COLA
Define a generic pluggable framework, called MiCADO (Microservices-based Cloud Application-level Dynamic Orchestrator) that supports optimal and secure deployment and run-time orchestration of cloud applications. The project will provide a reference implementation of this framework by customising and extending existing, typically open source solutions. Moreover, it will demonstrate via large scale close to operational level SME and public sector demonstrators the applicability and impact of the solution.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER LBG, United Kingdom (coordinator)
MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA SZAMITASTECHNIKAI ES AUTOMATIZALASI KUTATOINTEZET, Hungary
CLOUDBROKER GMBH, Switzerland
SCALETOOLS AG, Switzerland
RISE SICS AB, Sweden
CLOUDSIGMA AG, Switzerland
BALABIT-EUROPE KERESKEDELMI ES SZOFTVERFEJLESZTO KFT, Hungary
INSTRUMENTACION Y COMPONENTES SA, Spain
SOCIEDAD ARAGONESA DE GESTION AGROAMBIENTAL SL, Spain
NOW:PENSIONS LTD, United Kingdom
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON, United Kingdom
SAKER SOLUTIONS LIMITED, United Kingdom
OUTLANDISH LLP, United Kingdom
CLOUDSME UG, Germany
THE AUDIENCE AGENCY, United Kingdom
SMEs and public sector organizations increasingly investigate the possibilities to use cloud computing services in their everyday business conduct. Accessing services and resources in the cloud on-demand and in a flexible and elastic way could result in significant cost savings due to more efficient and convenient resource utilization that also replaces large investment costs with long term operational costs. On the other hand, the take up of cloud computing by SMEs and the public sector is still relatively low due to limited application-level flexibility and also security concerns. The Cloud Orchestration at the Level of Application (COLA) project aims to increase the adoption of cloud computing services by the above mentioned two strategic target communities. Typical industry and public sector applications require resource scalability and efficient resource utilization in order to serve a variable number of customers with dynamic resource demands, and to suitably optimize resource consumption and costs. However, the dynamic and intelligent utilization of cloud infrastructure resources from the perspective of cloud applications is not trivial. Although there have been several efforts to support the intelligent and coordinated deployment, and to a smaller extent also the run-time orchestration of cloud applications, no comprehensive solution has emerged until now that could be applied in large scale near operational level industry trials. The overall objective of the COLA project is that by building on and extending current research results, it will define and provide a reference implementation of a generic and pluggable framework that supports the optimal and secure deployment and run-time orchestration of cloud applications. COLA will demonstrate the applicability and impact of the solution via large scale near operational level SME and public sector pilots and demonstrators, and will also define a clear pathway how the innovation can be delivered to the market.
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The COLA Project – Cloud Orchestration at the Level of Application (COLA) receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731574.