The 4th European Future Internet Summit is coming up and features a talk by Thomas M. Bohnert on Cloud Computing and the Future Internet. This is meanwhile the third invited talk by our lab to this event series.
We are therefore particulary proud to have the honor to host the 5th European Future Internet Summit the 5th and 6th June 2014 in Winterthur.
The ICCLab presented on the latest developments (PDF) in the Open Cloud Computing Interface at the Future Internet Assembly in Dublin. The session was organised by Cloud4SOA and the main theme was MultiCloud. In this regard, OCCI figures in many projects striving from this including EGI FedCloud, CompatibleOne and BonFire. In the presentation some future points of work that will be carried out in Mobile Cloud Networking, which took the audience’s interest.
Following on from our 2nd meeting, the Swiss OpenStack user group met on 24th of April at the University of Bern.It was an excellent event with many attention grabbing presentations! A big thanks goes out to the sponsors:
Once we kicked off
, there were five presentations, 3 which were more detailed and 2 that were more lightning talks in nature. The presentations in there running order were:
There are other upcoming Swiss events that will include much talk of OpenStack. Of note are:
Also the Swiss Informatics Society have started a cloud computing special interest group, where all folk active in cloud are welcomed to join. More details can be found at their site.
At the first meeting of the SIG Cloud Computing Security (SIG CCS) under the new lead of Bernhard Tellenbach, member of the board ISSS, the nine participants of the meeting had a lively discussion about the goals of this SIG.
Among the goals discussed were ideas such as writing a white paper on a CCS problem where existing Best Practices, guides or textbooks offer little or no guidance and the publishing of an overview of existing and future cloud certifications.
But in the end, the SIG members decided to create a standardized presentation covering relevant aspects of cloud computing security. Since large enterprises typically have the required know-how already in-house and small enterprises usually outsource their IT infrastructure, the SIG decided to gear the presentation toward medium-sized enterprises.
When finished, each SIG member is expected to give the presentation at least three times at events organized by trade- and industry associations, SME-organizations, cloud computing interest groups etc. which have members from medium-sized enterprises in their target audience.
To avoid reinventing the wheel, the SIG first conducts a thorough review of existing literature and resources on the cloud computing security topic. In a next step, the SIG selects the content to be included in the presentation. Finally, the presentation is built based on both, existing material and new material, to fill the gaps identified during the review phase.
In parallel to this work, the SIG contacts groups and organizations which work in the same domain as this SIG. By exchanging information and know-how, the quality of the output is imporved and the SIG can make sure that it does not redo the work of others.
The next meeting of the SIG CCS is scheduled for the 22.04. at Zurich main station. If you want to get more information on this SIG or if you want to participate, please drop an email to bernhard.tellenbach@isss.ch
We, the ICCLab, are proud to announce that the past Presidential Conference of the Swiss Informatics Society accepted our proposal (slides) for setting up a Special Interest Group in Cloud Computing.
The SIG is currently being formed. If you wish to participate and influence the future of Swiss Cloud Computing in this context please don’t hesitate to contact us. Any active participation is more than welcome.
Feel free to join our LinkedIn Group.
The second swiss OpenStack user group (CHOSUG) was held. It was an excellent event so well attended that there was only standing room! A big thanks goes out to the organisers and sponsors (RackSpace, SWITCH and ICCLab).
There was six presentations, 3 which were more detailed and 3 that were more lightning talks in nature. Lucas and Toni from the ICCLab gave a super presentation on Ceilometer and Christof made short work of the deep topic of OpenStack and CloudFoundry. The presentations (in running order) were:
All talks were recorded by the kind folks at SWITCH and are available for your viewing pleasure!
Check out more pics on the CHOSUG flickr account.
What does a sledge and a strategy have in common? Simple, the ICCLab Retreat and Sledging Event which took place in Lenzerheide – Switzerland last weekend. The event started 06:45 in Winterthur and yes, the team demonstrated impressively that this time is also at Saturdays no problem. When we arrived at the coach, there was the first problem to solve with the coach-driver that was: How to divided an IT-scientist from his notebook? Because all sort of bags were not allowed in the coach and beside that, also no drinks and food. But of course, we managed it and realized that not everything can be as elastic and flexible as a Cloud.
Once arrived at the Lenzerheide, the hotel Valbella-Inn welcomed us warmly and the booked conference room was well prepared by the hotel. After the introduction of the retreat meeting by Thomas Michael Bohnert and the review of the year 2012, we also discussed where the ICCLab should go in 2013. In addition to the objectives of the individual themes and initiatives, all members have the same idea about where should be the ICCLab end 2013th. The ICCLab should be seen by public as a competence center for cloud computing and all the related technologies to it. Once the meeting was over, the sledging competition started with Andy Edmonds as referee. As it is in Ski-Alpine, we had a first and a second run and after the latter the winner was clear, Christof Marti has won both runs. After the sledging, we enjoyed a very typically Swiss drink available in most Ski resorts in Graubünden and is called the “Schümlipflümli”. The Retreat and Sledging Event was a success and the whole team is looking forward to the next years sledging competition because one or the other wants to have a revenge versus the current ICCLab sledging master.
