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28/10/2016

HNSciCloud PCP Tender Results Announcement Ceremony & Design Phase kick off, 2 November 2016, Lyon, France

On the 2nd November 2016, the awards ceremony for the successful bidders of the Helix Nebula Science Cloud tender is taking place in Lyon, France, at the CC-IN2P3 (CNRS) premises, one of the main academic data centres in France and a procurer of the Helix Nebula Science Cloud (HNSciCloud).

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26/07/2016

€5.3 million tender for Hybrid Cloud Platform serving science

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 deployment of high-performance computing and big-data capabilities for scientific research.

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31/05/2016

A new version of the Research Procurement Model report is now available!

With the rise of cloud computing, the consumption of ICT services is going through the same fundamental change that has occurred in many other markets and is now consumed as a utility. However,  while  cloud services continue to proliferate and evolve rapidly, institutional procurement processes and policies of many research organisations have not evolved at the same rate. They are therefore unsuitable for the on/demand  model  that  comes  with  cloud  computing.

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24/03/2016

New release of the report: "Procuring cloud services today"

New release of the "Procuring Cloud Services Today" report enriched with the following three additional case studies: Taking EU institutions to cloud service adoption through an open tender; Joint procurement for cloud brokerage services; A commons cloud credits business model to support and facilitate sharing and reuse of digital objects.

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16/02/2016

The call for free eafip assistance has re-opened! Don't miss this opportunity!

Interested in starting a Pre-Commercial Procurement or a Public Procurement of Innovation?

Ask the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement for a free consultancy!

The European Commission has re-opened the call for free eafip assistance, which allows the receiving of hands-on and tailored support in developing your own innovation procurement project (through PCP or PPI). In order to apply, fill out the form below before 17.04.2016:

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08/02/2016

European Commission awards its first Cloud contracts

The award decision for the first Call for Tender for Cloud Services (CLOUD I) was signed. The European Commission received 20 offers from 12 tenderers

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18/01/2016

GSA White Paper: Best Practices for Effective Cloud Computing Services Procurement within the Federal Government

This paper provides public sector organizations guidance on addressing common challenges with cloud computing services procurement and will reflect alignment with the Federal Government’s “Cloud First” policy per the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy.

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30/11/2015

PICSE newsletter is out! Cloud procurement made easy: insights from PICSE

Are you from Public Sector & Are you Procuring Cloud Services through a Tender Procedure? Then look no further as this newspiece covers all you need to know to get it right:
1. Get advice: wiz.picse.eu;
2. Learn from others: Procuring cloud services today report
3. Understand the cloud procurement process The PICSE Research Procurement Model report
4. Be aware of the barriers to overcome them Read the Cloud Procurement Barriers Report!

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26/11/2015

Cloud tender is a joint project

Interesting presentation from Marnix Dekker, CISO team, European Commission about the EC as cloud customer.

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06/11/2015

PICSE Wizard update following European Safe Harbour data transfer agreement decision

On 6th of October 2015 the European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for some fifteen years.

The Safe Harbor executive decision allows companies to self certify to provide “adequate protection” for the data of European users to comply with the European data protection directive, and with fundamental European rights such as the right to privacy (under Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights).

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