Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in europe francisco garcia moran
1. Unleashing the Potential of Cloud
Computing in Europe
Francisco García Morán
Director General
DG Informatics
mail to: francisco.garcia-moran@ec.europa.eu
M-Cloud Week in the Government
Moldova
February 2013
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2. 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, 2009
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/docs/cloud-report-final.pdf
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6. ECS. Input
Industry consultation
Public consultation
International front (EU-US)
Additional meetings (SMEs, Telecomm & Web
Hosting, User Industries)
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7. Industry recommendations
Group Recommendation EC Industry
Promote the Digital Single Market to encourage efficient cross border Cloud
XX X
Services
Legal Analyse existing legislation and legislation under review to remove barriers to Cloud
XX
Framework computing
Ensure privacy legislation is horizontally assessed for its compatibility with Cloud
XX X
computing, and is looked at in a global context.
SME Cloud Strategy: Raise awareness and encourage uptake of Cloud computing XX XX
Public Sector Cloud Strategy for Europe: Raise Awareness & Promote uptake of
XX X
Cloud computing among public authorities.
Market related 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
XX
enhancing trust and security
Technology Build on the Past & Foster Collaborative Research in Cloud Computing XX
related Foster interoperability and data portability in the Cloud X XX
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8. 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 needed
Improvement through R&D
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9. Objective of the EU Cloud Strategy
Europe […] should develop an EU-wide strategy on 'cloud
computing' notably for government and science.” (EDA)
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
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Approved 27/09/2012
11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. What is our
Business ?
We provide a complete
set of services
to run your applications
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19. Align To Market Trends
Align To Market Trends
Reducing Cost
Reducing Cost
Our Focus
Reducing Delivery Time
Reducing Delivery Time
Security
Security
Long Term Sustainability
Long Term Sustainability
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20. Consolidation/Virtualisation
Consolidation/Virtualisation
Standardisation
Standardisation
4 Steps Defined Service Request Portal
Service Request Portal
Automation/Orchestration
Automation/Orchestration
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22. Any customer
can have a car
painted any color
that he wants so
long as it is
black.
Henry Ford
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23. 1 HW platform
virtualised on x86
2 OS platforms
Linux & Windows
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24. And our Application Stack….
2012 2013 2014
OSS on Linux/VM
OSS on Linux/VM
Validation
Validation CF9 on Linux/VM
CF9 on Linux/VM
Validation
Validation BOXI 3.1 SP5 on Linux/VM
BOXI 3.1 SP5 on Linux/VM
Validation
Validation WL10.3.6 on Linux/VM
WL10.3.6 on Linux/VM
Validation
Validation Ora11GR2 on Linux
Ora11GR2 on Linux
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25. Further Information
European Cloud Computing Strategy
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomp
uting/index_en.htm
Digital Agenda for Europe
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/
Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures
http://cordis.europa.eu/software-services
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A cloud is a platform or infrastructure that enables execution of code (services, applications etc.), in a managed and elastic fashion, whereas “ managed” means that reliability according to pre-defined quality parameters is automatically ensured and “elastic” implies that the resources are put to use according to actual current requirements observing overarching requirement definitions – implicitly, elasticity includes both up- and downward scalability of resources and data, but also load-balancing of data throughput. NIST Definition: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction Essential characteristics: on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, measured service Service models: Cloud Software/Platform/ Infrastructure as a Service Deployed as private (community), public or hybrid cloud NIST: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf Private cloud: The cloud infrastructure is provisioned for exclusive use by a single organization comprising multiple consumers (e.g. business units). It may be owned, managed, and operated by the organization, a third party, or some combination of them, and it may exist on or off premises NIST: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf
Merrill Lynch: Cloud computing market opportunity by 2011 = $95bn in business and productivity apps + $65bn in online advertising = $160bn Worldwide by 2012 SaaS: $21bn, 20% CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) PaaS: $9bn, 160% CAGR IaaS: $4bn, 60% CAGR
