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Eurocloud

European Cloud Computing Economy Association


Eurocloud EuropeEuropean Coverage Jan. 2010

16 Eurocloud Countriesin Europe (Jan. 2010)

Established associations:

• Belgium

• Denmark

• Finland

• France

• Germany

• Ireland

• Luxemburg

• Netherlands

• Portugal

• Spain

• Sweden

• United Kingdom

In preparation

• Austria

• Italy

• Ukraine

• Turkey


Eurocloud Europewww.eurocloud.org - statistics


Eurocloud Europewas founded in Paris on Jan, 29th, 2010

Eurocloud promotes SaaS and Cloud services across Europe and encourages its progression. Eurocloud accelerates business, technological relationships and application integration

Eurocloud aims to grow up to twenty national European associations byend of 2010


Eurocloud Europewas founded in Paris on Jan, 29th, 2010


Eurocloud Europe founded as a French Association 29.01.2010 in Paris

Eurocloud EuropeOrganizational Setup

Eurocloud Europe

Board

Officers

Pierre Jose Bilotte

President

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Vice President

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Vice President

PaoloCalcalaTreasurer

Phil WainewrightVice President

Charles Convent

Vice President

Bernd Becker

Vice President

Mauricevan der WoudeGeneral Secretary

Chairman of National Eurocloud Associations

Directors

Only Established national Eurocloud associations

become member of Eurocloud Europe

Eurocloud Europe is represented by the

Chairmen of the National Eurocloud Associations

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Eurocloud EuropeStatus on 2010 activity planning

European Cloud Computing ConferenceLuxembourg – aimed for mid of 2010

• Major event 2010 on European level• Visibility to European commission• June 2010

All about the cloud – SIIA – OpsourceSan Francisco Conference May 10th-12th

International cooperations • Establishment of co operations with internationalpartners when appropriate

• Requests from various intl. organizations already

• Invitation www.siia.org• Software& Information Industry Association

• in negotiation

Cloud ComputingInteroperability & Standards

• Call for Membership ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38• Proof of Eurocloud European cooperation• ISO Link


Eurocloud EuropeStatus on 2010 activity planning

Communication channels

Monthly newsletters • Establishment of a monthly mailing to European• Eurocloud members and the public • 20.000 market reach

• Establishment of useful feeds on reasonablecommunication channels

• Twitter, LinkedIn Groups etc.

Eurocloud Europe financing • Offering of sponsoring packages to members with cross European presence

• Participation in EU funded projects

Eurocloud Board Strategy Weekend • Planning on organization & financials• Definition of Prio 1-3 targets and responsibilities• Establishment of a Eurocloud Brussels office


Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. Targets

Member Communication

Proactive sharing of gained Cloud Computing knowledge through moderncommunication channels

Market Communication

Accomplishment of market visibilitythrough reasonable channels and road shows

Fairs and Events

Participation in national and international events to gain market awareness andsupport member demands

Public Relations

Cooperation with press and media organizations in Cloud Computing themes

Workgroups

Professional preparation of specific Cloud Computing themes as of most common member interest

Law and Regulation

Representation of member interests at the border to politics, legislationand international bodies

Services

Provision of supporting services to members with view on cost optimizationand market penetration

European / Global Coverage

Effects due to extended market accessibility, cross boarder networking opportunities and the share of international expertise

Valuesfor

Members

• Optimization of frame conditions for

Cloud Computing economy in Germany

• Strengthen Germany’s position

within the European and Global

Cloud Computing market place


Values for MembersEstablishment of Workgroups

Law and ComplianceCloud Managed Service /Cloud Computing Operational Framework

Cloud Services, specially when provided out of cross country datacenters, have to comply with regional and country specific laws and

regulations

• Country of Origin

• National Tax regulations

• Compliance regulations

• Data Privacy regulations

• LASL / ECC

• Computerworld article Jan., 26th:Microsoft urges EU cloud computing law

Target: Legal expertises, proved contract samples

Cloud Service Providers are facing identical

challenges when creating service offerings

• What does a potential customer need to subscribe

• How will the users be registered

• How to measure the consumption

• How to create a consumption based monthly bill

• How to measure and report the fulfillment of granted SLA’s

Target: Identification of most common requirementsDevelopment of qualified recommendations


SaaS Quality Certificate Interoperability and Standards

All businesses are based on trust.

In order to support customers to trust in cloud services, a SaaS Quality Certification performed by a vendor independent, neutral instance like Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. is a very reasonable.Audited companies have the chance to utilize such a gained Quality Certificate for marketing purposes.

Target: Development of a SaaS Quality Certifcate by

the joined expertise of our members

The times of large, monolitic applications aregone by far.

The ability of SaaS applications to interface with other SaaS applications and customers own on premise applications is a must. Standardized interfaces will support a fast and cost effective realization.

ISO call for participation on the table at Eurocloud Europe, see Link

Target: Identification of mainstream requirements, definition of most common standards

Values for MembersEstablishment of Workgroups


Values for MembersFurther activities

Presence in public Presence on Fairs and Events

Sharpening ECD awareness and image

• Creation press releases

• Communication of workgroup results

• Setup of events and major events

• LocalTalks

• Xing Group SaaS Portal

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