The document discusses the European Union's strategy to promote cloud computing. It aims to (1) enable faster adoption of cloud services across Europe to boost economic growth. Key actions include cutting standards confusion, developing safe contract terms, and forming a European Cloud Partnership between public sectors and industry. The strategy addresses challenges like vendor lock-in, and sees opportunities in lowering IT costs for businesses. The public sector has a role to shape the market by using cloud services jointly.
In summary, Malaysia needs to:
1.
Create a dynamic and more competitive ecosystem for its digital economy that embodies changes to its infrastructure, regulations, skills and public finance
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Achieve universal, fast, and inexpensive internet connectivity for businesses and households and fix the way it regulates the internet so unfair and damaging business practices can be corrected
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Improve human capital through better curriculum and life-long learning opportunities and encourage more vibrant private sector finance so digital entrepreneurs can bring ideas to market
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Take measures that will safeguard future tax revenues from the digital economy to reinvest in areas that the economy needs most
In summary, Malaysia needs to:
1.
Create a dynamic and more competitive ecosystem for its digital economy that embodies changes to its infrastructure, regulations, skills and public finance
2.
Achieve universal, fast, and inexpensive internet connectivity for businesses and households and fix the way it regulates the internet so unfair and damaging business practices can be corrected
3.
Improve human capital through better curriculum and life-long learning opportunities and encourage more vibrant private sector finance so digital entrepreneurs can bring ideas to market
4.
Take measures that will safeguard future tax revenues from the digital economy to reinvest in areas that the economy needs most
IoT, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY-DRIVEN INNOVATION
New technologies extend digital capabilities and bring a brighter future for a sustainable development of business.
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are emerging as powerful new technologies applied for water and energy management, environmental monitoring, smart industry, smart services and supply chain management.
New technologies have the potential to CREATE AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND SECURE ECOSYSTEM taking advantage of connected devices for managing smart services, redesigning sustainable supply chain, distribution and outsourcing processes and reorganizing internationalization projects, facing the major global challenges for sustainable development and circular economy.
The technical foundation of a new, decentralized and distributed data economy
The recent ruling of Italian State Court to fine Facebook established that consumers’ data has economic value and represents a counter-performance for online services offered by digital platforms. This enables consumers with bargaining power, involving them into the data monetization cycle. However, only by ensuring consumers’ ownership rights over their data can this data be monetized in a straightforward manner. In fact, as a consequence of the widespread adoption of connected devices generating continuous flows of data, the focus should shift from the concept of Data Privacy – protection of data sets from access by unauthorised parties – to the concept of Data Ownership – freely granting and revoking data access to legitimate parties.
Consumers’ data is the new oil yet Privacy Laws regarding sharing data with third parties limit Data Monetization opportunities. The reason why compliance is difficult is of a technical nature: all current data sharing platforms are centralized and have exclusive control over third party access to consumers’ data. By decentralizing data access control and putting it back into the hands of legal data owners, Companies can create their own Data Streams Marketplaces involving customers and business partners in a data monetization cycle that is GDPR compliant by design.
Planning our Cities Through Humanizing Data – Data Driven Cities from a People-First Perspective in Pune, Maharashtra India the seminar Planning for Sustainable Cities in Maharashtra, organized by the NGO World Resources Institute in cooperation with the government of that State.
Johannes Bauer, Director of the Quello Center at Michigan State University, covers various aspects of the digital economy including opportunities and challenges, technological and economic drivers, value creation in the digital economy, harnessing benefits and minimizing risks, and measuring the digital economy.
How did a handful of web nerds kick-start a chain of events that will save the UK government billions of dollars each year? And how do 10 simple design principles underpin how the UK’s Government Digital Service is revolutionizing government online? Paul Annett, Creative Lead at the Cabinet Office, will discuss the cultural and technological shifts now underway, and how you can bring them to your workplace.
Winning asset for innovation AND safeguard for fundamental rights in a Big Data analytics and AI environment
In the current globalized and interconnected market, the wise management of (personal) data is one of the key factors for the success of an enterprise. Incredible resources lie silent between the folds of personal information. While new technologies, data analytics software and AI are more and more lustful for information and data to be fed with, the current EU legal framework (led by the notorious General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”) dictates a number of entangled and scalable provisions. In particular, the newly-introduced accountability principle, as well as the general risk-based approach and the privacy-by-design principle of the EU GDPR have paved the way for the rising of new models of privacy and data protection compliance. The latter, instead of consisting in a “zero-sum” game, can be shaped in order to achieve both compliance AND added value. The ability of software designers and IT experts in embedding privacy and data protection principles right within the code will more and more play a paramount role in defining successful and ethical business models.
Finally, considering the raising awareness in the public of the risks for their privacy and data, it should not be underestimated how the “privacy-enhanced” nature of a good or software will become more and more an incredible commercial element in marketing initiatives.
IoT, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY-DRIVEN INNOVATION
New technologies extend digital capabilities and bring a brighter future for a sustainable development of business.
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are emerging as powerful new technologies applied for water and energy management, environmental monitoring, smart industry, smart services and supply chain management.
New technologies have the potential to CREATE AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND SECURE ECOSYSTEM taking advantage of connected devices for managing smart services, redesigning sustainable supply chain, distribution and outsourcing processes and reorganizing internationalization projects, facing the major global challenges for sustainable development and circular economy.
