The 2012 European Cloud Computing Conference

Brussels, 21 March 2012

Building theEuropean CloudComputing Strategy

Carl-Christian Buhr

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Cloud Computing in the Digital Agenda

“Europe should also […] [reinforce] eInfrastructures and […] should develop an EU-

wide strategy on 'cloud computing' notably for

government and science. […] The strategy should consider

economic, legal and institutional aspects.”

A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT

Why this?

1. Economic potential for supply & especially demand sides

2. Cloud computing will happen: to or with us?

3. Many policies impact cloud & vice versa: need horizontal view

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Neelie Kroes, 27 January 2011

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

“Now is the time to bring

it all together. […] This

goes beyond a policy

framework. I want to make

Europe not just ‘cloud-

friendly’ but ‘cloud-

active’.”

Why now?

The Commission acts as......Policy Maker

Launches policy debates

Invites Member States to take action

Proposes EU legislation

Supports coordination

...Funding Agency

Research & Innovation projects

e.g. eGovernment building blocks

...Infrastructure Builder

Funds infrastructures

Connects Member State systems

“[T]he deliverable is a document combining analysis and a plan of future actions. I want to have this in place no later than 2012.”

Neelie Kroes, 27 January 2011

“Before the summer, I intend to present a European Cloud Strategy...”

Neelie Kroes, 24 January 2012

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

When?

“First, the legal framework: users' rights, data

protection and privacy - including the global aspects

[…].

Second, technical and commercial fundamentals: boosting

research efforts, and focussing them on critical issues

such as security and reliability.

Third, the market: we will support pilot projects for

cloud deployment, and push public procurers into action.”

Neelie Kroes, 22 March 2011

What?

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

And what not?

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

“our overall Cloud Computing strategy,

is not about building a European super-

Cloud, neither outright nor by forcing

the integration of existing public

Cloud infrastructures.”

Neelie Kroes, 26 January 2012

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Process

1.Expert Reports (e.g. ENISA)

2.Digital Agenda (19/05/2010)

3.Announcement (27/01/2011)

4.Public online consultation (16/05-01/08/2011)

5.Hearings with users, SMEs, IT & telcos (11/2011)

6.Industry working groups and recommendations (11/2011)

7.Cloud Computing Strategy (target July 2012)

8.Implementation...

Partners

http://europarl.europa.eu/

http://consilium.europa.eu/

European Parliament

Council of the European Union

Member States

“...push public procurers into action.”

“Let me just dare to look a bit into the future. In the US there is a large framework contract for cloud computing that can be used on all levels of government. This pools a lot of procurement power. If anything, this can ‘move the market’ – and the public administrations. What would we need to do to pull off something like this in Europe?”

Neelie Kroes, 23 May 2011

Ex. 1: Public procurement

The European Cloud Partnership

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

“I am inviting public authorities

and industry, Cloud buyers and

suppliers, to come together in a

European Cloud Partnership. In

the first phase, the Partnership

will come up with common

requirements for Cloud

procurement.”

Neelie Kroes, 26 January 2012

Ex. 2: Content online

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

“...a European Cloud Strategy in

which we will assess all

possible obstacles for the

Cloud to enable a flourishing

business for content, both for

providers and right-holders.”

Neelie Kroes, 24 January 2012

Ex. 3: Data Protection

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

“The challenge is to take our

fundamental rights to privacy and the

protection of personal data and make

them work in the digital era. So that

we remove obstacles – and indeed give

a boost – to a competitive and

effective Cloud market.”

Neelie Kroes, 30 January 2012

Selected Pointers

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

Cloud Computing @ Digital Agendahttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm

Public Consultation May-August 2011: Final Reporthttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/ccconsultationfinalreport.pdf

Cloud Computing Industry Recommendations 2011http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/industryrecommendations-ccstrategy-nov2011.pdf

Neelie Kroes Cloud SpeechesDavos 2011 (Announcement): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/50EP 2012 (Content Online): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/30Davos 2012 (Partnership): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/38

Brussels 2012 (DP): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/40

Neelie Kroes BlogsData Protection in the Cloud: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/cloud-data-protection/

European Cloud Partnership: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/european-cloud-partnership/

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