This document discusses open cloud computing in Europe. It notes that Europe's strategy does not involve building a single "European Super-Cloud," but rather having public cloud offerings from European providers that meet standards for being competitive, open, and secure. It also discusses public authorities setting up private clouds for sensitive data. The document outlines issues with the current situation, like fragmentation of the digital single market and problems with contracts. It then provides information about the OW2 Open Source Cloudware initiative and its goals of developing an open source cloudware stack and ecosystem through various projects.

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Open Cloud in Europe
Sino-EU Cloud Computing Cooperation Workshop
5th China Cloud Computing Conference
Beijing, 5-7 June 2013
China National Convention Center
Cedric Thomas
CEO, OW2

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Network
& Telco
driven
approach
Network
& Telco
driven
approach

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This strategy does not
foresee the building of
a "European Super-
Cloud"(...)
 (…) have publicly available
cloud offerings ("public
cloud") that meet European
standards not only in
regulatory terms but in
terms of being competitive,
open and secure (...)
 (…) public authorities (...)
setting up dedicated private
clouds for the treatment of
sensitive data
National Cloud Champions?

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Issues
Fragmentation of the digital single market
Problems with contracts
A jungle of standards

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2013/04/16/the-cloud-hits-the-mainstream-more-than-half-of-u-s-businesses-now-use-cloud-computing/

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OW2 Open Source Cloudware initiative (OSCi)
•Software Vendors
•Systems Integrators
•Academia
•Enterprises
•Telcos
•SMEs
•Public Entities
STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERSVISION & GOALSVISION & GOALS
OW2 Technology
Vision
Technology
Council
From Middleware
to Cloudware
Open Cloud
Computing
Open Source
Empowerment
33rdrd
party projectsparty projects
OW2 projectsOW2 projects
CollaborativeCollaborative
projectsprojects
Developing the OW2 open source cloudware stack.
A business ecosystem at work.
All projects to be interoperable - Multi-IaaS

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OpenNebula

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Management of distributed VMs
for HPC applications
Powering Computation in the Cloud

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Service Oriented Architectures for All
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Multi-cloud management framework

16. May 2013 Ocean Project - Partiallt fu
nded bu EU FP7 Programme
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Plugfest: The Cloud Interoperability Week

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nded bu EU FP7 Programme
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Open source communities ride on the shoulders
of governments and corporations
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For more, please contact
Cedric Thomas (CEO)‫‏‬
cedric thomas @ ow2 org

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Sources:
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Richard-Stallman-Cloud-Computing-a-Trap
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chain-shot2.gif
http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/globespotting/archives/2009/03/a_tech_industry.html
http://samj.net/2009/03/introducing-open-cloud-principles-ocp.html
The search for openness
Corporate customers and consumers
alike will want to be able to shift from
one cloud to another in search of the
best experience and the best pricing,
and they’ll want the cloud services they
choose to be able to interact with each
other, in the background, on their behalf.
All vendors will pledge 'Cloud Openness'
In the 90s, all hardware vendors were
selling 'open systems' ;-)
There is more to Cloud openness
than just open source
software
→ OSI-like criteria for Cloud Openness
– No barriers to entry
– No barriers to exit
– No discrimination
– Interoperability
– Free/Open source licenses
– Technological neutrality
– Transparency