Call for study of the readiness of Member States for a common pan-European network infrastructure for public services
The European Commission has published a call for a study of the readiness of Member States for a common pan-European network infrastructure for public services. The overall aim of the study is to support the Commission in elaborating its policy and associated work programme for the deployment of the trans-European backbone for public administrations. A public trans-European backbone service infrastructure will be able to provide very high speed and connectivity between public institutions in areas such as public administration, culture, education and health. This backbone infrastructure will support public services of European value through controlled quality of services and secure access. It will also allow demand aggregation for connectivity, reaching critical mass and reducing costs. The infrastructure will be based on the existing Internet backbone and where necessary new networks will be deployed. Connections will be made directly or through regionally or nationally-managed infrastructures. The integration of the core platform into the European public services will be facilitated by the deployment of generic services. Interoperable 'cloud computing' service will provide the backbone infrastructure functionality on which clouds for trans-European public services can be offered.To see the official call announcement, please consult: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/calls_en.html(opens in new window)