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NCOIC Eurocloud Europe Introduction
1. Eurocloud
European Cloud Computing
Economy Association
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 1
2. Eurocloud Europe
European Coverage Jan. 2010
16 Eurocloud Countries
in Europe (Jan. 2010)
Established associations:
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Luxemburg
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
In preparation
• Austria
• Italy
• Ukraine
• Turkey
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3. Eurocloud Europe
www.eurocloud.org - statistics
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 3
4. Eurocloud Europe
was 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 by
end of 2010
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 4
5. Eurocloud Europe
was founded in Paris on Jan, 29th, 2010
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 5
6. Eurocloud Europe
Organizational Setup
Eurocloud Europe founded as a
French Association 29.01.2010 in Paris
Pierre Jose Bilotte
President
Eurocloud Europe
Board
Officers
Phil Charles Bernd NN NN Paolo Maurice
Wainewright Convent Becker Calcala van der Woude
Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Treasurer General Secretary
Chairman of National Eurocloud Associations
Directors
Only Established national Eurocloud associations National Association already established
become member of Eurocloud Europe
Eurocloud Europe is represented by the National Association in preparation
Chairmen of the National Eurocloud Associations
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 6
7. Eurocloud Europe
Status on 2010 activity planning
European Cloud Computing Conference • Major event 2010 on European level
Luxembourg – aimed for mid of 2010 • Visibility to European commission
• June 2010
International cooperations • Establishment of co operations with international
partners when appropriate
• Requests from various intl. organizations already
All about the cloud – SIIA – Opsource • Invitation www.siia.org
San Francisco Conference May 10th-12th • Software& Information Industry Association
• in negotiation
Cloud Computing • Call for Membership ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
Interoperability & Standards • Proof of Eurocloud European cooperation
• ISO Link
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 7
8. Eurocloud Europe
Status on 2010 activity planning
Eurocloud Board Strategy Weekend • Planning on organization & financials
• Definition of Prio 1-3 targets and responsibilities
• Establishment of a Eurocloud Brussels office
Monthly newsletters • Establishment of a monthly mailing to European
• Eurocloud members and the public
• 20.000 market reach
Communication channels • Establishment of useful feeds on reasonable
communication channels
• Twitter, LinkedIn Groups etc.
Eurocloud Europe financing • Offering of sponsoring packages to members
with cross European presence
• Participation in EU funded projects
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 8
9. Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V.
Targets
Member Communication Workgroups
Proactive sharing of gained Cloud Professional preparation of specific
Computing knowledge through modern Cloud Computing themes as of most
communication channels common member interest
Market Communication Law and Regulation
Values
Accomplishment of market visibility Representation of member interests
through reasonable channels and for at the border to politics, legislation
road shows and international bodies
Members
Fairs and Events Services
Participation in national and international Provision of supporting services to
events to gain market awareness and members with view on cost optimization
support member demands and market penetration
Public Relations • Optimization of frame conditions for European / Global Coverage
Cloud Computing economy in Germany
Cooperation with press and media Effects due to extended market
organizations in Cloud Computing accessibility, cross boarder networking
• Strengthen Germany’s position
themes opportunities and the share of
within the European and Global international expertise
Cloud Computing market place
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10. Values for Members
Establishment of Workgroups
Cloud Managed Service /
Law and Compliance
Cloud Computing Operational Framework
Cloud Services, specially when provided out Cloud Service Providers are facing identical
of cross country datacenters, have to comply challenges when creating service offerings
with regional and country specific laws and • What does a potential customer need
regulations to subscribe
• Country of Origin • How will the users be registered
• National Tax regulations • How to measure the consumption
• Compliance regulations • How to create a consumption based
• Data Privacy regulations monthly bill
• LASL / ECC • How to measure and report the fulfillment
• Computerworld article Jan., 26th: of granted SLA’s
Microsoft urges EU cloud computing law
Target:
Target: Identification of most common requirements
Legal expertises, proved contract samples Development of qualified recommendations
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 10
11. Values for Members
Establishment of Workgroups
SaaS Quality Certificate Interoperability and Standards
All businesses are based on trust. The times of large, monolitic applications are
gone by far.
In order to support customers to trust in
cloud services, a SaaS Quality Certification The ability of SaaS applications to interface
performed by a vendor independent, neutral with other SaaS applications and customers
instance like Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. own on premise applications is a must.
is a very reasonable. Standardized interfaces will support a fast and
Audited companies have the chance to utilize cost effective realization.
such a gained Quality Certificate for marketing
purposes. ISO call for participation on the table
at Eurocloud Europe, see Link
Target:
Development of a SaaS Quality Certifcate by Target:
Identification of mainstream requirements,
the joined expertise of our members definition of most common standards
Eurocloud Deutschland_eco e.V. – Verband der deutschen Cloud Computing Wirtschaft – Lichtstraße 43 h, D-50825 Köln – Tel. +49 221 – 700048-0 - www.eurocloud.de - Alle Rechte vorbehalten. - 11
12. Values for Members
Further activities
Presence in public Presence on Fairs and Events
Sharpening ECD awareness and image Visit eco and Eurocloud Deutschland_eco
• Creation press releases at CeBit 2010, Hall 6, Webciety
• Communication of workgroup results
• Setup of events and major events
• LocalTalks
• Xing Group SaaS Portal
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13. Thank you for
your attention!
Any Questions?
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