1. The Helix Nebula Initiative EMBL – 20 January 2016 Maryline Lengert (ESA) This document produced by Members of the Helix Nebula consortium is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://helix-nebula.eu/.Members of the Helix Nebula consortiumCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttp://helix-nebula.eu/

2. Establish a sustainable multi-tenant cloud computing infrastructure in Europe Initially based on the needs for the European Research Area & space agencies Based on commercial services from multiple IT industry providers Adhere to internationally recognised policies and quality standards Governance structure involving all stakeholders http :// cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1374172/files/CERN-OPEN-2011-036.pdf 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA2

3. The Helix Nebula Initiative The preferred model for public research organisations is a hybrid cloud that combines in- house resources with public e-infrastructures and commercial cloud services The Helix Nebula – The Science Cloud Initiative (www.helix-nebula.eu) is a public- private partnership that has built a hybrid cloud to create a growing ecosystem for innovation.www.helix-nebula.eu This federation includes both European public and commercial assets as a way of increasing innovation and impacting the economy with public investment. Today Helix Nebula includes more than 40 public and private partners http://www.helix-nebula.eu/about-us/helix- nebula-partners. http://www.helix-nebula.eu/about-us/helix- nebula-partners 3

4. The HN Science Cloud public-private partnership Strategic Plan  Establish multi- tenant, multi- provider cloud infrastructure  Identify and adopt policies for trust, security and privacy  Create governance structure  Define funding schemes Strategic Plan  Establish multi- tenant, multi- provider cloud infrastructure  Identify and adopt policies for trust, security and privacy  Create governance structure  Define funding schemes To support the computing capacity needs for the ATLAS experiment Setting up a new service to simplify analysis of large genomes, for a deeper insight into evolution and biodiversity To create an Earth Observation platform, focusing on earthquake and volcano research To improve the speed and quality of research for finding surrogate biomarkers based on brain images Adopters Suppliers Additional Users: January 2016

5. Timeline 20112012-20132014-2015 Pilot Phase Deploy flagships, Analysis of functionality, performance & financial model Endorse the Common Strategy Agree on the Partnership Select flagships use cases Define governance model First procurements Large-scale deployments Revised governance model 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA5

6. The new Helix Nebula Initiative governance model Rotating chair among User Board members Elected chair General Assembly Chair organisation provides the secretariat resources All members sign the HNI Membership Participation Agreement No membership fees Includes public e-infrastructure providers Includes procurers 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA6

7. The current Task forces Big Picture analyse how the complementarity of HN partners and their objectives could be used as a policy implementation tool for the EC and supporting EU bodies. Scalability Develop an overarching architecture building on complementarity of Helix Nebula suppliers enabling a scalable end-to-end INFOaaS ecosystem. Independence of broker(s) Develop an operating model that allows market place participants and broker(s) to participate to Helix Nebula value-chain in an open and transparent way, building on fair competition. Procurement 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA7

8. Branded-Product #2 InfoaaS Marketplace HNI resulted activities & products PICSE & HNSciCloud The European Open Science Cloud Branded-Product #1 Helix Nebula Initiative 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA8

9. GÉANT / Internet EC2 Bridge IaaS Broker SixSq Atos CloudWatt ExoscaleT-Systems EGI FedCloud Branded-product # 1: HNX Ultimum Need for a Market enabling demand – supply relationships 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA9 CloudSigma Interoute DEAC Other?

10. Need for new procurement model & tools Cloud services are suitable for scientific workloads performed by public research organisations and they are now prepared to consider procuring commercial cloud services on a significant scale. Public research organizations have experience of cross-border procurements The cloud service suppliers within Helix Nebula, have developed a set of draft contractual agreements for an initial procurement of IaaS services with multiple suppliers via a broker-based model. Research organisations are working to ensure that the draft contract agreements conform to their independent procurement processes. 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA10

11. 11Maryline Lengert, ESA PICSE 20/01/2016

12. Need for a European Open Science Cloud 12Maryline Lengert, ESA20/01/2016 Europe’s researchers have access to super-fast networks, common data storage facilities, and shared computing resources. The challenge now is to link them all together into a single science cloud. Mature open source technologies exist but integration, policy and governance requires careful attention A European Open Science Cloud will promote public-private innovation to satisfy the needs of the research communities and increase the global competitiveness of European ICT providers

13. What does the European Open Science Cloud need to provide? 13Maryline Lengert, ESA20/01/2016 Hybrid – link public research organisations, e-Infrastructures & commercial cloud services Use GEANT network to link Research Infrastructures, repositories (EUDAT, OpenAIRE), EGI, PRACE etc. to commodity commercial cloud services (multiple providers) A cornerstone of the Open Science Commons ( http://go.egi.eu/osc) http://go.egi.eu/osc Trust - Researchers keep control of the cloud and their data Guarantee a copy of all the data is kept on public resources Ensure long-term preservation of the data Insulate users from changes of service supplier and technology Economy - Must be cheaper than the ‘build our own’ approach Avoid separate ‘silos’ for each Research Infrastructure/Community Profit from the economies of scale in commercial data centres Innovation – enabling cross-domain interactions Fostering scientific exchange resulting in new science http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16140

14. Ensuring sustainability : Building INFOaaS Science interfacing with private sector Helix Nebula Ecosystem Customer € € € € Lower upfront investment Fast access to EO and other geo-data resources Disruptive technology Risk and profit sharing Satellite data (ESA/Copernicus) Satellite data (ESA/Copernicus) Data Content Provider (Research) Knowledge GEO-IT & App Provider (SME) GEO-IT & App Provider (SME) Tools Service Provider (Industry) Computing & IT Customer Information Sustainability Data Value Chain 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA14

15. Need for an overarching architecture 15Maryline Lengert, ESA20/01/2016

16. Next steps: Amalgamate current activities within HNI to create a sustainable European cross-domain environment 20/01/2016Maryline Lengert, ESA16 Helix Nebula Ecosystem INFOaaS marketplace Public Procurement Branded Products European Open Science Cloud

17. 17Maryline Lengert, ESA Thanks ! 20/01/2016