NebulOuS

Project title: A META OPERATING SYSTEM FOR BROKERING HYPER-DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS ON CLOUD COMPUTING CONTINUUMS

Project acronym: NebulOuS

Cooperating partners: Fundacio Eurecat, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, South-East European Research Centre, Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo S.A., 7bulls.com Sp. z o.o., Activeeon, Transformation Technology for Analysis Sp. z o.o., Ubiwhere, Lda., F6S Network Ireland, Connecting Dots IKE, BIBA Institute, MercaBarna, University of Oslo, @fire – Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland e.V, UBITECH, Augmenta Holding SAS

Project duration: 1.09.2022 - 31.08.2025

Overall costs of the project: € 8 478 106,00

Costs incurred by 7bulls.com: € 625 000,00

Co-financing: € 625 000,00

Grant Agreement No.: 101070516

The project is co-financed by the European Union, HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-05 - Future European platforms for the Edge: Meta Operating Systems (RIA) H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Horizon Europe

Project website: https://www.nebulouscloud.eu/

The result of the Nebulous project will be a set of components and tools that will enable the Kubernetes cluster to adapt to work in the Cloud Continuum including multi-cloud, on-premises, edge and fog environments. As part of the project, we prepared a complete architecture and its implementation to enable the deployment of a Kubernetes cluster in Cloud Continuum along with optimization of resource deployment.

NebulOuS value proposition to the market: Small, medium and large companies. Any branch, any IT system’s technology, no limitations.

Two groups of companies: 

1. with no previous cloud, fog, edge experiences, wanting to start a new project using cloud, fog, edge or migrate to cloud existing application, 

2. with cloud experiences but using not optimal architecture, infrastructure, possible vendor lock. 

For the SMEs, we focus on: 

1. Preparation of overall IT systems development and architecture strategy with full utilization of benefits of the clouds. 

2. Preparation of architecture of the system (or systems) to be deployed to the cloud - current systems and new ones. 

3. Project planning and management. 

1. Quality Assurance with a focus on testing.

For the large enterprise, we focus on: 

1. Support in the development and deployment of applications to the cloud. 

2. Support in project management and project plan. 

3. Support in physical architecture design for the transition period and final architecture. 

1. Quality assurance of overall project and quality assurance of migrated applications.

Competitive Advantages of NebulOuS Project Innovation for Customers: 

Comprehensive Fog Brokerage: NebulOuS offers an advanced fog brokerage architecture, facilitating the seamless integration of cloud resources with diverse fog computing environments. This empowers customers with enhanced flexibility and efficiency in resource allocation across complex computing landscapes.

Non-Repudiable SLAs and Security: NebulOuS provides customers with automatic SLA derivation and blockchain-based smart contracts, ensuring transparent and secure service-level agreements. This feature mitigates risks associated with service disputes and security breaches, providing peace of mind.

Intelligent Lifecycle Management: NebulOuS offers a sophisticated toolkit for managing the lifecycle of applications, business processes, and data streams. This enables customers to optimize resource allocation, orchestrate workflows efficiently, and proactively adapt to changing operational needs.

Model-Driven Quality Assurance

Efficient Anomaly Detection

Validation Across Diverse Use Cases

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Publications:

NebulOuS: A Meta-Operating System with Cloud Continuum Brokerage Capabilities,  2023 Eighth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC), Radek Piliszek