PICSE Wizard (http://wiz.picse.eu): Cloud service procurement made easy!
Are you a Procurement official, IT manager or procurement initiator? Then, complete the PICSE wizard easy-to-use services to help you make informed decisions about how to procure cloud services. The PICSE Wizard is a web-based application that public research organisations can use to obtain guidelines on the most suitable model for procuring cloud services, to make a self-assessment and evaluate their procurement procedures. Each checklist comes with a set of recommendations & tips.
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PROCUREMENT INNOVATION FOR CLOUD SERVICES IN EUROPE
PICSE is an initiative, funded under the first wave of H2020 1st call, started on the 1st October 2014 in the field of procurement of cloud services for the public sector.
PICSE Roadmap and Guide to Cloud Procurement
The PICSE Roadmap on Cloud Service Procurement for Public Research Organisations
The Roadmap highlights the existing challenges, barriers and trends in procuring cloud services. In addition it presents a precise Call for Action for the three major stakeholders involved in the cloud procurement process: Public Research Sector Organisations, Cloud Service Providers and Policy Makers. Key themes of the call to action: Competences and organisational culture | Innovation in procurement and services | Stimulating the research cloud ecosystem | Moving towards commoditisation | Validating the benefits
Guide to Cloud Procurement
This document is not simply a ‘how to’ guide. Rather, its purpose is to act as a checklist for all those involved in procurement of cloud services including problem-owners, operational staff, contract advisors and solutions providers to establish the extent to which their procurement practices are fit for cloud procurement. Much of the content of this checklist will be familiar to many of its readers. That is to be seen as a good thing. The next step is to consider why and how to address the concepts that are not familiar.
PICSE Wizard facilitating cloud procurement for public research organisations
HNSciCloud Tender Closes
19/09/2016
Sept 19 – Earlier today, the Helix Nebula Science Cloud Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) Tender closed. The deadline at noon brought an end to the period in which bids on the €5.3 Million project...
€5.3 million tender for Hybrid Cloud Platform serving science
26/07/2016
Last week Helix Nebula - The Science Cloud (HNSciCloud) launched a €5.3 million tender for the establishment of a European hybrid cloud platform. The purpose of the platform is to support the...
Cloud Procurement Tips & Tricks
Procurement innovative approaches, tips for easy procurement of cloud services, analysis of existing barriers and much more
- €5.3 million tender for Hybrid Cloud Platform serving science
- A new version of the Research Procurement Model report is now available!
- New release of the report: "Procuring cloud services today"
- The call for free eafip assistance has re-opened! Don't miss this opportunity!
- European Commission awards its first Cloud contracts
- GSA White Paper: Best Practices for Effective Cloud Computing Services Procurement within the Federal Government
- PICSE newsletter is out! Cloud procurement made easy: insights from PICSE
PICSE for
Public research organisations
Best practices for knowledge growth in procurement of cloud services and innovative business practices
Procurement specialists
Guidance and checklists on how to design procurement models
Policy makers & funding agencies
Towards more cost effective and innovative public procurement practices
Public sector decision makers
Demonstrating the ability of cloud services to bring benefits and save costs.
Cloud service providers
Showcasing innovative cloud solutions for the public sector
PICSE and Helix Nebula
The idea of PICSE came about & matured with the experience of the Helix Nebula initiative in which all the three partners forming the PICSE consortium (CERN, Coordinator, CSA, Trust-IT Services) are involved. The work performed during the Helix Nebula initiative during its two years pilot phase has shown that 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 organisations, representing both international and national research agencies, have prior experience of cross-border procurements.
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