SUMMARY

The aim of service-centric computing is to provide a globally integrated environment in which a large number of loosely coupled services can cooperate and form a service ecosystem. Already today, this has led to a plethora of service platforms that are available for use by applications. This high degree of heterogeneity is necessary as such service platforms have to fulfill completely different functional and non-functional requirements. Nevertheless, this heterogeneity results in the following fragmentation of service platforms in terms of Quality of Service, interface design and technological basis.

All three forms of fragmentation are today major stumbling blocks for the successful development of service-based applications and hinder the emergence of a full service ecosystem.

In this context, the INDENICA project aims to develop virtual, domain-specific platforms which will be fully open and interoperable. The project will provide methods, architectures, components, tools and assets for reuse-based creation of the adapted platforms. Effectively, INDENICA will research on a product line for the development of domain-specific platforms that are interoperable by design. Members of the product line (i.e., platforms) can be modified after deployment, thus providing capabilities to make decisions at runtime that are currently made in the design process.

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SOLUTIONS

• Simplifying the overall complexity of service platform development caused by the mentioned fragmentation.
• Providing methods, architectures and tools that support the development of context and domain-specific platforms along with the services.
• Supporting platform convergence and interoperability to avoid the increased dependency on external service and platform vendors.
• Fostering a common basis for families of platforms which integrate system management and interoperability capabilities right from the start.
• Producing a reusable infrastructure for platform development and support the automatic deployment and the monitoring, governance, and adaptation of services in a Virtual Service Platform.

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LINK: http://www.indenica.eu

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SUMMARY

EIT ICT Labs is one of the first Knowledge and Innovation Communities set up by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as an initiative of the European Union.

EIT ICT Labs’ mission is to drive European leadership in ICT innovation for economic growth and quality of life.

Since 2010, EIT ICT Labs has consistently brought together researchers, academics and business people. By linking education, research and business, EIT ICT Labs seeks to empower top ICT talents for the future and brings ICT innovations to life. EIT ICT Labs’ partners represent global companies, leading research centres, and top ranked universities in the field of ICT.

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SOLUTIONS

• Linking the the knowledge triangle of education, research, and business in Europe
• Enabling the emergence of a Europe-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Focusing and implementing ICT solutions to societal challenges

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LINK: http://www.eitictlabs.eu/

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SUMMARY

Cloud Computing is becoming an accepted and widely utilised technology both for private and public organisations. The Cloud for Europe Project addresses the objectives of the European Cloud Partnership and offers partners the opportunity to determine how to adopt a well-defined European Cloud Computing Strategy for the Public Sector.

Over the course of three years, the project will build trust in European cloud computing by applying pre-commercial procurement (PCP) as an instrument for industry innovation and simultaneously enhance cloud adoption in the public sector. The Project is funded by the European Commission under its Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and brings together 24 partners from 11 countries.

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SOLUTIONS

• Developing a clear view on the public sector requirements and usage scenarios for cloud computing
• Collaborating with shareholders to remove the obstacles for cloud adoption and to jointly identify the requirements from different public organisations beyond national borders
• Establishing suitable contractual terms and conditions for future cloud procurements

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LINK: http://www.cloudforeurope.eu/

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SUMMARY

The Internet of Things will allow the Transport and Logistics sector to more intelligently exploit its rich and complex data base leading to more efficient and effective use of the transport infrastructure.

The challenge is to create an environment where data providers have incentives to share data and application and service providers have access to it in a usable manner.

The Stride project, delivered by a consortium of world class partners, will create an IoT Cluster for Smart Transport, initially focused on the East of England. The project will focus on the creation of a Smart Transport ecosystem where all stakeholders share data so that innovations and synergies can be found at every level of service provision.

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SOLUTIONS

• Providing a critical mass of diverse transport data including historical and real-time data collected from sensors
• Acting as a focal point for the development of smart transport applications and business process improvements
• Determining the commercial conditions that must exist for such an ecosystem to thrive
• Working with stakeholders to ensure a broad dissemination and uptake of project outputs

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LINK: http://www.stride-project.com/

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SUMMARY

The objective of the SRT-15 research project is to bridge the gap between cloud infrastructures and enterprise services through building a distributed service platform. For that purpose, SRT-15 relies on four key enabling technologies which, combined, allow the SRT-15 platform to scale across public and private clouds and thus enable reliable and dynamic interaction between various enterprise applications.

The approach of SRT-15 will be verified by a large-scale proof of concept prototype driven by the industrial partners within the SRT-15 consortium.

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SOLUTIONS

• Using cutting-edge technology and algorithms to connect, filter and aggregate data exchanged between users, services and applications in a flexible and timely manner
• Integrating four key enabling technologies: content-based routing, complex event processing, dependability and data privacy.
• Providing an open and re-usable abstraction for accessing the resources of different public and private cloud infrastructures, thus allowing for easier and more cost-effective adoption of the on-demand model
• Validating and verifying the SRT-15 platform through testing use cases provided by the industrial partners to demonstrate the applicability of the SRT-15 contributions

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LINK: http://srt-15.unine.ch/

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