The European Commission is developing a cloud computing strategy to make Europe "cloud-active" by 2012. It will address legal, technical, and market issues. The Commission is funding cloud research projects, consulting with industry, and plans to pool public sector procurement to boost the European cloud market and prevent vendor lock-in.

1. European Cloud Computing Strategic Plan ESA Workshop 28 June 2011, Frascati /Rome The European Cloud Computing Strategy Carl-Christian Buhr European Commission (All expressed views are those of the speaker.) http://slidesha.re/eucloud

2. The European Commission as... ...Policy Maker Launches policy debates Invites Member States to take action Proposes EU legislation ...Funding Agency Research & Innovation projects ...Infrastructure Builder Funds infrastructures Funds relevant research Supports networking activities

3. Neelie Kroes Maroš Šefčovič Digital Agenda e-Commission , ISA Michel Barnier Procurement http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ Máire Geoghegan-Quinn R&I , ERA Some propose, all 27 adopt Viviane Reding Data Protection

4. ... and often these need to agree http://europarl.europa.eu/ http://consilium.europa.eu/ European Parliament Council of the European Union

5. http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @ NeelieKroesEU http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda DAE 101 Actions

6. http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @ NeelieKroesEU http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda 101 Actions Advising on... Research Policy ICT Standardisation e-Infrastructures Cloud Computing Strategy etc. http://bit.ly/cc_buhr , @ ccbuhr

7. The Digital Agenda for Europe “ 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

8. Why? “ 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’.” Neelie Kroes , 27 January 2011 Economic potential for supply & demand Cloud computing happens: to or with us? Many Commission actions have an impact

9. When? “ [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

10. What? “ 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

11. Process so far 1. Expert Reports: Opportunities for European Cloud Computing Beyond 2010 , Security and Resilience in Governmental Clouds (ENISA) 2. Public online consultation (16 May-31 August, results will be online) 3. Consulations with industry (23 May, report is being drafted) 4. Digital Agenda Assembly Cloud Workshop (17 June, presentations online)

12. E.g. 2. Pillar: Research EGI-InSPIRE : Persistent eInfrastructure w/ clouds for science (€25m) RESERVOIR : Develop technology for IaaS clouds (€10m) VENUS-C : Develop and deploy cloud service for research and industry with virtualisation platform ( € 4.5m) Eurocloud : Develop "servers on a chip" based on ARM (€3.3m) StratusLab : Develop an open source cloud distribution ( € 2.3m) SIENA : Co-ordinate adoption and evolution of interoperable cloud and grid infrastructures with open standards ( € 0.41m) etc.

13. Scientific data http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave ” Our Vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. In a sense [...] the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.

14. E.g. 3. Pillar: Market CIP Work programme 2011 “ Objective 4.1: Towards a cloud of public services” (p.27) (Several pilos, funding up to € 10m) Cloud will also be covered in CIP Work programmes For 2012 and 2013.

15. Pooling procurement “ ...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

16. But how? “ What would we need to do to pull off something like this in Europe? ” Let’s start with your initiative! * Valuable experience Focus on effectiveness/cost Similar requirements Pooling of resources attractive Public sector Natural to align with EU targets role-model for other organisations etc. *Inter-governmental research organisations (EIROforum) defining common requirements and procuring together, where possible. Aim: Prevent lock-in, prompt suitable supply in Europe.

17. Selected Pointers Cloud Computing Homepage of the Commission http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm The Digital Agenda for Europe http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda Neelie Kroes Speeches http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/686 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/50 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/199 Riding the wave – Final report of the High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data, October 2010 http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave The Future of Cloud Computing: Opportunities for European Cloud Computing Beyond 2010, January 2010 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/docs/cloud-report-final.pdf Contacts <web>http://bit.ly/{ NeelieKroesEU , cc_buhr }</web> <twitter> @ NeelieKroesEU , @ ccbuhr </twitter> <facebook> http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes </facebook>