The technical foundation of a new, decentralized and distributed data economy
The recent ruling of Italian State Court to fine Facebook established that consumers’ data has economic value and represents a counter-performance for online services offered by digital platforms. This enables consumers with bargaining power, involving them into the data monetization cycle. However, only by ensuring consumers’ ownership rights over their data can this data be monetized in a straightforward manner. In fact, as a consequence of the widespread adoption of connected devices generating continuous flows of data, the focus should shift from the concept of Data Privacy – protection of data sets from access by unauthorised parties – to the concept of Data Ownership – freely granting and revoking data access to legitimate parties.
Consumers’ data is the new oil yet Privacy Laws regarding sharing data with third parties limit Data Monetization opportunities. The reason why compliance is difficult is of a technical nature: all current data sharing platforms are centralized and have exclusive control over third party access to consumers’ data. By decentralizing data access control and putting it back into the hands of legal data owners, Companies can create their own Data Streams Marketplaces involving customers and business partners in a data monetization cycle that is GDPR compliant by design.
Planning our Cities Through Humanizing Data – Data Driven Cities from a People-First Perspective in Pune, Maharashtra India the seminar Planning for Sustainable Cities in Maharashtra, organized by the NGO World Resources Institute in cooperation with the government of that State.
Johannes Bauer, Director of the Quello Center at Michigan State University, covers various aspects of the digital economy including opportunities and challenges, technological and economic drivers, value creation in the digital economy, harnessing benefits and minimizing risks, and measuring the digital economy.
How did a handful of web nerds kick-start a chain of events that will save the UK government billions of dollars each year? And how do 10 simple design principles underpin how the UK’s Government Digital Service is revolutionizing government online? Paul Annett, Creative Lead at the Cabinet Office, will discuss the cultural and technological shifts now underway, and how you can bring them to your workplace.
Winning asset for innovation AND safeguard for fundamental rights in a Big Data analytics and AI environment
In the current globalized and interconnected market, the wise management of (personal) data is one of the key factors for the success of an enterprise. Incredible resources lie silent between the folds of personal information. While new technologies, data analytics software and AI are more and more lustful for information and data to be fed with, the current EU legal framework (led by the notorious General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”) dictates a number of entangled and scalable provisions. In particular, the newly-introduced accountability principle, as well as the general risk-based approach and the privacy-by-design principle of the EU GDPR have paved the way for the rising of new models of privacy and data protection compliance. The latter, instead of consisting in a “zero-sum” game, can be shaped in order to achieve both compliance AND added value. The ability of software designers and IT experts in embedding privacy and data protection principles right within the code will more and more play a paramount role in defining successful and ethical business models.
Finally, considering the raising awareness in the public of the risks for their privacy and data, it should not be underestimated how the “privacy-enhanced” nature of a good or software will become more and more an incredible commercial element in marketing initiatives.
STRATEGIC is a project that focus on the migration to the cloud and the development of cloud services used by public bodies, by offering secure and privacy friendly localization, adaptation and governance of public cloud services.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | November 2021Rick Lievano
This past month was teeming with events, from Microsoft Ignite 2021 wrapping up on November 4 to our glorious return to in-person events at MWC Los Angeles 2021 during the last week of October.
Among the many telco sessions at Ignite, we were joined by partners STL and Nokia to explore how telcos can apply analytics, artificial intelligence and automation across their organization and extended value network to improve business results, efficiency and organizational agility.
MWC LA provided a great opportunity to meet with many customers and partners, and get a pulse on new developments across the telecom industry, including Open RAN, edge, AI everywhere, and the tireless hunt for 5G’s killer app.
Most importantly though, MWC LA provided a return to normalcy as it paved the way for MWC Barcelona 2022, where we hope to once again meet our customers and partners to share our vision for the future of telecommunications, along with flavorful tapas and breathtaking views.
Netmagic talks about the increasing preference for hybrid cloud computing and why it is the future of IT. Know more information from Netmagicsolutions.com
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | January 2022Rick Lievano
Many of the benefits that Microsoft delivers to the enterprise are directly applicable in the networking space. But these capabilities must be modified to account for the unique carrier grade needs of operators. Our efforts are aimed at getting workloads on the network to function on a carrier-grade cloud, which is a hybrid cloud, spanning both public and dedicated
on-premises cloud infrastructure.
Telecommunication services are highly distributed and will likely become more so over time. As a result, the value of creating a carrier-grade hybrid cloud model lives in its ability to meet
customers where they are—at the edge of the cloud, the edge of the network, or the edge of the enterprise. In this edition, we provide an update on our acquisition of AT&T’s Network
Cloud, and explore how we’re partnering with telcos like Telefonica, Vodafone, and NTT to deliver new capabilities that streamline their business and reduce cost.
Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2022 will gather policymakers and key industry stakeholders to discuss trends and developments in government and public policy, as well as
explore the event’s overall theme of Connectivity Is Unleashed across six topic areas: Cloud, 5G, IoT, FinTech, Tech Horizon, and AI. Microsoft comes to MWC with tremendous momentum in the telecommunications sector driven by new innovations from Azure for Operators. It’s time to plan your trip and prepare for an exciting four days of 5G, cloud, and edge! We look forward to meeting with you at the Fira and sharing the latest developments in our ongoing effort to create the future of telecommunications. ¡Nos vemos en Barcelona!
The Relevance of IoT and 5G for Multicloud - Vodafone and IBM join ForcesVolker Schiecke
Cloud drives digitization. But what's preventing customers from moving to the cloud. Network and connectivity play a crucial part. That's why Vodafone and IBM have joined forces and will create end-to-end solutions under one roof. This includes edge cloud services and mobile applications in exclusive collaboration with Apple.
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
Digital
Agenda
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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Agenda
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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Agenda
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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Agenda
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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Agenda
22. Any customer
can have a car
painted any color
that he wants so
long as it is
black.
Henry Ford
Digital
Agenda
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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Agenda
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