This is the Final Report of the study "SMART 2016/0032 - Switching of Cloud Services Providers "entrusted by the European Commission DG CONNECT to IDC and Arthur's Legal. The focus of the study is to gather evidence concerning the practices of cloud service providers in relation to data and...

This study on "The role of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in financing cloud computing projects" (SMART 2015/0014) was promoted by the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) of the European Commission. The main objective of the study...

This document presents a structured set of practical Guidelines directed to Managing Authorities and stakeholders, in particular SMEs, on the potential eligibility for cloud-related projects to be co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) of the European Union (EU),...

This study on "The role of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in financing cloud computing projects" (SMART 2015/0014) was promoted by the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) of the European Commission. The main objective of the study...

This report was prepared by time.lex and Spark as a part of the European Commission's study on the clarification of the applicable legal framework for full, co- or self-regulatory actions in the cloud computing sector (SMART 2015/0018). It contains an overview of the main characteristics, pros...

The study provides an overview of the development of cloud computing in Europe in absence of policy measures, and of the most important barriers for its further development. It provides an assessment of the likely impacts (costs and benefits) of policy measures supporting cloud computing to be...

The study provides an overview of the development of cloud computing in Europe in absence of policy measures, and of the most important barriers for its further development. It provides an assessment of the likely impacts (costs and benefits) of policy measures supporting cloud computing to be...

The report investigates the conditions enabling the European industry to actively participate in the development of the emerging IoT and Cloud combined ecosystems. On these premises, the report sets out a series of recommendations to meet Europe's IoT-related research & innovation challenges and...

This document presents the work performed under the contract SMART 2016 / 0029 "Certification schemes for Cloud Computing" from March 2017 to March 2018. It aims to provide the European Commission with evidence of what is retaining the adoption of cloud computing as well as to why cloud service...

This is the Final Report of the study "SMART 2016/0032 - Switching of Cloud Services Providers "entrusted by the European Commission DG CONNECT to IDC and Arthur's Legal. The focus of the study is to gather evidence concerning the practices of cloud service providers in relation to data and...