CYCLONE: A Multi-cloud Federation Platform for Complex Bioinformatics and Energy Applications (Short Paper)

Multi-cloud applications delivered acrossheterogeneous public cloud service providers poses differenttechnical and operational challenges in terms of resourcebrokering, integration, implementation of security trusts, etc. Inthis paper we describe the federation approach taken in theH2020 CYCLONE project, which designed a multi-cloudplatform integrating and orchestrating different open-sourcecloud and network management tools (Openstack, OpenNaaS, SlipStream and TCTP). Some real-life use-cases in the scientificarea of energy optimization and bioinformatics are in use tovalidate the CYCLONE architecture and integrated platform, from the viewpoints of service deployment, service availability, elasticity and security. These validation activities are carried outin the CYCLONE shared testbed infrastructure, whose high-leveldescription is also presented in this paper. Initial feedbacks onthe validation of the CYCLONE federation approach will beavailable at the beginning of Q4-2016, when the CYCLONE usecaseportfolio will be extended to increase external users'involvement and attempt validation of the federation approachfrom real world market.