“A Joint Research & Education Agenda between CloudSigma and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), InIT Cloud Computing Laboratory (ICCLab)”
Cloud Computing is transforming the IT industry. It keeps constantly expanding and has grown up to a level which requires matching scientific initiatives and educational offers. That is why the ICCLab, at the Zurich University of Applied Science (ZHAW), and CloudSigma have united their efforts, experience, and expertise to produce a “Joint Research & Education Agenda”. The ICCLab is an establishing thought leader within many Cloud Computing research and innovation communities. CloudSigma, on the other hand perceives constant innovation and improved services as a founding principle on which it has built its business model. The “Joint Research & Education Agenda” initiative between CloudSigma and the ICCLab is one of few of its kind in Switzerland where an academic institution with the right focus and strategy is engaging with one of the world’s leading cloud infrastructure service providers.
The joint initiative between CloudSigma and the ICCLab is to deliver four basic goals enumerated here:
The “eco-system” is a network of institutions, communities, and people surrounding CloudSigma, ZHAW and the ICCLab, including in particular the European Union’ s Framework Programme Research, Future Internet Public-Private Partnership activities and Swiss Cloud Computing stakeholders.
To generate strategic Intellectual Property (IPR)
The generation of strategic Intellectual Property (IPR) is defined as the process of development of technologies which are important for both CloudSigma and ZHAW/ICCLab based upon common and shared strategic research themes.
To transfer results beyond research and open source projects into the commercial market
The eventual transfer of results is a top priority objective. It is to be achieved either internally via bi-lateral funding agreements or using external tools such as, for instance, the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation.
To gear the educational mission by transfer critical know-how to future generations of engineers.
Finally the initiative aims at delivering valuable knowledge to BSc and MSc students at ZHAW, and cloud computing stakeholders by transferring critical know-how by various, tailor-made educational measures.
The association between ZHAW (ICCLab) and CloudSigma will also bring benefits to CloudSigma customers. As a result of joint research and innovation, CloudSigma customers will be offered new and/or improved cloud services that will either help in creating richer and more valuable applications and/or facilitate reducing the costs of existing service offered by CloudSigma. Generally, the “Joint Research & Education Agenda” is expected to help in eliminating many technology barriers by setting clear strategic research themes, on one side, and understanding the needs of cloud providers on the other. From this perspective the initiative will aim at eliminating topics such as the lack of interoperability in clouds today, the lack of dependable cloud services and the absence of reliable cloud performance.
About CloudSigma
CloudSigma is a pure-cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider that offers highly-available, flexible, enterprise-class cloud servers and cloud hosting solutions, both in Europe and the U.S. CloudSigma is the most customizable cloud provider on the market, giving customers full control over their cloud and eliminating restrictions on how users deploy their computing resources. With CloudSigma, customers can provision processing, storage, networks and other fundamental computing resources as they please, as well as easily deploy any operating system or application with full root/administrative access. The result is the highest-performing cloud at the most efficient price possible.
With infrastructure in Interxion’s European Cloud Hubs and SwitchNap’s Las Vegas data center campus, CloudSigma selects the highest-quality facilities to support its innovative infrastructure. CloudSigma is increasingly being recognized for its advancement of the cloud IaaS industry and was chosen as one of Europe’s top 25 cloud companies in 2010. For more information, please visit www.CloudSigma.com or visit the company on Twitter @CloudSigma, Facebook and Google+.
About the ICCLab
The ICCLab is part of the Institute for Information Technology (InIT) at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Switzerland. With just under 9000 students, 26 bachelor degree programs and 10 consecutive Master’s programs, ZHAW is one of the largest multidisciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland. ZHAW maintains 20 institutes and 30 centres, which jointly provide customised educational and research services to the public and private sector. Based on that foundation, ZHAW is inherently committed to the commercial exploitation by means and support for creation of high-tech spin-offs.
The research of the ICCLab is exclusively dedicated to the domain of cloud computing, covering the entire technology stack from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), over Platform as a Service (PaaS), to Software as a Service (SaaS). The research and exploitation is based on a comprehensive and holistic approach to science and innovation, based on three driving principles, namely Scientific Foundation, Strategic Impact and Knowledge Transfer.
CloudSigma
Robert Jenkins, CEO, CloudSigma, www.cloudsigma.com
ZHAW/ ICCLab
Thomas M. Bohnert, Head of ICCLab, www.cloudcomp.ch
We (ICCLab and ZHGeeks) are pleased to announce the 2nd Swiss OpenStack Meetup. It will happen on the 19th of February in Zurich at ETH. If you’re keen and interested in attending then please register here.
If you are interested in giving a talk then do give a shout out at the meetup site or simply message @OpenStackCH on twitter. Currently there are talks planned for:
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
To all our friends and partners!
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