[cloud-marketplace-proposal] Hints for identifying additional members for our consortium

[Juanjo Hierro]

Hi everyone,

   As already discussed, it is of high priority to reach an enough 
numbers of partners in the consortium if we want to be able to reach the 
40 M€ of budget that are planned for this call.

   The beauty (and differential value) of our proposal is that it relies 
on the vision of creating a federation of marketplaces adhering to a 
common registry of cloud data/application services and common 
standards.  Each of those marketplaces would be typically connected to 
either an IaaS cloud provider or a cloud integration platform (ideally 
bringing NGSI-LD as core integration API but it could also even not be 
mandatory).   Marketplaces associated to cloud integration platforms 
would be typically domain-specific, trying to bring an added value 
beyond the pure listing of applications that a user can use as a 
Service: applications listed in their marketplace can be plugged and 
connected through the integration platform and, as far as common 
standard models are adopted, interoperability will be achieved not only 
between applications a customer may select and deploy, but also with 
applications that the cloud integration platform provider may bring as 
default: e.g., an integrated command and control system if we are 
talking about an integration platform focused on smart cities, or a 
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) if we are talking about an 
integration platform focused on smart manufacturing.

   We will have one good example of an IaaS Cloud provider (IONOS) and 
several examples now of cloud integration platforms that aim to 
incorporate a marketplace that would be part of the envisioned federation:

  * Urban Data Platform by Atos, focused on smart cities / public
    administrations
  * Digital Enabler by Engineering, focused also on smart cities (also
    in manufacturing?)
  * RAMP by EuropeanDynamics, focused on smart manufacturing
  * Acricolous by TeamDev, focused on smart agrifood

   Our consortium could naturally expand by adding new partners tackling 
additional domains.   Maybe we can even have two per some domains (I 
would not go further).   I encourage the team to think about domains we 
may tackle where we know of serious partners who may like the idea 
described above.   Potential candidate domains and partners I see:

  * Smart Water: EGM?
  * Smart Energy: ?
  * Smart Ports: ?
  * e-Health: ?
  * Smart Tourism: Amadeus?  (I have some contacts but I recall someone
    mentioned they already had some)
  * Smart Mobility: ?
  * Smart Home: ?

   If we were able to setup a consortia tackling all these domains, then 
we would definitively have a strong proposal.

   Cheers,

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Juanjo Hierro
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