CloudWATCH2 has developed a number of user-friendly, objective and free web-based tools for SMEs, gathered around the main problem areas such as Procurement, Legal, Security and Cost issues.
CloudWATCH2 played an important role at Cloud Security Expo London in March this year, highlighting the importance of greater trust and transparency in the cloud market and showcased new security- and privacy- by-design solutions emerging from EC-funded projects.
The CloudLightning Project welcomes all to its first CloudLightning Conference, held in conjunction with the National Conference in Cloud Computing and Commerce (NC4). 11 April 2017 –DCU Business School, Dublin City University.
CloudWATCH2 will have an active role on Cloud Security Expo 2017 by organising and supporting 3 workshops, on 15th March, at South Gallery Suite SG25, for SMEs, Public Authorities and R&D initiatives to strategically plan their use of cloud services, while increasing benefits, lowering risk and maximising security. Workshops are open to all and free of charge.
In order to exploit the full potential of cloud computing, it is essential to find international solutions, reducing the barriers that exist when cloud services are traded over national boundaries. The most critical areas relate to data privacy and security, cybercrime and data portability. It is important to foresee the future challenges posed by these areas, to get the most out of the Cloud across borders and to keep countries on the cutting edge of ICT. Europe and Brazil are aware of this and have joined forces to tackle the cloud challenge.
In Q4 2016, the worldwide cloud infrastructure services market showed an annual growth of 49% according to a Canalys report.
CloudWATCH2 project is pleased to announce a Virtual Interoperability Plugfest that will be held Friday, March 17, 2017.
CyberWISER Light is part of the suite of tools offered via the CloudWATCH hub FREE of charge, designed to improve the cyber security posture of any business.
The IT energy crisis is upon us. Information and communication technologies (ICT) account for 8-10% of the European Union’s electricity consumption and up to 4% of its carbon emissions! So what role can have cloud computing on the quest for greater energy efficiency, you may ask. A number of European research projects funded under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme are proactively finding solutions to improve energy efficiency in cloud computing.
CLARUS is an EC project using an interoperability by design approach by investigating the use of open standards in the architecture design and in the implementation of the CLARUS components.
Copyright 2016 CloudWATCH2 has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme - DG CONNECT Software & Services, Cloud. Contract No. 644748
