfrastructurefacility;

■  Acquisi6on(in2020-2021)of2opera6onalpre-exascaleand(in2022-2023)twofullexascalemachines(ofwhichonebasedonEuropeantechnology).

Contributetodigi6sa6onofindustry.

Demonstrateandtesttechnologyperformancetowardsexascalethroughscien6fic&industrialcompute-intensiveapplica6ons.

Futuretechnologies:quantum.

H2020 WP2018-2020 preparation Cloud research and testbeds

Internal EC consultation

Public consultation

(Sept-Oct 2016) Workshop (Nov 2016)

Several reports available at https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/consultation-cloud-computing-research-innovation-challenges-wp-2018-2020

Adoption: Q3 2017?

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Industry consultation (Feb 2016)