Project description Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering Show the project objective Hide the project objective The dominant approach in offering cloud services is based on homogeneous commodity resources: large numbers of inexpensive machines, interconnected by off-the-shelf networking equipment, supported by stock disk drives. This is consistent with the predominant business model for data centre cloud computing, which leverages homogeneous computation, communication, and storage to provide low-cost application hosting.However cloud service providers have reached a limit in satisfying performance and cost requirements for important classes of applications, such as geo-exploration and real-time business analytics. In particular, their platforms cannot benefit from the revolution in new hardware and network technologies for computation, communication, and storage, such as FPGAs, GPGPUs, programmable routers, and SSDs, which promise vastly increased performance, reduced energy consumption, and lower cost profiles. Their heterogeneity and complexity makes integrating them into the platform a fundamental challenge.The HARNESS project aims to bring these innovative resources into cloud platforms through a rich programme of research, validated by commercial and open source case studies. The innovations brought by HARNESS include: precise models describing requirements, policies, and expected performance of heterogeneous hardware and network resources; new virtualisation techniques tailored to these resources for flexible allocation and reallocation; advanced techniques for optimising cost/performance allocation trade offs, including spot pricing; an integrated, next-generation platform service (PaaS) for cloud-hosted applications, extending upon but compatible with existing standards; and software engineering principles for enabling applications to take full advantage of heterogeneous hardware and network resources.Through industry-led validation use cases, HARNESS demonstrates the impact that flexible and seamless heterogeneous cloud computing can have in the marketplace. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwaresocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutionssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.1.2 - Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced Software Engineering Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-8 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE Address South kensington campus exhibition road SW7 2AZ London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shaun Power (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 884 840,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 352 400,00 Address Batiment ce 3316 station 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Aikaterini Argyraki (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ZUSE-INSTITUT BERLIN Germany EU contribution € 399 900,00 Address Takustrasse 7 14195 Berlin dahlem See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Annerose Steinke (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window SAP SE Germany EU contribution € 502 220,00 Address Dietmar hopp allee 16 69190 Walldorf See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Administrative Contact John McGlone (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I France EU contribution € 447 390,00 Address Rue du thabor 2 35065 Rennes cedex See on map Region Bretagne Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yolaine Bompays (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MAXELER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 374 250,00 Address 3 & 4 albion place W6 0QT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Oliver Pell (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
