Smothering the Puppy? Risks and Benefits of EU Cloud Strategy

Phil WainewrightChair, EuroCloud UKCloudCamp London 24th Oct 2012

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Putting Europe into context

USA$15.0 tn GDP1 country1 language1 currency

EU$17.5 tn GDP27 EU countries23 official languages11 currencies

GDP 2011 source: World Bank

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EU  ‘pools’  national  sovereignty

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EU  ‘pools’  national  sovereignty

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EU cloud strategy, 27th Sep 2012"Cloud computing is a game-changer for our economy. Without EU action, we will stay stuck in national fortresses and miss out on billions in economic gains. We must achieve critical mass and a single set of rules across Europe. We must tackle the perceived risks of cloud computing head-on.”  – Neelie Kroes

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Who’s  in  charge?

Viviane Reding

Michel Barnier

Neelie Kroes

Jose Manuel Barroso

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You said how much?

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/quantitative_estimates.pdf

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Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europehttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/com/com_cloud.pdf

• Standards

• Certification

• Contracts and SLAs

• European Cloud Partnership

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Standards“Cutting  through the jungle of technical standards so that cloud users get interoperability, data portability and reversibility; necessary standards should be identified by 2013”

http://xkcd.com/927/

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Plenary: Setting the scene IDATE, EC, ETSI

Breakout 1Security & Privacy

Breakout 2Interoperability

Social event

Keynote (?)

Breakout 3Data portability

Breakout 4SLAs

Breakout 5Reversibility

PlenaryReport breakouts

RoadmappingNext steps incl; WGs, organization etc ACTION!

Day 1Dec. 4

Day 2Dec. 5

ETSI Cloud Standards Coordination

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Certification“Support  for EU-wide certification schemes for trustworthy cloud providers”• Many  candidates  including  ….

– Cloud Security Alliance– Cloud Industry Forum– EuroCloud Star Audit– Many  more  …

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Contracts and SLAs“Development  of model 'safe and fair' contract terms for cloud computing contracts including Service Level Agreements”• Common European Sales Law

• Model terms for cloud SLAs

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European Cloud Partnership“A  European Cloud Partnership with Member States and industry to harness the public sector's buying power (20% of all IT spending) to shape the European cloud market, boost the chances for European cloud providers to grow to achieve a competitive scale, and deliver cheaper and better eGovernment.”

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