Explanation for the policy driven scenario calculations in the attached slide Key assumptions: The EU27 and Euro area structure will remain unchanged. No country will exit the Euro area. GDP will show moderate positive growth in 2014-2020. EU average annual GDP growth will reach 1.8%-1.9% in the 2014-2020 timeframe There will be not factors/happenings/external shocks that may cause a big deviation from the long-term average of the EU business and consumer confidence indicators, for a persistently long time-frame. Political instability in the Middle East will remain fluid but will not have a strongly adverse impact on the EU economic growth up to 2020. The €/$ exchange rate will remain relatively stable along the scenario forecast period. Total IT will show positive growth rates, with an anticipated 2014-2020 CAGR of around 4-4.5% (4.3%) By 2020, more IT vendors will have entered the Public cloud market, including traditional vendors and new entrants. The number of available offerings will also have increased, both in the business and consumer areas. By 2020, IT vendors will have made some progress in building an effective channel targeting SMEs with tailored solutions. There will not be a major security accident that may damage EU companies' confidence in the security of cloud services. Cloud adoption of at least one solution will increase across all industries, but cloud intensity will strengthen just in selected verticals (such as finance, high-tech, telecommunications) and generally speaking among large companies. With no clear rules, Public sector will keep on lagging behind other vertical markets.
All these inputs now have to be integrated in order to develop a coherent and overarching EU strategy for cloud computing!
Major industry stakeholders meeting: A consultation meeting with high level industrial representatives held May 23rd to advise and establish consensus on strategic orientations and priority policy actions. Four working groups, have provided an initial list of policy recommendations Groups: WG1 - Data Privacy, Governance and ID WG2 - Trust, Security and Certification WG3 - Interoperability, Data Portability and Reversibility WG4 - Innovation and Uptake Table above XX (orange): major player, has most actions X (yellow): has some actions, less than the other
In the EDA , one of the flagships initiatives for Europe 2020, the EU proposal for growth and jobs, one of the actions was to develop a EU-wide cloud strategy notably for government and science. End of September , the EC released a communication whose overall objective is to unleash the potential of cloud computing in Europe. It intends to enable and facilitate the faster adoption ov cloud computing in all sectors of the economy, helping to cut costs, boost productivity and promote the creation of growth and jobs.
Consultations 2011 Results: Major Cloud Challenges Interoperability & standards lock-in risks portability of data, security settings; Contractual Issues Contract templates Privacy & Legal Data Security and Traceability: where 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 ...
There are opportunities both on the supply side, for telcos, equipment vendors and service providers , and on the demand side particularly for start-ups and small and medium enterprises due to the availability of quicker IT services lowering the entry level costs to set-up them.
There is a need for standards in cloud computing, particularly in the area of interoperability and security to avoid lock-in situations. European Telecoms Standard Institute to play an important coordination role here. Data protection is an important challenge, there is a need for technical specifications in this area Certification schemes can help to gain trust and ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) may help in this respect The delivery of cloud services needs the building of big data centers. There is need to measure the impact on the environment
There is relatively little experience in setting up cloud sevices contracts. Proper contracts , including service level agreements , are necessary to avoid litigation in case of disagreement. The Common European Sales Law models can be a good starting point for the expert group in charge of examinig this matter Standard clauses for data migration are of special interest for compliance and security. Finally a codo code of conduct by cloud suppliers is a good thing to have and increease trust in cloud services
Public sector is an important potential buyer of cloud services. Common requirements and joint procurement will be beneficial not only to public sector but also to help shape the market for the private sector
The FP7 and CIP have been funding cloud related research for the last year. More that 80 M€ in grants have been provided. The next Research programme Horizon 2020 intends to continue supporting research in this area The future Connecting Europe Facility will surely need support from cloud services Cloud will be a subject to be discussed with other international partners, like the USA and should be part of free-trade negotiations
Summing up Vendor lock-in, security and privacy are a danger for cloud adoption This can be avoided with standards and certification schemes that have to be identified The public sector can help to shape the market