1. The Helix Nebula Marketplace HNX The European cloud marketplace for scientists, researchers, developers & public organisations Marc-Elian Bégin, CEO, Co-founder, SixSq Helix Nebula General Assembly June 2015

2. Helix Nebula Marketplace 2 Builds upon the work undertaken as part of the EC funding project Form hybrid Cloud Computing Marketplace by integrating European cloud providers and existing e- Infrastructures Welcome all Cloud and Service Providers member of HNI Focus brokerage function on transparency, trust and impartiality Deliver trusted cloud services through compliance with EU regulations and legislation Simplified procurement process for multi-cloud services Offered to the global scientific community, including publicly-funded and commercial research and technology organizations, offering large-scale and HPC- type deployments from the start

3. A range of cloud services from various suppliers 3 Infrastructure VM, CPU & MEM Storage multi level storage and archive Super Infrastructure HPC Platforms analyse (big) data: Hadoop, Docker Swarm Information create and distribute information Green data centres Brokerage and consultancy Additional SLA’s IaaS PaaS SaaS InfoaaS More Science AppStore sharing platform Applications modelling and algorithms Applications data analysis Application Deployment Automation share knowledge Legacy App Cloudification reuse existing Information data catalogue for discovery and use

4. True cloud model with independent cloud application management system Services described in a standardised service catalogue Users can buy unique services from various suppliers connected to HNX Unified API to ease integration: – SlipStream REST (CIMI-like) API – Amazon Web Services EC2 API (developed and operated by The Server Labs) Independent self-brokered provisioning service provided and operated by SixSq, based on open source software 4

5. GÉANT / Internet EC2 Bridge IaaS/PaaS Broker ExoScaleInterouteT-Systems HNX Platform 5 EGI FedCloud Unified access to federated IaaS resources via IaaS/PaaS UI/API Amazon EC2 Bridge for compatibility with any EC2-compatible third party tool such as StarCluster Academic cloud integration via EGI FedCloud AtosDEACUltimum

6. HNX Commercial Data Centre Locations 6

7. HNX Broker New Features Science AppStore: 7 Docker / Docker Swarm Hadoop R-Studio

8. HNX Broker New Features Usage summary Daily email API (JSON) All clouds/user All users/cloud 8

9. HNX Broker New Features Mutable deployment (auto-scale), including horizontal and vertical scaling (from CELAR FP7 project) Events for auditing -> building trust and transparency 9

10. HNX Broker New Features Improved usability with tour 10

11. HNX Broker New Features Embedded support 11 Knowledgebase + ticketing Chat

12. IaaS Provider Integrated Support User Organisation Marketplace Operator IaaS Provider IaaS Provider(s) EC2 Bridge Provider Email/Phone/ Ticket Tool Single point of contact for user issues Triage and routing of issues performed by Marketplace Operator currently as extension to brokerage platform operations Doesn’t block users having access to IaaS provider specific experts Brokerage Platform Provider(s)

13. Contractual Agreements User Organisation Marketplace Operator IaaS Provider A IaaS Provider B IaaS/PaaS Broker EC2 Bridge HNX Marketplace MSA Terms of useContract

14. Where we are HNX has developed in 2015 into a stable federated service Supplier and customer on-boarding now coordinated by SixSq Direct contract still required between User Organisations and selected Cloud Providers Master Service Agreement (MSA) now available 14

15. What’s Next? Deploy finalised MSA Explore frame-contract as procurement stop gap solution (-> PICSE?) Establish a fully-featured billing module Add new connectors – E.g. MS Azure (Private Cloud Germany) Get new customers on-board: – Expand from pure IaaS provisioning to application deployment using PaaS to deliver SaaS functionality Integrate ESA InfoaaS over HNX Broker 15

16. Thanks! Try it for free The European cloud marketplace for scientists, researchers, developers & public organisations Helix Nebula General Assembly June 2015