[Fiware-opencall-help] OPEN CALL – FIWARE LAB NODES SUPPORT- questions

[Tania Peneva]

Hello Stefano!

The information was really helpful - thank you very much.

I now reviewed the FAQ that are available on wikipedia, so I would like to 
ask something additional regarding the budget costs:

 - regarding the equipment costs - if we buy new hardware/software what 
costs should we put in our budget - the whole amount of the equipment or 
only the depreciation for the project duration? This is very important and 
the guideline doesn't contain exact information regarding this issue.

 - if we estimate to have costs for services like internet connectivity, 
electricity etc. - are they eligible and in which section should we put 
them - Equipment, Other or something else?

 Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Best regards,
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From:   stefano de panfilis <stefano.depanfilis at eng.it>
To:     Tania Peneva <TPeneva at nemetschek.bg>
Cc:     fiware-opencall-help at lists.fiware.org, Stanimir Krastev 
<SKrastev at nemetschek.bg>, Youri Metchev <Youri.Metchev at nemetschek.bg>
Date:   13.11.2015 10:44
Subject:        Re: [Fiware-opencall-help] OPEN CALL – FIWARE LAB NODES 
SUPPORT- questions



dear tania,

first of all thank you for your interest in fiware.
answers in line.

2015-11-12 11:28 GMT+01:00 Tania Peneva <TPeneva at nemetschek.bg>:
Hello! 

I have the following two questions regarding the application form for the 
open call for FIWARE Lab nodes support: 

1)"To this extent, applicants have to demonstrate credentials, capability 
and commitment to offer commercial FIWARE cloud services (i.e., a 
commercial cloud environment where compliant FIWARE GE products as well as 
FIWARE-based applications can be hosted) in parallel to the operation of 
FIWARE Lab nodes." - this text is from the Objectives of the call - part 
of the call text. Could you give me more detailed description what does it 
mean for the applicants - 
should the applicants provide commercial FIWARE services outside of the 
range/in parallel to the setup and deployment of a new node center and if 
yes - under what conditions? Are there any requirements for the 
infrastructure they should commit to this activity and are there any 
regulations regarding the commercial relations between the applicant and 
the potential client of the cloud services?

for fiware it is extremely important the sustainability of the whole 
initiative. to this extent if there are no plans from those who operate 
the fiware infrastructres (i.e. the various fiware lab nodes) well beyond 
the limit of an fp7 project than for us there is no interest in having 
them on board.
so this why this critical requirement, i.e. if the proposers believe in 
fiware it is clear that they have plans to make it profitable, so the 
proposal is the place where to tell about this plans that shoudl show 
their concreteness and credibility.
there are no specific requirements on the hw/sw infrastructure to serve 
the commercial part, but of course it should be in line with commercial 
plan.


2) Application template Part B - Section 3 - "a commitment for long term 
operations after the end of the FI-Core project" - what is it meant under 
long term operations after the end of the FI-Core project - could you give 
me a few practical examples so that I can orientate easily? In addition - 
what happens with the node center after the end of the project (the 14 
months period) - do we have further engagement to the FIWARE Lab nodes 
community to support it with any services and under what conditions? 

as you migth know the fiware open source community is about to be fully in 
place. it will be this community that will decide in a common and 
autonosmouly way what to do after the 14 months period (31 dec 2016). by 
the way, we are creating this community exactly becouse we want fiware to 
have long life and we believe this is possible.
we cannot provide examples for obvious reasons.

hope this helps, but happy to provide further clarifications if you need 
so.

ciao,
stefano


Thank you in advance! 

Best regards, 

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Tanya Peneva 
Accountant   -   Nemetschek OOD Bulgaria 

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