Horizon 2020 – ICT: Commission Orientation Paper on Cloud Computing, Software and Services

27th February 2013
 
The European Commission has published a short draft ‘orientation paper’ for the area of “Cloud Computing, Software and Services” within the first Horizon 2020 work programmes for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

This should be useful for those intending to apply for proposals related to cloud computing, software and services under Horizon 2020, the EU’s new research and innovation programme that will run from 2014 until 2020. Please however note that this is a draft document, so the information is subject to change.

According to the Commission, this draft document “describes the initial thoughts on how the ICT Work Programme 2014-15 could address the future research and innovation challenges in Cloud Computing, Software and Services”.

The paper outlines two objectives and explains the rationale for these objectives. It also outlines research areas within these objectives.

The objectives and research areas are:

Objective 1: Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services:

  • Federated cloud networking;
  • Automated service composition;
  • Mobile Cloud service development environments; and
  • Cloud infrastructures (virtual/physical).

Objective 2: Innovative tools and methods for software development:


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