DOSSIER-Cloud investigated new areas in distributed software development with emphasis on software engineering, DevOps and automations. We investigated various subjects that lead to publications: (i) Definition of research challenges on DevOps oriented Software Engineering; (ii) Substitution of monolithic software development with the use of microservices (iii) Cloud resource management (iv) Cloud pricing (v) Self-Adaptive Systems for the Cloud and (vi) Smart data processing and visualization: Application in smart manufacturing.
The overall impact of the project was twofold:
(i) Scientific and research. Improved CUT’s research capacity, productivity and visibility; increased the significance of its research outcomes; enhanced its network of collaborators.
(ii) Industrial and market. Facilitated the formation of a stakeholder’s collaboration basis; established direct communication channels with industries, businesses and practitioners; provided the means for recording real-world problems and challenges of the industry and market in the partner countries, but mostly in Cyprus, which paved the way for applied research.
CUT, as the low RDI performing institution, managed to strengthen its scientific knowledge and expertise in the scientific areas of the project. The research challenges identified and their tackling is anticipated to improve its research position by increasing the number of high quality published research papers in the relevant fields. This has already been demonstrated through the papers that have been produced so far, which were published in journals or presented in conferences/workshops, as well as those that are currently under evaluation or are being prepared.
DOSSIER -Cloud had a high socio-economic impact. Industrial and market stakeholders (e.g. software solution developers, cloud service providers and vendors, etc.) were interested in increasing productivity, reducing development effort/cost, and improving quality of software services and applications. The consortium has managed to attract interest among specific groups of stakeholders in the participating countries and investigated collaboration with medium to large companies from various disciplines (e.g. light equipment manufacturers, automotive industry, agricultural and livestock production, shipping and finance) concerning methodologies and tools for distributed software services development and delivery, as well as smart data processing. A large number of companies/organisations were contacted by the end of the project and the objectives of the project, as well as the potential of future collaboration were discussed with them.