Among the main goals of the SUCRE project is to foster international cooperation of Cloud stakeholders, and particularlyto help establish strong links between Europe and Japan in the field of Cloud Computing. In doing so, SUCRE has engaged a number of experts from both Europe and Japan to discuss about Cloud interoperability issues, provide their insights about Open Cloud solutions, and propose a coherent set of recommendations on the interoperability of European and Japanese Clouds, as well as on Data Portability.
This deliverable reports the preliminary findings of the SUCRE EU-Japan experts group, which have been resulted from the group’s activities within the first ten months of its existence. During the reporting period, the group focused on Cloud standardization activities as a means to achieve interoperability, and further launched the discussion on present and future collaboration opportunities between Europe and Japan, in the field of Cloud Computing.
All in all, the group successfully carried out the prescribed work according to the initially agreed work plan. In the remainder period of its lifetime, the experts will conclude on the above-mentioned topics, and will further expand the ongoing discussion to cover issues related to data portability between Japanese and European Clouds. The goal is to ultimately establish a coherent set of recommendations on all discussed topics, which will be consolidated and released as a public deliverable later during the SUCRE project.
For the greater picture., please consult the SUCRE EU-Japan Experts Group interim report.
SUCRE EU-Japan Experts Group
In order to develop interoperable Cloud solutions and standards, several technological challenges still lie ahead of us, and even more are of political, legal and organizational nature. In order to keep and further enhance competitiveness and innovation, world economies have to jointly respond to these challenges. This is indeed the only way to successfully address issues such as the upcoming data deluge and its tough data management, which are affecting not only scientists, but also the society in total. Open Source Clouds can arguably offer sustainable solutions, only if they are the result of scientific and technological cooperation.
Responding to this emergent and imperative need, the SUCRE EU-Japan Working Group will engage experts from Europe and Japan, who will together seek to establish a solid set of recommendations towards effectively addressing the above mentioned challenges.
The expert group comprises of distinguished individuals who together have a broad ranging expertise and understanding of the current Open Source Cloud landscape. They are:
- Lutz Schubert, Ulm University – Germany
- Thomas Uhl, OSB Alliance – Germany
- Vangelis Floros, GRNET – Greece
- Takeshi Motohashi, Internet MultiFeed Co. – Japan
- Atsuhiro Goto IISEC- Japan
- Masayuki HayashNTT Communications – Japan
- Johan Eksteen, Microsoft Research – South Africa
- Tryfon Chiotis, DANTE – UK (alumni)
The plan of the working group and the biographies of the experts can be read from the SUCRE EU-Japan Expert group charter.
Open Clouds In Japan
In order to develop interoperable Cloud solutions and standards, several technological challenges still lie ahead of us, and even more are of political, legal and organizational nature. To keep and further enhance competitiveness and innovation, world economies have to jointly respond to these challenges. This is indeed the only way to successfully address issues such as the upcoming data deluge and its tough data management, which are affecting not only scientists, but also the society in total. Open-source Clouds can arguably offer sustainable solutions, only if they are the result of scientific and technological cooperation.
Responding to this emergent and imperative need, the SUCRE EU-Japan Experts Working Group (WG) will engage experts from Europe and Japan, who will together seek to establish a solid set of recommendations towards effectively addressing the above mentioned challenges. The main objective of the SUCRE EU-Japan Experts WG is to propose a coherent set of recommendations on the interoperability of European and Japanese Clouds and on Data Portability issues. This contribution will be captured in two reports, namely the Interim Working Group Report and the Final EU-Japan Recommendation Report, which will be released in Months 10 and 18 of the SUCRE project, respectively.
In a broader sense, the aim of the WG is to strengthen the collaboration between EU and Japan in the addressed areas of Cloud Computing, Interoperability, and Open-Source. The WG will help SUCRE create momentum as a live and active scientific and technological communication channel, facilitating both European and Japanese Cloud stakeholders to sustain and further enhance competitiveness and innovation.