CloudWATCH2 services include the provision of cloud risk management guides for private and public organisations to lower barriers and ensure a trusted European cloud market. In order to accomplish this objective CloudWATCH2 released D2.3 Risk-Based Decision Making Mechanisms For Cloud Service In The Public Sector.
The first CloudWATCH2 Concertation meeting provided an opportunity for the four EC clusters to showcase the results of their first year of activities by identifying challenges and priorities for the 2018-2020 Work Programme.
The Apache Software Foundation has announced the availability of Apache® Libcloud™ a Python service library interoperability Cloud, developed by more than 350 OS projects, initiatives, and developers worldwide.
SLALOM launches final set of standardised SLA and contract terms to remove Cloud computing uncertainty and to simplify the adoption process.
The SLA-Ready project, funded under the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme, has published its first iteration of a Common Reference Model which provides a common understanding of SLAs for Cloud services. The reference model comprehensively addresses the cloud service life cycle, EC Cloud SLA Standardisation Guidelines and the SLOs set therein making it an essential reference for cloud service providers.
The SLA-Ready Common Reference Model serves to guide Cloud Service Providers on best practices for Cloud SLAs based on standardisation recommendations and a set of requirements on coming from the customer side and spanning general and economic aspects, technical SLOs requirements and overall responsibility.
In most of EU countries, cloud computing services are generally not regulated under a specific law and often the legislation is left to the individual courts to decide. The Horizon2020 project SLAlom has investigated laws in several EU Member States such as Germany, Italy, France, UK and Greece, and has provided guidelines in a short document.
“Any policy related to the Internet has to take on board trust and security as key issues but without creating barriers to economic development”, explained Pearse O’Donahue, Head of Software, Services, Cloud, DG CONNECT, EC. We also need to de-mystify some common misconceptions about data location, because data stored in the cloud in different locations is actually more secure.
Practical steps European cloud projects should take when defining their their business models and exploitation plans.
The Collision conference is all about startups. Hundreds of earnest entrepreneurs bravely put their best feet forward in front of a hungry crowd of investors, press, and various other hoi palloi, hoping to get funding, attention, and even some frank advice.
Copyright 2016 CloudWATCH2 has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme - DG CONNECT Software & Services, Cloud. Contract No. 644748
